It's All About Me, Man: [ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: "Traitors"

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: "Traitors"

I'm going to attach my reply to your last message on this subject, with two new observations:

1. Your pitch for money is almost comical in its stridency. "The world is going to end! Send us money, quick!" Come on. You'd have something to show for all the money people have sent you so far if you weren't giving it to people that have caused the problems in the first place.

2. Since I last wrote you, Obama has taken his grotesque, warped actions against Venezuela. This is the guy whose diplomatic efforts are going to save us from war? The guy who wants to get us into wars all over the worlds? He's absurd, and so are you.

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You know what, Jo?  I think I like the idea of undermining the Obama  Regime's attempts to limit Iran's nuclear program, and here's why.    Iran has said they don't want nuclear weapons, and I believe them. Unlike  the lying sacks that run this country, they have a record of being straight  shooters.    However, even if they did develop nuclear weapons, how can you blame them?  Look at all countries that the US mafia government has overthrown - all  people who agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction, or never got  them.  The US would dearly love to topple the North Korean government, but  one wonders if North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons hasn't spared  them 'liberation'    If you guys were really a progressive organization (instead of being the  scum sucking neoliberal opportunists that you are) you'd be aggitating for  diplomatic efforts to limit the US and Israel's nuclear programs. One of  these countries, after all, is the only nation to ever use nuclear weapons  on human targets (civilian targets in a monstrous terrorist act, it must be  said) and the other is a cruel apartheid state.    Just my two cents worth, which is about two cents more valuable than  anything that ever comes out of moveon.org.    Too bad you guys never read your mail, because if you did, I'm just certain  you'd want to sign my petition:  http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/moveon-should-read-their

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Jo Comerford, MoveOn.org Civic Action <moveon-help@list.moveon.org> wrote:

Republicans are being disrespectful, dangerous, and reckless. We have to hold them accountable.
Dear MoveOn member,
In an unprecedented move, 47 Republican senators have sent a warning letter directly to Iranian leaders, threatening to blow up any diplomatic deal negotiated by President Obama.¹

This is disrespectful, dangerous, and reckless. We have to hold them accountable. And make sure not a single Democrat joins them in blowing up the president's diplomatic efforts and putting us on a path to war.

We're producing a TV ad immediately to call out this outrageous act. Please click here—right now—and make the most generous contribution you can to help us hold these 47 Republicans accountable, and make sure no Democrat joins them in undermining the president and risking a war.

"Traitors" is how the front page of today's New York Daily News described the 47 Republican senators who wrote to Iran's leaders yesterday in an effort to undermine President Obama and sabotage his diplomatic efforts to prevent yet another unnecessary war.²

And it isn't just the Daily News. Media outlets across the country are—for good reason—slamming Republican war hawks for this shocking and dangerous attempt to sabotage diplomacy and disrespect the president.

As Vox.com puts it, "The mere act of senators contacting the leaders of a foreign nation to undermine and contradict their own president is an enormous breach of protocol. But this went much further: Republicans are telling Iran, and, by extension the world, that the American president no longer has the power to conduct foreign policy, and that foreign leaders should assume Congress could revoke American pledges at any moment."³

Our small staff has already been mobilizing public support for diplomacy via petitions, member phone calls, op-eds, and more. This shocking move by Senate Republicans means we have to do even more. We're putting together a TV ad now to call out this disloyal behavior—but we need to know that we'll have the resources to go big.

Can you make an emergency contribution to ensure Republicans pay a steep political price? This is a moment to dig deep—because the more we raise, the bigger we can go.

Yes, I'll make an emergency contribution to help get the president's back, hold Republicans accountable, and prevent another catastrophic war in the Middle East.
As you probably remember, Republicans invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to Washington and undermine the president last week. But this letter is arguably even worse: they are degrading our president in front of the whole world. And sending a message that the President of the United States—whoever she or he is—has no credibility.

In the days following Netanyahu's speech, we've raised over $100,000 for our work on Iran. But we didn't plan on having to respond to this.

The radical right has gone too far too fast. Now, we've reached a make-it-or-break-it moment for the future of diplomacy and for peace in the Middle East.

So I hate to ask so strongly, but this is too important not to be direct: We need your emergency donation to get the president's back and keep America off a path to war.

Will you chip in as much as you can afford and help turbocharge our efforts?

Yes, I'll make an emergency donation to help get the president's back, hold Republicans accountable, and prevent another catastrophic war in the Middle East.
Thanks for all you do.
–Jo, Alejandro, Victoria, Manny, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Irate Democrats Denounce G.O.P on Iran Letter," The New York Times,March 10, 2015
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=303420&id=109604-19284091-Ueix_ux&t=1

2. "Letter by Republican Senators to Iran is 'unusual' and 'dangerous,' Obama, Biden and other Democrats say," New York Daily News, March 9, 2015
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=303425&id=109604-19284091-Ueix_ux&t=2

3. "Republicans are crossing a dangerous new line: sabotaging US foreign policy," Vox.com, March 9, 2015
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=303421&id=109604-19284091-Ueix_ux&t=3

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