Lumine's Election and Political Tracker (Epilogue) - Tracker Closed

[Simfan34]

Clarence, The Atlasian Post, and I have endorsed Winfield!

[Simfan34]

No comment.

[Simfan34]

Don't be terrible, Maxwell.

[Simfan34]

Very nice, but we don't use commas to separate integers from decimals. We use a full stop.

[Simfan34]

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[Simfan34]

What ideas have the Federalists come up with? How have they articulated an opposition to Labor that could persuade people in the middle that voting for their opponents would be a bad idea? The party spends far too much time squabbling amongst itself, particularly amongst those who not only think that Atlasia is more-right wing than it actually is, but that the US is more right-wing than it actually is. I mean voters are not terribly removed from the final results... it shouldn't be difficult to get it across that a center-right candidate in office is vastly superior (for them, at least) to a "solid conservative" candidate who loses to a far-leftist.

The fact that the D-Rs serve as a spoiler for the Federalist for "libertarian" types does not help them. There are too many people who seem to not care about election results.

[Simfan34]

What ideas have the Federalists come up with? How have they articulated an opposition to Labor that could persuade people in the middle that voting for their opponents would be a bad idea?

What was Sirnick's basis for convincing voters they should vote for him instead of DemPGH?

I don't know. I mean I'm sure there is a viable way to build a coalition that could claim that they oppose nationalising everything under the sun.

The problem with social issues is that people keep on inventing things to liberalise, like this polygamy thing or blanket drug decriminalisation. On the other hand TNF is rehashing ideas that were rather tired 70 years ago.

[Simfan34]

You are building this coalition by appointing someone who supported TNF over a Federalist? Acting like one can accomplish "social goals" is a fools errand, as I said, we can always invent some new social issue. Right now the D-Rs are pretty much just a social liberal party, I don't see much fiscal conservatism being effected from them.

Indeed, I have more faith right now that Windjammer as the Senate's tie breaker would be more socially conservative than the guy- good guy he is- who gave the NE polygamy and child pornography.

You're not going to get all the people under this tent to agree on everything. But you need to cast it as widely as possible. Now you have me thinking I should join the Feds, if they appoint me their chairman. After all, I did found the Whig Party...

Oh come on, its easy to pile on sirnick now that he is getting creamed but lets not act like simfan isn't a right wing federalist who has played a big part in spreading petty attacks against the left. He's closer to a Riley than a sirnick.

I thought we'd put the past behind us, Napoleon.

[Simfan34]

Its an objective observation. Did you not say that "as far as I am concerned, anyone in Labor is TNF"?

Unless proven otherwise. And you've proved such, long before anyone knew who TNF was.

Simfan, the bill allowed kids to view porn with parental consent.

What sort of perverted parent would allow their child to view pornography!? I don't think something that would be considered sexual abuse if any other person did it should be acceptable for parents.

[Simfan34]

One imagines that a PPT TNF would simply allow the queues to be flooded by, well, TNF bills. There is currently some rather clever protocol that, somehow, pretty much prevents TNF from doing just that. How, I don't know.

Personally, if not Yankee, I'd be pretty interesting in seeing Adam Griffin in the role.

[Simfan34]

One imagines that a PPT TNF would simply allow the queues to be flooded by, well, TNF bills. There is currently some rather clever protocol that, somehow, pretty much prevents TNF from doing just that. How, I don't know.

Personally, if not Yankee, I'd be pretty interesting in seeing Adam Griffin in the role.

It's nothing nefarious on the part of Yankee, and in fact TNF, if he became PPT would have to limit his own bills as well, due to the clogging rule (section 3).

One imagines that rule (to which I was referring) would be one of the first things to go out the window.

[Simfan34]

I am aware. I distinctly recall that rule being derided by Labor Senators as the "anti-TNF rule" at the time. Are you saying that a Labor majority would not vote to repeal it?