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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:56 am Post subject: Unity '08 |
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http://www.unity08.com/
A new third-party mean to be built by voting in key issues, etc. Once more unto the breach for third parties in the USA, I guess. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| a Republican ploy to split the Democratic vote |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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(Bearing in mind that I am not an American, and I have not volunteered to go to Iraq- thus disqualifying me from having a right to an opinion, in some posters' views- I submit the following)
My first impulse was to post something like "Ross Perot AND Ralph Nader called, and they'd both like [insert punchline here] back."
They're pretty vague on where they stand, but at the same time I have to say I like the sounds of this:
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Unity08 on the Issues
Unity08 divides issues facing the country into two categories: Crucial Issues � on which America�s future safety and welfare depend; and Important Issues � which, while vital to some, will not, in our judgment, determine the fate or future of the United States.
In our opinion, Crucial Issues include: Global terrorism, our national debt, our dependence on foreign oil, the emergence of India and China as strategic competitors and/or allies, nuclear proliferation, global climate change, the corruption of Washington�s lobbying system, the education of our young, the health care of all, and the disappearance of the American Dream for so many of our people.
By contrast, we consider gun control, abortion and gay marriage important issues, worthy of debate and discussion in a free society, but not issues that should dominate or even crowd our national agenda.
In our opinion � since the disintegration of the Soviet Union � our political system seems to have focused more attention on the �important issues� than the �crucial issues.� One result: The political parties have been built to address the interests of their �base� but have failed to address the realities that impact most Americans. |
http://www.unity08.com/believe#4
Is that a viewpoint that most Americans, left and right, can get behind?
I suspect not; I think those who are against abortion and gay marriage and gun control don't view these issues as "important but not crucial", rather, they view these issues as paramount to the national agenda. |
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