Two Down

Well, Giuliani and Edwards have called it quits. Giuliani has thrown his support behind McCain, while Edwards has yet to endorse anyone. They say most of Edwards' supporters will go to Clinton. It seems McCain's plan is to continue to pull in the Independent voters for the primaries. But what about the general election? This Independent is hoping Michael Bloomberg sees this opportunity and takes it! The economy is now stated to be the number 1 issue for voters--even over Iraq. This plays well with Bloomberg and his business/management experience. I hope Bloomberg jumps in there and more Independents see him as a viable alternative to the two-party same-old, same-old.

J.F.

"I wondered who I was running against."

Well, you are supposed to have the experience to be President, and you are running for that office. If you are confused about who you're running against, Hillary or Bill, should we want you as President? Why does it matter who you are addressing? If you can not handle an argument against more than 1 person, why are you running?

Barak Obama should not be President of this country in 2008. We, the people, cannot afford it. If you need pity to win, Mr. Junior Senator, than that is not a quality we want in our leader.

Polls

The Deacon has something to say about polling. He's never really believed in it because he's seen it fail too many times. Also, he's never been polled, have you? Anyone you know? That is the problem. We hear about all these polls telling us how America feels about certain things - think about the people who have the time to answer poll question, who take the time to do so. Do you honestly believe they are anything like you?

This is in response to the polls that say Bloomberg has no chance in 2008. According to who? Registered Ds and Rs? If you can find enough registered Independents who will take the time to answer that question, you numbers will not be the same. The Deacon guarantees that.

The Great Fiction

Did you know Obama is from Kansas? Tell a true Chicago native that you're happy to see one of their own in the process, and he/she will let you know that there is no one from Chicago running for President. The Deacon loves to see people's reactions when they find out he's from Kansas!

The campaign of Hope and Change. Can we see an example of when the junior Senator has done, well, anything? What does he know about Hope and Change having worked in the IL state legislature? Does he have the experience to lead this country on a path of Hope and Change? "Cheney and Rumsfield had all the experience in the....." yeah, and they weren't President! Enough with talk! This country, its people, need action!

The Deacon must admit, he thought of Obama as the future of the D party and the country - if he showed something in the Senate and ran in 2012. Now, the more the Deacon looks at Obama, the more he does not like what he sees, in fact, though the Deacon will never endorse a candidate on this blog until a general election, he will go so far as to say that Obama should not be President this time around. The Deacon is very rarely wrong with his impression of people, and will just say, it would be the most disappointing, ineffectual Presidency in history. One hundred years from now, in an American History class, students would have a tough time remembering who came after GWB, besides the fact that he was the first African American President. Right now, we need better than that.

Speaking of.....

The Deacon loves to read the wee stories from all those experts who say no one wants Bloomberg to run. The people who do not what Mike to run? The people who exist solely in a 2 party world, who's livelihood and existence depend on partisan politics. "Well, I can't see him getting the 270 electoral votes to win it." Really? Why, did we disenfranchise everyone who does not vote a straight party ticket? Or, do you mean something like 2000? Either way, if he does get the 270, will you not be on TV anymore? That would be sad. "Well, even the people of NYC don't want Mike to be President." Oh, now that's different. A city that big, I'm sure it was tough to find a sample that said what you wanted to hear. Plus, I'm sure the thousands of other cities involved in the process all agree, right?

The two party system is not getting the job done. Maybe it's the fault of the current administration, or, more likely, the fact that the World is not as simple as this or that and nothing else. You can cling to it all you want, tell Mike you don't want him to run, but the curretn system is on its way out. The Silent Majority has been poked and prodded, is not happy, and it will effect change.

Are You Kidding?

Now, the Deacon is not a serious blogger. He loves to write, but sitting in front of a computer all day is no way to live. So, posts will be rare, mostly rants, and hardly ever in-depth.

Anyway, in the past two days, there have been some posts on Israeli blogs that talk about Bloomberg being a good choice as long as he doesn't pick Chuck Hagel as a running mate. The reason? Hagel's multilateral foreign policy view is bad. Really, are you serious? If the Deacon went into a discussion right here about how ignorant that is, it would not be pretty. I'll just say that, in 2008, that HAS to stop. Find a new protector.

Unity08 - Failure

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.