Long story short, Move On Org. took out an ad calling General Petraeus, General Betrayus and suggested he would "cook the books".
All morning the GOP has been demanding that the Democrats denounce Move On.org for this disgusting tripe and dead silence from the Democrats about Move On, other than Harry Reid expressing "frustration" because it was a "distraction".
Follow that link to see the GOP denouncing them and calling for the Democratic politicians to denounce them.
I said in that post:
There is no middle ground here. None. Zip. Zilch.
They either stand with Move On or against them on this issue... if they say nothing, they are just as complicit in their silence.
Fred Thompson now is calling on the Democrats to prove what they are constantly claiming when they claim to support the troops, and return the donations that Move On has made to their campaigns.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) – Former senator and Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson called on Democratic presidential candidates Monday to refund all donations received from MoveOn.org after the liberal advocacy group ran an ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus in The New York Times.
"I understand there's a front page ad that's been taken out by this outfit called MoveOn.org in the New York Times today," said Thompson at a campaign rally at Doc's Barbecue in this capital city. "And it basically accuses our general who's leading our troops in Iraq right now of betraying his own country. This outfit basically, in large part, funds the Democratic party. I call upon the Democratic party and all those Democratic contenders for the White House to disavow this libel against this brave American."
Moveon.org supporters have contributed over $108,000 to Democratic presidential candidates this year through the group’s political action committee, according to Federal Election Commission records. Sen. Barack Obama lead his party’s field in contributions received through Moveon.org, with just over $30,000 received since the start of his campaign. Rep. Dennis Kucinich received almost $25,000 compared to just over $23,000 for former Sen. John Edwards and $18,000 for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden each received between $5,000 and $6000, while Sen. Chris Dodd received just under $1000.
Earlier in the day, Sen. John Ensign, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, called on Democratic Senate candidates to return MoveOn.org donations. So far, only one Democratic Senate candidate, Tom Allen of Maine, has received money from the group, though the amount he has received, almost $250,000, makes up nearly half of the group’s total campaign contributions this year.
Put their "money" where their mouths are.
Actions speak louder than words folks.
It is easy to play lip service to our troops but are the Democrats willing to back up their empty rhetoric and stand up against Move On.org?
Somehow I doubt that they will...mark my words.
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