MoveOn.Org as Self-Parody
Earlier today MoveOn.Org sent an e-mail to its members which began as follows:
Dear MoveOn member,
This morning, with his administration growing weaker by the day, President Bush caved to pressure from the radical fringe of the Republican Party and nominated Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Alito is a notoriously right-wing judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He has consistently ruled to strip basic protections from workers, women, minorities and the disabled in favor of unchecked power for corporations and special interests.
Yup, that’s it — the guy sits at home at night thinking, “How can I make working black female wheelchair riders as unprotected as possible? That’s the way to a stronger America! Bwaaaahhahahaha!!!!!”
As time goes on, MoveOn.Org looks more and more like the Right’s parody of the Left, rather than the actual Left. The trouble is, it is the actual Left! But if I had set out to write a parody of the left for The Onion, I could not have done better than MoveOn.Org’s actual publications.
Until liberals start to come up with actual arguments for their positions, instead of just hurling insults, they are not going to have any credibility with the general public.
UPDATE: (11/2/2005):
As it happens MoveOn.org’s charge is pretty much the opposite of the facts.
November 2nd, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Samuel Alito: Minority Rights Champion
Many liberal commentators and organzations (like MoveOn.org, as noted previously) are criticizing Samuel Alito for allegedly wanting “to strip basic protections from workers, women, minorities and the disabled in favor of unchecked power for corporati…