The UIP Response to Robert S. Miller
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by United Independents Party
Multiple times throughout eUS history, individual citizens have contrived to steal, cheat, and deceive our country and its citizens. It's a simple fact of both real life and eRepublik that there are certain people who make it their goal to ruin things for others. It's also a simple fact that at times, they can be difficult to stop.
Luckily in this latest episode, which involved Robert S. Miller attempting to divert government funds to a personal organization, the admins acted swiftly and decisively to ensure that no harm would come from his actions. Nevertheless, the United Independents Party has long prided itself on the quality of our of congressional representatives, and Robert's actions have upset our party greatly. Because of that, we would like to clarify our relationship with Robert.
Unfortunately, game mechanics (along with the fact that we're on the internet) prevent the leadership of any party, including our own, from truly being able to vet a candidate. Robert S. Miller did come to the UIP requesting permission to run under our banner, and UIP leaders remembered him as a former inactive congressman from another party, and confronted him on the issue. Robert responded by apologizing for his former inactivity, and wrote an article expressing his desire for a second chance to prove how hard he was going to work. Noting his apparent sincerity, the UIP decided to grant him that chance by allowing him to run in Oklahoma.
It should be noted that no one in the UIP was aware of any accusations against Robert S. Miller of multi-accounting during prevoius congressional elections, and didn't notice any evidence of multi-accounting in his election to congress in Oklahoma.
The UIP has extremely active leadership that works hard to ensure the quality of our congressional candidates - but every once in a while someone slips through the cracks. All there is to go by on the internet is text on a page. As everyone knows, that can be quite difficult to correctly interpret. Nevertheless, the UIP wishes to affirm to both its own party members, along with the American public as a whole, that we do not approve of Robert S. Miller or his actions, and that we will do everything in our power to ensure that something like this does not happen again.
Ansen
President, UIP
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I second Ansen's statements.
Joshua Hoss
UIP Vice President
This.
PrincessMedyPi
Former UIP PP
It is a sad day not only for the UIP but also for the eUSA. My hope is that we can over come this downfall and move forward.
PikeZH638
No one should blame the UIP for the actions of Robert S. Miller
And I say this as a member of a different party.
This was the fault of Robert S. Miller -- not the UIP.
votat
JJ, former UIP VP
The UIP does not endorse the actions of Sen. Miller in any way, nor do we support his actions.
I agree. The UIP cannot be blamed for this. Any attempt to do so is divisive and unjustifiable.
(I'm not in the UIP either.)
Anyone who would think RSM's actions are representative of the UIP needs to be put in time-out. Thank you Ansen for making an official statement 😃
Kazeal
Not a former-anything
UIP: OOOPS! Mistakes happen
The UIP is not at fault here. Perhaps Congress should start researching their companies and proposals a little better? Congress: OOOOOPS! Mistakes happen.
Liquid Oxygen
Resident UIP Misfit Master of Bombastic Trollitude!
The UIP is not responsible for an individuals actions.
Voted.
Former UIP nothing 😛
"Nevertheless, the United Independents Party has long prided itself on the quality of our of congressional representatives, and Robert's actions have upset our party greatly."
Excellent. I'm going to be fielding wry replies all day to my article when all I was doing was calling you out on an issue you clearly care about: quality personnel and reputation. I wish you had just taken responsibility for your member, candidate, and senator. I never blamed the UIP for the crime, I blamed the UIP for the criminal.
If I was mouthing off for the USWP I would have mentioned to readers that I belonged to the USWP. I didn't, therefore I wasn't.
Is it not reasonable to ask that a top five political party take responsibility for their call? Or, rather is it reasonable to ignore the fact that he wouldn't be there if you didn't field him?
I'll take this article as justification (and further clarification from the source) in me writing mine. I wonder if the issue would have ever been addressed if I didn't stick my neck out to bring it to the surface.
Thank you UIP and Ansen for doing all I asked you to do. Now we can move on.
Voted.
UIP: OOOPS! Mistakes happen
CONGRESS: It wasnt our fault either
Was he from Illinois?
Voted. Can't really say much more than my party leadership has already said.
>Was he from Illinois?
No,, but it is rumored that he was a community organizer
I'm in the UIP and I agree that no blame should be placed on them. A lot of folks do things of their own accord. The UIP oversees certain, it doesn't control people. Miller shall pay for his crimes! >8(
Voted. Good article. No one should fault the UIP.
"Or, rather is it reasonable to ignore the fact that he wouldn't be there if you didn't field him?"
Question...since when can PP's remove candidates?
I don't think Mr. longbaugh knows enough about game mechanics to be talking in this situation.....
>.>
This is what, the 3rd time someone has pulled this scam. In Estonia and North Korea before. Of course, in NK the country never got the money back, so count yourself lucky.
Voted
Miller claims the UIP specifically angled his victory in Oklahoma saying, "If I am ever unbanned from the UIP, I can offer proof of a deal made by the UIP to get me elected in Oklahoma in exchange for letting the Libs beat their candidate Enzo Capizzi in Vermont. IRC logs with Claire and the rest. Trust me. The UIP helped."
If the UIP claims to be innocent and wants to come after me for demanding political accountability then I think they should address THIS too.
I'm not wrong until I'm proven wrong. Consequently, the UIP isn't right until they prove that they're right. Until then it's just an allergy to controversy and it leaves the foundation of what political parties REALLY ARE... utterly broken.
@ PrincessMedyPi
At least you correctly quoted me...
I said, "is it reasonable to ignore the fact that he wouldn't be there if you didn't field him?"
The UIP said, "Noting his apparent sincerity, the UIP decided to grant him that chance by ALLOWING HIM TO RUN IN OKLAHOMA."
Since the UIP has admitted to purposely backing him, Tormod and the rest of you can't go on guesstimating that the UIP didn't support him and that he hijacked the UIP ticket in Oklahoma. So, what exactly is your point?
I heard that the UIP was not at fault here.
>I heard that the UIP was not at fault here.
That’s what the UIP keeps trying to say
“It’s NOT our fault!”
@Longbaugh
One, you don't know what you're talkin about, bro. Two, you're quoting the very guy you are trying to blame the UIP for backing.
So...it's OK for YOU to believe what RSM says NOW, but somehow not OK for anyone in the UIP to believe what he said BEFORE?
LOL
As a member of the UIP and a hard working member of Congress I am disgusted by Miller's actions. The UIP in no way supports this, and if we had known that it would have happened we would have taken every possible step to stop it. Partisans may attack the UIP for Miller's actions, however they do so just to advance their own personal agenda, not for the betterment of our nation.
voted.
Blake Chrysostom
UIP PR Director
Voted! No freethinking citizen should take this as an UIP failure! This fiasco will put a scar on eUS politics for a little while, but Robert Miller is the criminal and as such all blame should be lain at his feet!
UIP’s new campaign slogan
“IT’S NOT OUR FAULT! CRAP HAPPENS!”
I think everyone should be impressed with how quickly we mobilize to clear our good name.
>I think everyone should be impressed with how quickly we mobilize to clear our good name
HEY,, at least we were quick to spin it!
give us credit for that dang it!
lol
Shit happens guys. We all put up with crappy congressional reps that we can't shake from our party endorsements due to the game mechanics. Luckily foreign friends of our nation and our own citizens noticed the hoax very quickly and the admins also acted swiftly to remove this piece of trash.
Your party doesn't have anything to worry about imho. All parties deal with crappy congressional representatives that don't work for the betterment of the eUSA, but for their own gain. Our parties must work together to vet all candidates and get the top 51 in office to prevent further fiascos like this.
Longbaugh = Ajay of the USWP
Couldn't say it any better than Ansen did and I'm not going to feed the partisan trolls here.
Longbaugh, as a complete and utter tool, will never back down from any position he takes, so there's no point debating him, Mel.
Otherwise, voted. As a proud member of the UIP, I can categorically say that Miller's actions in no way reflect the party he was endorsed by. People don't realize that when a party endorses someone - for whatever office - the endorsed person then has the ability to act independently of that party's authority. This is a clear case of such a situation.
As a loyal UIP member on constant deployment (and thus, not officially in-game as "UIP"), I agree. Robert S. Miller did a terrible thing - something the UIP has been lucky to avoid up until now.
Damn, we got ACORNed!
Miller claims the UIP specifically angled his victory in Oklahoma saying, "If I am ever unbanned from the UIP, I can offer proof of a deal made by the UIP to get me elected in Oklahoma in exchange for letting the Libs beat their candidate Enzo Capizzi in Vermont. IRC logs with Claire and the rest. Trust me. The UIP helped."
>If the UIP claims to be innocent and wants to come after me for demanding political accountability then I think they should address THIS too.
I'm not wrong until I'm proven wrong. Consequently, the UIP isn't right until they prove that they're right. Until then it's just an allergy to controversy and it leaves the foundation of what political parties REALLY ARE... utterly broken.
Longbaugh, I find it interesting that you don't believe in innocent until proven guilty and that you are seeking the validation of the words of a criminal. I find this line of reasoning purely idiotic and out of touch with reality.
wow - I've never seen so many collective groups say, "not my fault" ie: congress and the UIP.... someone needs to man up.
dubya, the one at fault is Robert S. Miller. Period.
"dubya, the one at fault is Robert S. Miller. Period."
This.
Yeah we get it doc... You lost in OK to this guy and you're annoyed. Direct it at Robert S Miller where it belongs and if you absolutely must continue with the partisan antics to use to your advantage... save it for the campaign trail.
As I said in the other place - I don't REALLY blame UIP. I'll leave it there, I suppose.
lol - it is kinda funny that mink, steel, and I are having the same convo in two places...
Ok, Docdubya, you're right, someone needs to step up and take blame. (And please take note of the sarcasm)
Lets blame the UIP, Congress, Harrison for being President, Scrabman for being President when RSM got elected, the citizens of Oklahoma and the Admins.
But let's not blame RSM, no. . . . he's not the one at fault here at all.
Everyone gets a piece of the blame pie:
- The Admins for not allowing PPs to kick candidates.
- The UIP for not fielding someone else in OK.
- The other Parties for not winning in OK.
- Congress for not vetting the org.
But this kind of blame game is crap.
Robert S. Miller did it.
- If the Admins let PPs kick, the UIP may still have let him run.
- If the UIP fielded someone else in OK, he would have run in another state or in another party.
- The other parties can't guarantee victory in any state.
- Even if the active congressmen vetted the org, the inactives may not have.
Clearly, the only one who had the absolute power to change the outcome of this was Robert S. Miller himself.
It's absurd to think that anyone other than the offending party (Mr. Miller) is to blame over this.
Good article. We understand how hard it is to find viable candidates. Voted.
You know, I think the best thing to do right now is to simply look for some solutions and make sure this doesn't happen again. See my newspaper for some ways that I've thought of to make this happen. I'd be happy to see some feedback about my suggestions!
I blame the GameFaqs party
Tsk Tsk!