Reply #51: There was no grass-roots movement. I documented this at DU from the start

[Tinoire]

I posted about this at the time with all my evidence of the DLC and AEI's involvement in Clark's campaign.

The entire thing was orchestrated from the very beginning and I will provide you threads with names and links to the stories about how the DLC consultant, Chris Kofinis, drafted the idea of the "Draft Clark" movement with the DLC, to the orchestrated commando raids on internet web-sites, and down to Clark himself telling the troops to "crank it up". I can provide all of this to you because I watched this campaign from the start and posted about these developments at the time because many of us never bought the story. I will even post for you a slide or two from the DLC's PowerPoint Presentation used to "draft" the idea & the selling of Clark to the American Public- and if the slide is gone, you can still read the thread that had the slides linked. I can also show you how this forum was used to post poll after poll, usually by suspiciously new Clark-supporting posters who came along with a "hey guys, how do liberals feel about this" as the positions were being developed (note to the headquarters of the candidates who were watching those polls- I have it on very good authority that some sly, slick, liberals purposefully skewed those polls because we don't want to hear what you think we want to hear, we want to hear what you really believe!)

It would be most gracious of you to stop either spinning or repeating campaign smoke & mirrors propaganda while trying to belittle a perfectly honest & knowledgable poster who knows exactly what he/she is talking about.

The entire premise of this thread is an insult to every thoughtful Liberal, Progressive or Leftist who cares for this country & the democratic process.

The more threads like this people post, the less inclined I am to vote for either of these two candidates.

Note to candidate headquarters- we are not geese to be force-fed for you foie gras. The entire tactic is repulsive and a total turn-off. If the DLC and DNC want 4 more years of Bush- smoke and mirror campaigning & premature coronations are indeed the way to go about it.

The Centrists in charge must really be getting scared of the vigor with which Liberals, regardless of which of the 9 candidates we support, are holding firm.

Good. Because we mean business this time. We will not allow this sterling opportunity, at this most opportune time for Progressives to make headway and place a reasonably Progressive person in office, to be destroyed by the typical tools used to keep the corporate powers happy every 4 years.

We will not crown Ceasar until after the 9 candidates have gotten their fair votes in fair Primaries.