MoveOn Meeting On The Upper West Side Gets Heated (VIDEO)

From NY Mag's Daily Intel:

At some 1,200 locations around the country last night, members of MoveOn.org gathered to celebrate Barack Obama's presidential victory and plan their new political strategy as part of a celebration called "Fired Up and Ready to Go!" Our man Tim Murphy attended a meeting on the Upper West Side populated by veteran activists and the younger types inspired by Obama to join the process. So can these two generations agree on an agenda? Not so much! "It was like a co-op tenants' meeting," said one attendee. "Everybody wants to hear themselves talk." Watch the video and get fired up.

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Comments

[mauibob]

I think the move-on crowd better get organized quick because it appears Obama is throwing the wacko left under the bus.

[shoopnyc]

THAT WAS SO NEW YORK. But what stuck out to me was the generational gap that seemed to be present.

[musselmanm]

Look at those folks what a group! How long after the camera was shut down did they fire up a fatty?

[pipetoe]

Reminds me a cheerleader's mom's meeting.

[DMcMillan]

'Lead, follow, or get out of the way.'
- Thomas Paine

[thisboyshouts]

Was this a "white's only" party?

[DissedBeliever]

Jesus. I live on the UWS and let me tell you this is not a surprise at all. There's a reason Polanski set Rosemary's Baby in this hood.

[JScott]

Folks remember that you might get on you tube and the gop will get a hold of it and soon it'll be on Fox News with Billo or Sean or some other RW yakking head saying 'SEE THEY CAN'T GET ORGANIZED THEY WANNA HEAR THEMSELVES TALK AND THEY ALL WANNA BE THE BOSS'

[Topfeeder]

My 1st neighborhood Obama meeting went something like this one. We quickly realized we had to splinter off into 3 separate like-minded groups. The older members in our group were not comfortable with door or phone canvassing but were happy to host watch debate parties and financially contribute more than the youngsters. The youngsters were eager to get in the face of anyone to preach all things Obama and middle-agers like myself were happy to fill in wherever needed. Fortunately, for our group we had a HR Specialist in attendance and she took control and that really is what made all the difference.

[EvilPoet]

UGH.

[Lisette]

All that garbage to install?
Not me-toooo much trouble.

[quasar]

Democracy unplugged!

[sylar]

lmao

[Mildmannered]

a move-on Upper West Side meeting bears no resemblance to the views of the average democrat (nor does a similar meeting in my Los Angeles)

[Blurp]

Blech... nightmare.

[marlainWA]

i went to my local small town moveon meeting, we were young and old and inbetween and we agreed, were excited and someone even brought champagne and we toasted to obama and the future.

[kellygrrrl]

sounds similar to my experiences here in L.A.
young/old, rich/poor, Jewish/Chrisitan/Muslim. Everyone got along fine and had a common goal.