When Unity08 started, it was about allowing the people to chose a bi-partisan ticket in an online convention. That would have been an historic idea. Then, some marketing people seem to have taken it over and inflict their way on it, completely warping it in the everyday political mind. Unity08 had a chance to grasp the awakening great power of the Silent Majority. Instead, it moved at a pace that made the Deacon think it should have been named Unity2012. They say they had problems fundraising, but when did anyone see an invite to an Unity08 fundraiser? Did they even ever hire a fundraising team? This lack of money made them think ballot access was impossible. With volunteer help, it would have been. We're talking about people who saw the system as broken, and wanted to become involved in fixing it, but who ever saw anything other than a generic mass emailing from Unity08? Who ever saw an official Unity08 meeting in their town or even state?
We were told that "politics as usual is dead," but Unity08 proved this to be false. Politics as usual means a promise of something great unfulfilled, and that's what they have given us. They talk about Obama and Bloomberg representing what the goal was from the beginning. Bloomberg, maybe, but Obama, no. The Junior Senator from IL has a blindingly witty response when asked if he thinks he has enough experience to be President - that Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfield had all the experience necessary, and look where we are. Blinding, because we are asking if he thinks he has the experience to be President, and neither of those men have been. If he ever showed the fortitude to mention GWB, then he would be showing us someone with more experience who has not done so well. Bloomberg, on the other hand, has managed a billion dollar business and one of the most complex cities in the world, very well and with party diversity within his administration. So, if Unity08 says Obama embraces its ideals, it seems to be doing so only to appease a section of its membership (were you ever given an easy option to end your Unity08 membership, could you even find it on that new site?), when it says Bloomberg does, it seems to be the only true thing it has said.
Hello, Unity08, it is 2008, not 2012 or even 2020. You had to work to make your goal happen, and you have fallen woefully short. Whether it was a misunderstanding of where the majority of this nation stands technologically, or, seemingly, a grave misunderstanding of what was needed to put the proposed process into effect - people-wise, not technology-wise. A National organization/movement with only 1 office? I can hear the , "we never had the money," but, again, did anyone receive an invitation to a Unity08 fundraiser? Was anyone asked, within their state, to help out? The answer, is, no, and there is no excuse for letting us, the American people, down on such a grand scale.
People, Unity08 has effectively said that your voice does not actually matter. Let us do ourselves a favor and put them to rest.
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A whole-hearted agreement on my part. I, too, was excited about the basic concept of Unity08, but it seemed that nothing of fruition was happening. Yes, a national movement with only ONE office and no in-state fundraisers! Now, it seems 3 of its primary members have jumped ship and are looking at a possible Bloomberg run.
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