If I had to guess, I would guess that it was a knee-jerk response by some people to what they perceived as a partisan attack on President Obama. There is an unfortunate dynamic that when there is a Democratic President and a Republican House, some Democrats perceive the defense of Congressional war powers as a Republican, anti-Democratic concern.
Of course, if one is a person who is concerned with defending Congressional war powers as a means of preventing war, this is a horrible dynamic, and this is why I am determined to fight it.
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2013-08-26, at 2:50 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>
> > Check this out:
> >
> > "MoveOn volunteers reviewed this petition and determined that it may not
> reflect MoveOn members' progressive values. MoveOn will not promote the
> petition beyond hosting it on our site. Click here if you think MoveOn
> should support this petition."
> >
> > President Obama: Don't Strike Syria Without Congressional Approval
> >
> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/president-obama-dont-18?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
> >
> > So, if you think MoveOn should support this petition, why not tell them.
> using the link above?
>
> Is the MoveOn objection to a miiitary strike, with or without
> congressional approval, or to your condition that Obama first obtain
> congressional approval for same? Have you learned in what way they don't
> think the petition reflects "progressive values"?
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