Ethics

Hillary Blasts MoveOn

By Ed Brayton

This is really quite amusing. A tape of Hillary Clinton at a private fundraising event has surfaced where she blasted - and lied about - MoveOn.org. Here's what she said:

"Moveon.org endorsed [Sen. Barack Obama] -- which is like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down," Clinton said to a meeting of donors. "We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party. MoveOn didn't even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that's what we're dealing with. And you know they turn out in great numbers. And they are very driven by their view of our positions, and it's primarily national security and foreign policy that drives them. I don't agree with them. They know I don't agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who actually show up to support me."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).