Unity08 Leaves The Mike On (Cover Your Ears!)
Mon Jan 29, 2007 at 10:39:15 AM PDT
Today, the corporation that wants to elect its own U.S. President, Unity08, promised to hold an online chat to explain why it (a self-professed "grassroots organization" and "people's movement") is suing for the right to take large contributions without limitation, and to keep from disclosing who is dishing out its loans.
Apparently, Unity08 doesn't know that its java chat software sends out transcripts of its chat to EVERYBODY who is signed up. Here is an excerpt from their charming practice chat in the hour before they move from the backstage to the public stage.
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Mon Jan 29 07:52:02 PST 2007
u08moderator: bill, are you here? i'm tinkering with the interface to see if i get it...
Mon Jan 29 07:57:17 PST 2007
u08moderator: Do you agree that Jim Cook is a jackass?
Mon Jan 29 07:57:17 PST 2007
u08moderator: I think he's a wretched M______ F_______.
Mon Jan 29 07:58:49 PST 2007
u08moderator: Anya Harris is a slave driver
Mon Jan 29 08:03:20 PST 2007
u08moderator: Melissa, can you get this?
Mon Jan 29 08:07:18 PST 2007
anya_harris: Why did you file suit against the FEC, you ass...
Mon Jan 29 08:07:18 PST 2007
tom_collier: Because we hate them./
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Oh, dear. What happened to ending the politics of hatred and personal attacks? Isn't that what Unity08 said it was all about?
See, I'm Jim Cook (theolock is an old pseudonym from back when), and I've been asking questions about Unity08's financial transparency and their failure to live up to a bunch of their public pledges. Apparently, asking for financial transparency (which Unity08 itself has committed to in public) is enough to bring out the swear words in the staff room.
Don't worry, Unity sweeties, I don't take it personally. I know that potty mouths and personal digs are part of your insider game, even if you say in public that Unity08 is about ending that. Just, please, answer my questions. Even jackasses and M______ F_______ deserve financial transparency, don't you think? I hear the FEC says so (God, I hate them).
