ok everyone, here are the screenshots from the thread to prove adam's trolling.

[Adam Griffin]

I'm actually glad the posts have been saved. They shouldn't have been deleted in the first place, and it shouldn't have taken somebody else to salvage them from your aftermath. People can finally read the dialogue - as should have been the case the entire time. Thankfully, Yankee's ancient desktop takes about a day to close out a window: otherwise, we might have never seen them again!

I'm not sure what you think you're "proving" regarding me "trolling". I definitely have a sense of humor regarding most things and so it was only natural for me to open with jokes about your hypocrisy before delving into the real subject at hand. You're right that you have left off a couple of the last posts that you deleted, including the one where I mentioned that the first person in question to send me the PM requested that I not release it publicly.

At any rate, such is irrelevant: I see that others have already started coming forward and were more than willing to corroborate my initial claims. I'm sure there are many others out there who may or may not be willing to share similar, relevant customizations from you about what you consider to be the "truth" regarding your campaign strategy and foreign policy.

There has been a lot of recent turnover in this game, I will admit, but one thing has been historically true: Atlasian libertarians consider me an ally and protector of their interests - and for good reason. In all of my national contests, I have always done amazingly well with libertarian voters - especially for someone considered to be a "hard leftist" in this game - precisely because they know that I have never tolerated heavy-handed authoritarianism in our foreign policy. When in office, I have consistently stood against warhawk plans and strategies, whether that be with my vote, my veto or my exaggerated rhetoric to prove a point (queue Yankee's "turn the Middle East into a sheet of glass" quote).

I'm not sure who all is or is not libertarian among our newer citizens, but I do hope that they will proceed with caution if they did in fact vote for you, and keep a careful eye on your future plans regarding our freedoms and liberties. I, for one, will continue my years-long tradition of standing up to and opposing massive expansions in the MIC and aggressive posturing on the foreign stage, regardless of what you, my Party, or anyone else thinks.

[Adam Griffin]

Also, get a screencapture browser add-on, Yankee, Jesus

[Adam Griffin]

Speaking of politics...

Adam Griffin is purposefully conflating game mechanics with game policy

what we're seeing here is a conflation of policy and game mechanics.

Please cc me on the next round of political talking points you guys send out!

[Adam Griffin]

Griff, give it a rest. Please.

I refuse to "go along to get along" on important matters such as these; perhaps I am the product of a bygone era where strong ethical standards for our Presidents, clear consistency among candidates between their public/private statements and a clear delineation of ideologies and parties were the norm. VERY SAD to see my Party lose its backbone - especially on foreign policy. No wonder we don't win anymore! With regard to this particular subject, however:

I, for one, will continue my years-long tradition of standing up to and opposing massive expansions in the MIC and aggressive posturing on the foreign stage, regardless of what you, my Party, or anyone else thinks.

Griffin winning the South? He couldn't beat JCL there, so I highly doubt Cris loses it considering it is more conservative now then it was in February. Of course it is also more Libertarian and Griffin has a long history of winning over libertarians.

As Senator, I will introduce legislation that ensures cross-regional cooperation on the matter can occur, that regions and the federal government have access to the intelligence resources that they need, and will do so in a libertarian-friendly way that ensures our civil liberties are not encroached upon.

I could go on and on, but this issue is a serious issue for me and I will be a needle in the eye of anyone who tries to erode our civil liberties - as I always have been.

[Adam Griffin]

One clear historical example people have to keep in mind is June 2014, when Labor won the Presidency by five votes over a TPP/DR ticket, with 11 out of 40 Federalist Voters casting votes for the Laborite to be President (we didn't have anyone available to run, RL is a pain sometimes). That was one time Labor a dash for populist right and not libertarians (makes sense since the other ticket had a libertarian on it). One month later they put one of their most extreme members in charge of the Senate and nearly passed a bill nationalizing power companies. Needless to say those 11 Federalists regretted their votes. Labor was devastated in the August midterm elections, putting a coalition of Feds, DRs, and TPPers in charge of the Senate.

You guys didn't lose because there was no Federalist on the ticket; most people (including Federalists) don't care much for the party, obviously - SAD. The reasons for those defections (and more broadly speaking, on the right as a whole) was that Windjammer was in many ways a social conservative and was able to appeal largely to a disaffected pro-life electorate that resented the fact that the Right ran two libertarians for P/VP. That is why most right-wingers who voted for us in that contest did so, along with the fact that Jambles was arguably as good of a campaigner as I (maybe better).

One month later they put one of their most extreme members in charge of the Senate and nearly passed a bill nationalizing power companies. Needless to say those 11 Federalists regretted their votes. Labor was devastated in the August midterm elections, putting a coalition of Feds, DRs, and TPPers in charge of the Senate.

And then we swept the October regional elections to recover our regional seats while we walked over your corpses and rounded out December with all five Senate seats intact, all the while stealing your most reliable region out from under your noses. 2014 was a hell of a ride! Definitely the most volatile in both presidential and senatorial elections in recent history.

[Adam Griffin]

This election was Atlasia version of 1980. Where the Conservatives not only captured the presidency but one house of congress too. This election hopefully means the liberal era in Atlasia is over

VERY unfortunate that you have adopted the attitude of a partisan/ideological hack, throwing the values of the Coolidge Society under the bus for Big Government Conservatism and massive military expansion in the name of victory.