MoveOn Wants 2008 Obama Back

November 23, 2010 RSS Feed Print

MoveOn, the group that heavily influenced the 2008 election of President Obama, wants its progressive president back. "I miss that guy," says MoveOn organizer Nita Chaudhary in a widely distributed E-mail.

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Her worry: Obama is going all moderate on his supporters, especially on the Bush tax cuts. "In the wake of the election, it's more crucial than ever that President Obama stand up for progressive change. But instead he's considering giving in to GOP demands for a tax bailout for the rich. We need the bold, progressive Obama we elected in 2008 back—and we've got to send him that message," she writes in a sidebar to her E-mail:

Dear MoveOn member,

Remember Barack Obama in 2008? The guy who refused to go along with a "dumb war" and said, "In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

I miss that guy. Imagine if someone told you in 2008 that Barack Obama was actually thinking about signing legislation to extend the Bush tax giveaways for the rich. I wouldn't have believed it.

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Now more than ever, we need the Barack Obama we elected in 2008—the smart, tough, hopeful progressive champion who inspired millions of us—to stand up and say "no" to a millionaire bailout.

Right now, with the change we all fought for hanging in the balance, President Obama needs to hear from those of us who supported him the most.

So we're asking MoveOn members nationwide to record a video message from the heart to tell President Obama to go to the mat to stop any extension of the millionaire tax giveaways—and to bring back the progressive fighter we all knew and supported in 2008.

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Can you record and share a video message to President Obama today? Click here to get started:

A personal appeal from so many of us who worked hard to elect President Obama will send a strong message. And to make sure the White House and millions of Americans hear it, we'll take the best videos and turn them into an ad that we'll air on national television.

Can you share a video message today? Just click here to get started:

Thanks for all you do.

–Nita, Marika, Duncan, Steven, and the rest of the team

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Hello dude! I really like what you’re posting here. Keep posting that way.

Jarod Sunn of AL 2:33PM November 24, 2011

Hey Rob of Florida. How many seats did W loose in 2006,and 2008. The seats the pubs won were majority of the ones they lost. The blue dogs lost.
Now like I told Rob of Pa. 29 million of the President voters stayed home because he was not on the ticket. A majority of the country dont even know the pubs took the house. They don't care. Come 2012 when those 29 million come back to vote stand by for crying. Again who really knows or cares who their congressman are. Most of them stay in DC. With the president on the ticket that 12% block and Hispanics will come out in full force and pull the D. Ask Sharron Angle. Hispanics decided that election.
As it stand right now the president will win the entire west coast, North East, NM, NV, CO, Illinois, Michigan,and Minnesota. That's 252 electoral college votes. Notice i didn't say Wisconsin, NC, Florida, Iowa, Ohio and Indiana, these are states the President took from the Gop. If the President keeps a few of these 4 more years.
As in 2008 turnout will be the key. We all know that 12% block will be out in full force. The Hispanics will show up because the Gop has alienated them with their racist attitudes.

Damo of MD 6:36PM November 29, 2010

"Every president has lost seats after the midterm." Lie. Or an appalling lack of research. How much research did you do on this question? How about 2002? Let's see, who was President then? Ah, yes, Mr. Bush, Junior. Here's a simple google result:
"With only a handful of races left undecided, the Republican Party has apparently expanded its control of the House of Representatives and won a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate."
Why are you lying? Several other examples can be cited just from the last few decades. That the couple who call themselves Potus and Flotus said this just shows how ignorant they are. The loss of 63 - perhaps 64 when it's all over - seats in the House this year is unprecedented since, I believe 1938.

Robert Speirs of FL 3:50PM November 29, 2010

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