No doubt the majority of the blogosphere will fault Michael Skelly for telling MoveOn.org to get lost rather than blaming MoveOn.org for failing to do their freaking homework…again.
Businessman Michael Skelly (D) is a well-funded long shot against Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) in the incumbent’s Houston-area district. The district voted 64 percent for President Bush in 2004, and the ads could do more harm than good by linking the challenger to the liberal group.
MoveOn bought ads in Culberson’s and five other districts. The spots focus on opposition to offshore drilling for oil.
Skelly, who has called for lifting the ban on offshore drilling, says in the release that it is “time for MoveOn to move out of Texas.”
“MoveOn’s opposition to drilling is 100 percent wrong, and so is John Culberson’s opposition to investment in renewable energy,” Skelly said. “We need a balanced solution to our energy challenges that includes both drilling for domestic oil and investment in renewables. We have to do it all.”
A spokesman for MoveOn did not immediately comment.
Here’s a shocker. A Democratic candidate for Congress from Texas is in favor of offshore drilling and wants nothing to do with an organization that is best known for suggesting the commanding general in Iraq is a traitor. But did MoveOn.org do any basic research into Mr. Skelly’s position on offshore drilling or his opinion of their organization before spending their members’ money on advertisements in his district? No.
Whoever is making the executive decisions at MoveOn.org…they are rank amateurs that are diminishing the brand and making too many embarrassing and costly mistakes. But I’m just supposed to shut up and cheer for the home team.
