Hail, Columbia! (The Election of 1928 RUNOFF)

[Intell]

Strauss.

As Israel was meant to be.

Yah we all know you think a Soviet allied Israel would be better then a USA allied Israel .

No, Israel had been largely, actually mostly socialist-orientated even when it was aligned with the US. I'd have preferred a non-aligned Israel, that would get help from EU nations though.

[Intell]

Strauss.

Somebody took a bite off my country

Strauss.

As Israel was meant to be.

No.

David Ben Gurion, Socialist Zionism, and the life of the Kibbutz. We obviously disagree, but you know.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Election of 1928
 

Theodore Roosevelt III [National Liberal-New York]—30.8% General, 58.3% Runoff
Herbert Martin Strauss [IWL-Minnesota]—34.6% General, 41.7% Runoff
Felipe Carrillo Puerto [Socialist-Yucatan]—19.2% General
Daniel Maltheson Hearst [Independent-Pennsylvania]—15.4% General

The face of the country had visibly aged, the shadows beneath its eyes grown darker, as the quadrennial campaign for La Maison Blanchet began in the spring of 1928. The Crash of 1925 had transformed the prosperity that Charles W. Bryan left upon his retirement to bitter depression, and when President Felipe Carrillo ordered federal troops to break the Miners' Strike of '27, the Socialist Party was cleaved down the middle. The party faithful nominated Carrillo for a second term in 1928, but his inability to end the recession and the hated brand of "strikebreaker" had turned the working classes against him. Running under the banner of the Independent Workers League, Herbert Strauss polled well enough to knock Carrillo out of contention, but was himself defeated in the runoff by Theodore Roosevelt III, nominee of the Liberal and Center Democratic parties and the grandson of former president Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. Promising to retain the most popular Socialist initiatives of the past decade while combatting graft and government waste, Roosevelt combined support from traditional conservative quarters with moderate Socialists and Social Democrats from the western provinces to forge a formidable electoral coalition that swept to victory on election day, carrying 44 of the 54 provinces and nearly three fifths of the popular vote.

[White Trash]

Yet another election stolen from the working man! May god have mercy on "President" Roosevelt, for I shall have none!

[Intell]

Yet another election stolen from the working man! May god have mercy on "President" Roosevelt, for I shall have none!

It's because of those "socialists" voters who voted for Roosevelt.

Fake Leftists.

[White Trash]

Yet another election stolen from the working man! May god have mercy on "President" Roosevelt, for I shall have none!

It's because of those "socialists" voters who voted for Roosevelt.

Fake Leftists.

And they shall hang from the same tree as the reactionaries. It is time to stoke the flames of revolution in the hearts and minds of the oppressed. We have suffered too long and it is clear that true equality and prosperity for the poor will not come through democratic or peaceful means.

[Intell]

Yet another election stolen from the working man! May god have mercy on "President" Roosevelt, for I shall have none!

It's because of those "socialists" voters who voted for Roosevelt.

Fake Leftists.

And they shall hang from the same tree as the reactionaries. It is time to stoke the flames of revolution in the hearts and minds of the oppressed. We have suffered too long and it is clear that true equality and prosperity for the poor will not come through democratic or peaceful means.

Democratic Socialism through the ballot box comrade, we need to get elected once, and we shall bring to birth a new world, from the ashes of the world. A world of social and economic justice for all, and a government that looks out for the oppressed, the poor, and the working class.

[Murica!]

Yet another election stolen from the working man! May god have mercy on "President" Roosevelt, for I shall have none!

It's because of those "socialists" voters who voted for Roosevelt.

Fake Leftists.

And they shall hang from the same tree as the reactionaries. It is time to stoke the flames of revolution in the hearts and minds of the oppressed. We have suffered too long and it is clear that true equality and prosperity for the poor will not come through democratic or peaceful means.

Democratic Socialism through the ballot box comrade, we need to get elected once, and we shall bring to birth a new world, from the ashes of the world. A world of social and economic justice for all, and a government that looks out for the oppressed, the poor, and the working class.

Nay! The ballot is not but a useful tool of the bourgeoisie! 

[White Trash]

Yet another election stolen from the working man! May god have mercy on "President" Roosevelt, for I shall have none!

It's because of those "socialists" voters who voted for Roosevelt.

Fake Leftists.

And they shall hang from the same tree as the reactionaries. It is time to stoke the flames of revolution in the hearts and minds of the oppressed. We have suffered too long and it is clear that true equality and prosperity for the poor will not come through democratic or peaceful means.

Democratic Socialism through the ballot box comrade, we need to get elected once, and we shall bring to birth a new world, from the ashes of the world. A world of social and economic justice for all, and a government that looks out for the oppressed, the poor, and the working class.

Nay! The ballot is not but a useful tool of the bourgeoisie! 

Agreed! Columbian democracy is merely a pretense. It is high time that we dispense with the pleasantries and the niceties, and take what belongs to us. These elections are merely pageants for the puppets of the bourgeois. Notice that every candidate who isn't a tool of the global (Czolgosz, Strauss), is cut down in the election?

[Kingpoleon]

This is a true victory of the people! President Roosevelt will be the greatest supporter of German-Columbians and our party in decades. We have replaced economic insanity with policies which cannot fail.

My greatest hope is for an alliance and economic agreement with Germany. The socialists, if they want to take votes from us Center Democrats, must promise something of the sort and moderate their economic policies.

[Lumine]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

[Intell]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

[White Trash]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

May of '32? The revolution starts now, mark my words. Roosevelt will not be inaugurated.

[Intell]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

May of '32? The revolution starts now, mark my words. Roosevelt will not be inaugurated.

Onwards towards the revolution?

[Murica!]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

May of '32? The revolution starts now, mark my words. Roosevelt will not be inaugurated.

Onwards towards the revolution?

Onwards comrades, to create a new world in the shell of the old!

[Intell]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

May of '32? The revolution starts now, mark my words. Roosevelt will not be inaugurated.

Onwards towards the revolution?

Onwards comrades, to create a new world in the shell of the old!

"We shall bring to birth a new world, from the ashes of the world". Reference to a song.

[Murica!]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

May of '32? The revolution starts now, mark my words. Roosevelt will not be inaugurated.

Onwards towards the revolution?

Onwards comrades, to create a new world in the shell of the old!

"We shall bring to birth a new world, from the ashes of the world". Reference to a song.

"For the Union Makes Us Strong"

[Intell]

Finally, eight years of dangerous, reckless socialist dogma come to an end, even if the alternative has proven a moderate one. May 1932 be the year of true change!

Onwards towards the change of a people's revolution in May 1932.

May of '32? The revolution starts now, mark my words. Roosevelt will not be inaugurated.

Onwards towards the revolution?

Onwards comrades, to create a new world in the shell of the old!

"We shall bring to birth a new world, from the ashes of the world". Reference to a song.

"For the Union Makes Us Strong"

"Solidarity Forever!"

"Solidarity Forever!"

"Solidarity Forever!"

[Kingpoleon]

If the radicals block Roosevelt, we will raise an armed militia to march him to the capital. We will not disband until your threats end. We did not threaten your leaders. We did not revolt. We did not reject democracy. We accepted the will of the people!

Your ideology is not that of the people. It is that of radical oligarchs who have risen above the workers to political power. You abuse our system of government. That ends today. There will be no more riots. There will be no more revolts. Your abuse of power will be remembered by the people of Columbia for years to come. Today, we march with Roosevelt, and we encourage all supporters of democracy to march with us, regardless of your ideology.

[Murica!]

If the radicals block Roosevelt, we will raise an armed militia to march him to the capital. We will not disband until your threats end. We did not threaten your leaders. We did not revolt. We did not reject democracy. We accepted the will of the people!

Your ideology is not that of the people. It is that of radical oligarchs who have risen above the workers to political power. You abuse our system of government. That ends today. There will be no more riots. There will be no more revolts. Your abuse of power will be remembered by the people of Columbia for years to come. Today, we march with Roosevelt, and we encourage all supporters of democracy to march with us, regardless of your ideology.

Nay! The Black flag flies over this Revolution, we have no leaders, no bosses and no oligarchs. We fight for the liberty of everyone, and will die yelling "Death to all Authority!"

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

This is great.

[Intell]

This is great.

Onwards towards the next election!