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MoveOn.org PAC Launches “Recall No, Democracy Yes” Campaign in California

I debunked Moveon's 10 Reasons Why the Recall is Wrong over on my main blog. One curiosity I've noticed since is the disparity between their assertion that "a single congressman brought us the recall", and the assertion that the recall is another in a series of efforts by the "national Republican leadership". Are they counting Congressman Darrell Issa as part of that national Republican leadership? I suppose technically he is a "national" leader, being a federal congressman, but he hardly comes to mind when listing the players in the national GOP -- and he's been effectively disappeared in terms of the recall.

Are they alleging that Issa was a willing pawn in a move by higher GOP forces, or that he was an unwilling dupe to a grand plan by Karl Rove? I wouldn't dismiss either possibility, but I'm not clear if that's what they are saying. Are they also saying that the same people who were behind the Clinton impeachment are behind the recall -- and if so, which people? Rove & Co? Again, I don't deny that it could be that way, but if they are going to allege that the dots are connected, I'd like to see the line drawn from dot to dot.

MoveOn.org PAC Launches “Recall No, Democracy Yes” Campaign in California

Wednesday, September 3, 2003—MoveOn.org PAC, the leading Web-based organizer of progressive action, announced a campaign today challenging one million California voters to sign an on-line pledge to vote “no” on the recall ballot in California. Criticizing the recall as the latest example of efforts by the national Republican leadership to undermine democracy, the Internet group that has proven online activists can also be on-the-ground organizers is now throwing its weight into the anti-recall movement.

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