First They Came For Van Jones

by digby

… now they are going after Campaign For America’s Future:

Recently, Fox News’ Glenn Beck interviewed one of his favorite right-wing pundits, David Horowitz, who revealed the “horror” that Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) worked with Van Jones to bring together businesses and unions to create clean, green American jobs. Well, here’s the truth. CAF was the co-founder of the Apollo Alliance, and we are proud of it. And this is what makes Glenn Beck so mad. Help us fight Glenn Beck’s smear machine! Please contribute $10, $25 or $50 so Campaign for America’s Future can get the truth out. Horowitz told Beck: “The Apollo Alliance is a broad coalition to advance very radical agendas. And it includes very respectable businessmen … but its muscle is unions and radicals. And it was created out of Bob Borosage’s Center [sic] for the American Future … [Jones and Borosage] are still seeking to overthrow the system and to create a socialist future.” In their warped world, generating jobs by investing in the clean energy vital to our future is an effort to “overthrow the system.” For that, the right tags me as one of the most dangerous men in America. Fact stands, we are proud of the Apollo Alliance, and all of the heavy lifting we’ve done to build the coalition to create our new energy future. We are proud of working with Van Jones, a gifted leader, who has labored tirelessly to make certain that those left out of the old economy are included in the new one. Join us in building America’s future – and in spurning the hate politics of Beck and his ilk. Please contribute $10, $25 or $50 to Campaign for America’s Future. We are proud the Campaign has been targeted by Beck. It is testament to our effectiveness. We led the effort that beat Bush when he tried to privatize Social Security. We co-founded the Apollo Alliance to make the case for jobs and new energy. We helped build the alliance that is demanding affordable health care for all, and we have only just begun to push for change! It’s no surprise that we gained the attention of the rabid right. We have just begun, and we are not changing our course. We are proud to challenge those standing in the way of the change we need. Help us keep raising Glenn Beck’s blood pressure. Please contribute $10, $25 or $50 to Campaign for America’s Future. CAF has not only been a steadfast voice for change, but we carried the fight against the entrenched lobbies and know-nothing right that stands in the way – and with your help, we are going to continue to earn Glenn Beck’s ire. What does it mean to us that we are being targeted by Glenn Beck? It means we are doing our job. Thanks, as always, for your commitment to America’s future. Sincerely,

CAF is doing righteous work, not only working on those causes that Bob Borosage outlines above, but it is instrumental in creating alliances across a wide range of liberal issues and interests. For instance, they were a major sponsor and participant in this year’s Netroots Nation, sponsoring everything from tours to steel plants to hosting batting practice at the baseball field, working hard to facilitate understanding and common purpose across the progressive coalition.

I’m just surprised the conservatives took so long to go after them.

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