Saturday April 19, 2008, 5:52 pm
"We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party," said Clinton, heard on an audio clip at Huffington. "MoveOn didn't even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that's what we're dealing with. And you know they turn out in great numbers.

"[T]hey are very driven by their view of our positions," continued Clinton, "and it's primarily national security and foreign policy that drives them. I don't agree with them. They know I don't agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who actually show up to support me."

Eli Pariser of MoveOn.org, which officially endorsed Obama's candidacy this February, released the following statement to Huffington in response to the report:

Senator Clinton has her facts wrong again. MoveOn never opposed the war in Afghanistan, and we set the record straight years ago when Karl Rove made the same claim. Senator Clinton's attack on our members is divisive at a time when Democrats will soon need to unify to beat Senator McCain. MoveOn is 3.2 million reliable voters and volunteers who are an important part of any winning Democratic coalition in November. They deserve better than to be dismissed using Republican talking points.

Reaction among progressive bloggers has been swift.

Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake writes that she's "tried to stay out of the [Clinton-Obama] pie fights of late, but as a long-term defender of MoveOn and other progressive organizations -- this is completely unacceptable. 'MoveOn opposed military action in Afghanistan' is a Republican talking point, articulated specifically and purposefully by Karl Rove."

Quips Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (a.k.a. Kos) at Daily Kos, "Well, for a campaign that has morphed into nothing but 'Republican talking points,' it shouldn't come as any surprise."

Jonathan Singer at MyDD says that "even more astounding than Clinton's specific attacks on MoveOn, a grassroots organization founded to defend her husband against the Republican power-grab that was the 1998 impeachment, an organization that is made up of more than three million activists, most of whom are diehard in their loyalty to the Democratic Party, is the fact that Clinton is maligning the Democratic base, specifically those who have been driven to the polls at least in part in response to the Iraq War."

Oliver Willis writes, "You don't become the nominee of the Democratic/progressive movement by undercutting the Democratic/progressive movement."

The full story is available at this link.

Monday April 21, 2008, 9:09 am
Too bad there wasn't a video to go with the audio since her campaign verifies her words.

Monday April 21, 2008, 9:51 am
And this is an old story. It happened back in February when it became apparent that the Democratic party was abandoning her. Geez, you're really grasping there now that Barry is imploding.

Monday April 21, 2008, 10:16 am
Clinton's Attacks on Obama's Patriotism Have Nothing to Do With "What the Republicans Will Say in November" The problem for Clinton is that Obama is the furthest thing from an unpatriotic elitist, and that by relentlessly making these charges she has been raising her own negatives to dizzying heights.

Monday April 21, 2008, 1:36 pm
I am a member of moveon and Clinton is correct in attacking them. But I am still a member and I am still a Cliton supporter. Obama has hardly a record to speak of and that is why he gets away with pushing his pipe dream and pretending to be above the fray. He is just more subtle about it. And the republicans will have a field day with him if he is the nominee. Pull your heads out people dont be so naive.

Tuesday April 22, 2008, 4:52 pm
Shawn, you wrote:

"I for one have nothing against Obama, I will vote for him, but he just is not going to do everything is says he is going to do."

at this link:

http://www.care2.com/news/member/434996229/715965

And yet, Shawn, above this message, you wrote: "I am a member of moveon and Clinton is correct in attacking them. But I am still a member and I am still a Cliton supporter."

SAo, please, Shawn, STOP THE B.S. .... we aren't stupid, we actually read what you write.