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#dontgo Upsets MoveOn

Aug 05 2008 Published by Jason Kenney under #dontgo,moveon,politics

For those of you who haven’t heard, #dontgo has been making a bit of news among the rightosphere as it covers House Republican members who are still holding debates in Congress about energy bills despite Congress being in recess and Pelosi turning off the lights, mics, cameras and all the Democrats going home.

The movement didn’t make too much in the way of news Friday when it started or yesterday when it continued, but something must be working because MoveOn is preparing a protest against the movement and the right is trying to counter. So that’s leading some (Patrick Ruffini in particular) to declare that #dontgo is now an official movement and potential turning point for the right.

And maybe he’s right. The energy issue has changed the tone across the nation and instead of Republican’s being told by leadership to do whatever they feel is necessary to win, Democrats are now being told that it’s OK to back drilling if they need to. This issue and the movement around it is growing and could very well fuel a lot of Republican fire. It’ll be interesting to see how it pans out.

UPDATE: Find out more about #dontgo at dontgo.us and dontgomovement.com

UPDATE 2: CNN picks up on dontgomovement.com.

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Having succeeded in curing every political ail in America…

Nov 21 2007 Published by Jason Kenney under asides,facebook,moveon,politics,technology

Having succeeded in curing every political ail in America, MoveOn now will do battle with FacebookSpats to follow.  Does MoveOn really care or are they pandering to the 18-25 year old crowd to widen their base?

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