Strange Bedfellows Moneybomb
Strangebedfellows is a coalition of blogs from all over the spectrum (including us and many of our blogroll), with one basic intent: to force a political price on those that would discard wantonly civil liberties and constitutional protections.
Strangebedfellows is a unique and diverse left–right coalition which has come together to put a stop to the eradication of civil liberties in America. Modeled on a similar group in Britain, the initial Strangebedfellows group encompasses Ron Paul supporters (BreakTheMatrix.com, Rick Williams and Trevor Lyman), leading bloggers from the left (Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com, Jane Hamsher of firedoglake.com) and many more who share the view that warrantless surveillance, telecom immunity and other such outrages of the lawless surveillance state MUST END—AND END NOW. Our group of Strangebedfellows is organizing a moneybomb on behalf of AccountabilityNowPAC, and we’re reaching out to friends and colleagues from across the political spectrum who believe in the Bill of Rights and freedom in America. So join us– become a Strangebedfellow! Add your name and group to our list of backers, and enter your pledge today to donate to AccountabilityNowPAC. Let’s reverse these police state sellouts by our political leaders—FOREVER.
Many of the leading lights from the left-wing blogosphere are already talking openly about switching from an “elect more Democrats” mode to an “elect better Democrats” mode in 2010. And many on the right (Ron Paul supporters featured prominently) are trying to buy Republican stock while it’s low and help steer the course of the party. But right now, there is an awful lot of insulation. Blue Dog Democrats and even liberals as prominent as Barack Obama can capitulate on civil liberties in the hopes that it’ll appeal to some mythological “centrist” range of voters, while not being held accountable because civil liberty groups haven’t been of much prominence lately. Republicans, of course, have decided that the constitution is their enemy, and figure “what you small government libertarians going to do about it, vote Democrat (har har)?” Both parties, in large measure because their civil libertarians have been unable or unwilling to hold them accountable, are straying farther and farther. And unless they begin to pay a political price for it, they’ll just keep doing it.
It’s up to us to hold their feet to the fire.
Every dollar you give to Accountability Now is geared for just that. To paint bullseyes on those who would sweep civil libertarianism under the rug, and to take…them…down. The list of Democrats who voted for Bush’s FISA “compromise” will probably be a starting point, but hopefully aiding Republican challengers against particularly perniciously authoritarian incumbents is on the agenda as well. But in any case, it all starts with not buying off your own vote, and using your political and financial capital instead to create friction every time an incumbent zigs when he ought to zag.
Consider donating something, no matter how small, today.
A fuller accounting of the Strange Bedfellows mission, and what they mean to do with the money raised, here
Also, happy 35th Anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon. He almost seems quaint now, doesn’t he?