Unity08 again

I’ve just posted a comment on the UnityO8 website. They seem to be getting new posts about every five minutes so mine won’t be visible for very long. Here’s what I told them.

“Yours is a revolution by committee whereas Ross Perot’s 1992 presidential campaign was sparked by one man who ignited a potent sense of drift. That sense of drift has returned with a vengeance and I see some plusses to the committee approach. Perot’s star fell as fast as it had risen when his eccentricities came to light. You’ve got two years to vet the unity idea and find an eccentricity free candidate (if such a person exists). The Internet gives you the perfect vehicle to get past the entrenched two-party machinery without having to depend on a millionaire to finance the campaign. As an independent Congressional candidate in 1992 I had hoped that the Perot phenomenon would help me. I found, however, that the people who flocked to the Reform Party were a mixed bag of wingnuts, and centrists. My attempt to hitch a ride on Perot’s coattails was met with paranoia by Perot’s self selected champions. They were putting all their eggs in the Presidential basket. It didn’t occur to them that their man could use a friendly Congress. 

Since you’ve set the parameters for your movement I don’t think wingnuts will take over Unity08 like they did when Pat Buchanan got the Reform Party’s presidential nomination. Still, just as in 1992, your President will need a sympathetic Congress.  2006 is shaping up to be the perfect election to clean up Congress. It would be shame for your 08 President to have to deal with the same issue driven politicos that now rule the Nation’s capitol.”   

 

 

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