According to the LA Times:
In Texas, the two sides of the debate are being underwritten by well-funded liberal and conservative organizations. MoveOn.org and True Majority, for instance, are bankrolling Sheehan’s efforts — complete with an array of public relations consultants who advise the 48-year-old Vacaville, Calif., woman on tactics.
The other side is tied closely to Move America Forward, a conservative group affiliated with political strategists who helped plan the 2003 recall of California Gov. Gray Davis.
MoveOn.org and True Majority didn’t initiate Sheehan’s stand. On the other hand, it took GOP strategists three weeks to organise a rally attended by “nearly 1,000” to show support for the chief and trade insults with the “treasonous scum” in Sheehan’s camp. Were background checks and signing of loyalty oaths causes for the delayed response?
Move America Forward‘s causes include denouncement of the UN but I don’t see them urging members to support the American Sovereignty Restoration Act (Bill # H.R.1146). Instead, they want to move UN facilities out of the US and territories and arrange a more equitable dues-paying schedule. Does that mean they’re OK with spending $600,000 to refurbish John Negroponte’s kitchen in the ambassador’s Waldorf-Astoria apartment but not the programmes mentioned here? Why not Bring the Johns Home?