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« on: March 05, 2009, 04:52:03 PM »
Well, the GOP has one, so we should too.

I think we should elect a Leader and a Whip.  For Leader, I nominate myself.  For Whip, I nominate The Mikado.
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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 04:53:01 PM »
For leader I nominate Beet, for whip I nominate myself.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 04:55:43 PM »
What's a 'whip'?

I nominate BRTD for leader.
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 04:59:20 PM »
Quote from: opebo on March 05, 2009, 04:55:43 PM
What's a 'whip'?

I nominate BRTD for leader.

Whips are party 'enforcers', who typically offer both inducements and punishments to party members.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 05:19:57 PM »
Coburn in '12 for party leader
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2009, 05:33:45 PM »
I think BRTD would bring a touch of class to the forum Dems, leading in the style of respectable politicians such as Al Franken.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 05:51:25 PM »
Leader: JSoj.
Whip: Draft Lunar, whether he likes it or not.
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 06:10:05 PM »
Leader: JS for sure
Whip: Harry.  I'll keep everyone in line.
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 06:16:14 PM »
I nominate myself for everything and anything.
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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 06:17:32 PM »
Quote from: Eraserhead on March 05, 2009, 06:16:14 PM
I nominate myself for everything and anything.

So...basically what everyone else is doing?
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2009, 06:42:28 PM »
No love for Beet here? I may not agree with him on everything but he's incredibly intelligent and isn't afraid to post comprehensively in defense of his beliefs, he would be a great leader for us Atlas Democrats. Tongue
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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2009, 06:49:55 PM »
BRTD would be a... peculiar whip, I think.
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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2009, 07:08:25 PM »
Leader: Opebo
Whip: Opebo

Done and done.
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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2009, 07:15:36 PM »

This strikes me as being incredibly similar to Edmund Burke's concern about the rising Tory Party in England:

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He said it at a time when conservatives were forming into a more official party, while their political opponents, one of whom was Burke, were more a group of 'like-minded independents,' without a party structure. He was urging his compatriots to band together more closely to prevent a concerted effort by the tories to defeat them in elections "one by one."

A question - would any of your Whip candidates be prepared to use an actual whip in the performance of their duties?
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2009, 07:20:02 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on March 05, 2009, 06:17:32 PM
Quote from: Eraserhead on March 05, 2009, 06:16:14 PM
I nominate myself for everything and anything.

So...basically what everyone else is doing?

yeah. that.
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« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2009, 07:56:39 PM »
who do I 'caucus' with?
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« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2009, 08:40:41 PM »
Obviously with us, considering the Republicans really don't seem to have much in common with you.

Leader: Nym
Whip: BRTD
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« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2009, 08:45:06 PM »
« Edited: March 05, 2009, 08:46:41 PM by Lunar »
Quote from: Just The Facts, Man! on March 05, 2009, 06:42:28 PM
No love for Beet here? I may not agree with him on everything but he's incredibly intelligent and isn't afraid to post comprehensively in defense of his beliefs, he would be a great leader for us Atlas Democrats. Tongue

No, you're right.  Beet is clearly, along with Nym, one of the most articulate Democratic articulators and I'LL VOTE FOR HIM
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« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2009, 08:46:41 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on March 05, 2009, 08:45:06 PM
Quote from: Just The Facts, Man! on March 05, 2009, 06:42:28 PM
No love for Beet here? I may not agree with him on everything but he's incredibly intelligent and isn't afraid to post comprehensively in defense of his beliefs, he would be a great leader for us Atlas Democrats. Tongue

No, you're right.  Beet is clearly, along with Nym, one of the most articulate Democratic articulates.
I would rather have Nym because he is more leftist but Beet seems to have more knowledge about economics.
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« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2009, 09:12:23 PM »
BREAKING NEWS: I won them all... results to follow...
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« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2009, 09:16:19 PM »
I'd like to nominate Eraserhead for "leader" and Boss Tweed for "whip." No offense to Jsojourner, because he's a good guy, but he's the Harry Reid of this forum. And BRTD is kind of dumb.
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« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2009, 10:32:12 PM »
Leader:Beet
Whip:Lunar

I'm glad to be mentioned, though.
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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2009, 11:11:44 PM »
I throw my support behind NYM
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« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2009, 04:31:45 AM »
Quote from: Rob on March 05, 2009, 09:16:19 PM
I'd like to nominate Eraserhead for "leader" and Boss Tweed for "whip." No offense to Jsojourner, because he's a good guy, but he's the Harry Reid of this forum. And BRTD is kind of dumb.

It's an honor to have the support of one of my favorite posters.
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« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2009, 06:01:17 PM »
Leader: Nym90
Whip: Harry

Could I get Ways and Means Chair?
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