[Grovenet] Another Choice

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Interesting concept. And one that holds a lot of promise in the concept.
Though I have to question whether Sam Waterson is truly a neutral face to 
get the message across.  While his character on TV is very straight arrow 
and usually sides with 'the right' choice in TV land (perhaps 'the correct' 
choice would be a better way to phrase it) he is also  a shill for those who 
have strong ties to the corrupting influence of rampant corporatism.
I sympathize with the movement because if they wanted a truly neutral spokes 
person they would have to pick somebody that was an unknown.  And by doing 
so they would not have the advantage of a recognizable spokesperson that 
would get people to stop and listen long enough to hear the message.
Overall I think it is a good goal to have politics move more toward the 
middle but it is too simplistic to think that the way to do that is to have 
one R and one D on the ticket to accomplish it.  I also think it is too 
simplistic to think that it will happen in a year, even if they use the 
power of the internet to attempt it. When it happens on that short of a time 
frame it is more of a fad than a movement.
But I'm not trying to poo poo the idea of change itself.  I'm just a little 
skeptical that this is the answer.

Katie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: [Grovenet] Another Choice


> And so it happens again, a movement for more choice than the same old Red
> and Blue 'polarizers' is building for the '08 elections:
>
> http://www.unity08.com/believe
>
> They're collecting some well known faces to back them. One is Sam 
> Waterson:
>
> http://www.unity08.com/buzzworthy/sam_team
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
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