The Liberal Party.

[oakvale]

Copying our Social Democratic cousins, this will serve as our official thread, and convention of sorts.

First things first, I'd like to hold an election for Chair, if there's more than one candidate, or we can just go straight to adopting a platform, and possibly a logo or colour or something. We also might want to make a Wiki article.

Liberal Caucus Membership:

Supreme Court Justice Oakvale (interim Chair)
Senator Napoleon
President Snowguy716
Vice-President Bacon King
Former President Polnut
Former Vice-President Dallasfan65
Former Senator Jbrase
Speaker of the Northeast Assembly Scott
Northeast Assemblyman RFK
Peeperkorn
Reginald
Nagas

I'll also like to announce that I'd like to serve as Chair proper, although if someone else wants to do it we'll hold a brief election.

Oh, one more thing - as acting Chair I formally invite the members of the Earth Liberation Caucus to join us. We're Green, we just haven't got an official platform yet.

Anyway, members please sign in below.

X Oakvale.

[Senator Napoleon]

X Napoleon

[Username MechaRFK]

X RFK

[Dallasfan65]

x Dallasfan65

You forgot me!

[Snowguy716]

I'd like to join the liberal caucus!

xSnowguy716

Count me in.

[Senator Napoleon]

I'd like to join the liberal caucus!

xSnowguy716

Count me in.

Excellent choice President Snowguy!

[Governor Scott]

xScott

Would you guys like me to design a logo for us to consider?

[Snowguy716]

xScott

Would you guys like me to design a logo for us to consider?

Do it!  I'll design one too and we can offer them up for a vote.

[Governor Scott]

Doing one now.

[Governor Scott]

Finished.

To sum it up: simple concept, but detailed image.  I just hope that this reminds people more of JFK than Herman Cain.



Also made something that might be ideal for signatures.



Woo.

[oakvale]

I'd like to join the liberal caucus!

xSnowguy716

Count me in.

Honoured to have you, Mr. President!

x Dallasfan65

You forgot me!

Indeed, sorry! Membership list has been updated.

Great logos, Scott! My own ideas on a logo - I like the idea of a torch as our party symbol, Cain associations aside, and adopted it into a more styilised logo -




...and an alternative with a slightly different torch/flame design.



EDIT: I'd also, on behalf of the Liberals, like to congratulate our new slate of at-large Senators. Do us proud!

[Senator Napoleon]

I feel like there should be more than seven members, hint hint JCP members.

[bgwah]

Oh, one more thing - as acting Chair I formally invite the members of the Earth Liberation Caucus to join us. We're Green, we just haven't got an official platform yet.

maybe I'm purposely not taking sides

[Governor Scott]

Bump.

[oakvale]

Should we start coming up with a platform?

[Senator Napoleon]

Should we start coming up with a platform?

Yes. Where shall we begin?

[oakvale]

Should we start coming up with a platform?

Yes. Where shall we begin?

I suggest we take your post from the original thread -

I'm just throwing some ideas out for discussion- don't take this as the platform of the caucus.

- Support for safe, accessible,  and legal abortion
- Generally supportive of free trade agreements
- Supportive of a compassionate and realistic immigration policy, including increased legal immigration
- Support liberalization of sex and drug policies at regional and federal level
- Pursue comprehensive environmental protection and restoration legislation
- Create a prosperous business envrionment by avoiding overregulation

And some light plagarism of Scott's Clinton quote -

Sounds good, so far.  Another idea to add to the mix: here's an excerpt from Bill Clinton's My Life book that I quoted on another website to sum up what New Democrats are for.

(1) restoring economic growth by replacing supply-side economics with our more disciplined "invest and grow" policy; (2) resolving the debate over the role of government in our lives by demonstrating that it is neither the enemy nor the solution, but instruments to give our people the tools and conditions to make the most of their own lives; (3) reaffirming the primacy of community as the operative political model for America, and rejecting divisions by race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political philosophy; (4) replacing rhetoric with reality in our social policy, actually proving government action could make a difference in areas like welfare and crime if it reflected common sense and creative thinking, rather than just tough talk and hot rhetoric; (5)reestablishing the family as the primary unit of society, one that government could strengthen with policies like the family leave law, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the minimum wage increase, the V-chip, the anti-teen smoking initiative, efforts to increase adoption, and new reforms in health and education; (6) and reasserting America's leadership in the post-Cold War world as a force for democracy, shared prosperity, and peace, and against the new security threats of terror, weapons of mass destruction, organized crime, and racial and religious conflicts

We could adopt parts of this for the official platform.

...and work from there.

[oakvale]

Okay, since the holidays are rapidly approaching I think it makes sense to follow the lead of our parent party and continue this convention-y thing in the New Year.

[Senator Napoleon]

I'm down.

[Jbrase]

X Jbrase

[Mynheer Peeperkorn von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe]

x Peeperkorn.

[Dallasfan65]

x Peeperkorn.

X Jbrase

Now it's a party!

[Mynheer Peeperkorn von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe]

I'm just throwing some ideas out for discussion- don't take this as the platform of the caucus.

- Support for safe, accessible,  and legal abortion
- Generally supportive of free trade agreements
- Supportive of a compassionate and realistic immigration policy, including increased legal immigration
- Support liberalization of sex and drug policies at regional and federal level
- Pursue comprehensive environmental protection and restoration legislation
- Create a prosperous business envrionment by avoiding overregulation

This is fine with me.

[Mynheer Peeperkorn von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe]

Legalization of the practice of abortion in the first weeks of pregnancy, particularly in cases of rape or eventual life risk for the mother.

Free and mandatory sexual and drugs education for teenagers.

Defense of LGTB rights, including marriage and child adoption.

Defense of stem cell research.

Legalization of the consumption of all drugs.

Legalization of limited homegrown of Canabbis for personal consumption.

Death Penalty is barbaric.

Taxes should be progressive. New taxes, if necessary, should never be applied to low and middle income homes.

Help the individual and the families, not corporations.

Support  of consumer defense organizations.

Fight against monopolies or oligopolies.

Oppose unnecessary bureaucracy; if community can follow these principles, government should stay way.

War should never be declared because of ideology, only in cases where national security is at risk.

Free Trade agreements is the best way to create prosperity, both in Atlasia and foreign countries.

[Governor Scott]

Are we proposing official platforms to presumably vote on yet, or are we still brainstorming?