Source: AMERICAblog
Joe wrote last night (
http://gay.americablog.com/2009/11/ofa-tells-mainers-to-get-out-and-vote.html) about how the DNC's "Organizing for America" organization (formerly known as "Obama for America") emailed Maine voters yesterday about today's election, but
failed to mention the anti-gay ballot measure that is the number one issue in the state right now.
Today things got worse. We just received a copy of an email message that OFA sent to Maine voters yesterday
asking them to get involved in.... New Jersey!
So now we know the rest of the story. This wasn't an issue of OFA not getting involved in politics (they are, after all, an arm of the DNC - that's what they do, politics). They absolutely get involved in state elections, so long as the election isn't about the g-a-y.
And actually, even that isn't exactly true. The DNC under Howard Dean donated $25,000 to the battle to defeat Prop 8 in California (albeit a bit late), before Barack Obama became president. Democrats asked Barack Obama's DNC to donate to the Maine effort as well -
the DNC ignored the request.
Tell us again why any gay voter should help the DNC ever again? And where is our President, the "fierce advocate"? This is his list, and OFA's top staffers were all the top staffers on the Obama campaign. So, who came up with the idea to ask Maine voters to contact New Jersey when Maine has its own hugely important election? Did the White House have a say in OFA not helping gay Americans keep their civil rights in Maine?
http://gay.americablog.com/2009/11/dncs-organizing-for-america-is-asking.html