Party Unity My Ass – Puma

The DNC has been pushing for unity in the democratic party, but will they get it. There is a growing divide with long time democrats and many are calling for a new party. The name of this proposed party is PUMA which stands for Party Unity My Ass. The leaders of the DNC such as Howard Dean just expect these people to fall in line and support the presumptive nominee, Barak Obama but with each passing day more and more blogs are publishing stories that may throw a kink in Dean’s plan. A lot of this was spurred by the Rules Committee decision on May 31st on the handling of the delegates in Michigan and Florida. I’m not going to debate that decision as it been covered enough already. I personally would be what is called a  Reagan Democrat which is just another word for a moderate. There are Reagan Republicans too. In fact there are probably more moderates than anyone else and those are the people the democrats are going to need to convince if they hope to elect Obama in the fall. From looking at the blogsphere that may prove to be difficult. Of course it does not help that a lot of people who support Obama immediately attack any blogger who may not support Obama with vile and unflattering comments. This only serves to fuel the fire and creates a wider divide of the party.

Now I’m sure there are a good number of moderates who do support Obama, but the loudest people are also the rudest and do not help to gain party unity. This is proven by such grassroot movements as PUMA. Personally I won’t be voting for Obama, I just don’t believe he is telling the truth about a lot of items. I also question his character as he has kept some questionable associates over the years. These are enough reasons for me to vote Republican in the Fall. I  voted for Mccain before in the 2000 primaries, but not Bush in either General Election, so it won’t bother me one bit to cast my vote for him again.

Whether Party Unity My Ass — PUMA catches on or not is still to be seen, but this is a different world. Anyone can start a blog in a matter of minutes, on places such as blogger or Wordpress.com, with absolutely no investment of any kind. YouTube videos can be created and uploaded in minutes by anyone to convey their opinions on certain subjects. These blog posts and videos are instantly available to anyone in the world and Google will serve up the content with  a variety of search phrases. This makes it a lot easier to get a grass roots type movement such as PUMA off the ground and a lot of people talking about it.

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