Regional Protection Party

[Associate Justice PiT]

Time to get a name change.

     How come?

The name annoys me.

How about the Conservative Reform Alliance Party?

To be soon renamed the Atlasian Reform Conservative Alliance?

     When we hold our convention, we'll discuss a name change.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Time to get a name change.

     How come?

The name annoys me.

How about the Conservative Reform Alliance Party?

To be soon renamed the Atlasian Reform Conservative Alliance?

     When we hold our convention, we'll discuss a name change.

When'll that be?

     I don't know. I guess when DWTL decides we have enough members.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     DWTL is the interim chairman. I'm the interim vice-chairman.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     DWTL is the interim chairman. I'm the interim vice-chairman.

LOL.

     What's so funny?

[Associate Justice PiT]

What's he done? All of nothing, I think.

     He & I regularly confer via PM about the party's course of action.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I second the motion to endorse DWTL & Xahar for 1st & 2nd preference respectively.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I support that too (even though we have no party members in the Pacific).

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I don't like voting in the absentee booth, but I'm too antsy about our first election, so I'll go ahead & vote now.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Updated through MasterJedi:

     To date, we haven't gotten two members in one state. 5 Southeast, 2 Midwest, 2 Mideast.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I should like to join your new party, if the party would be willing to accept me.

     New members are always welcome.

     EDIT: here's the newest version of the map:

     This means that we now have members in every region except the Pacific. In total, we have 5 in the Southeast, 3 in the Mideast, 2 in the Midwest, & 1 in the Northeast.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I didn't want to clutter up the voting booth, but can somebody try and convince me one way or the other on term limits for the Supremes?  (or point me to the appropriate thread)

It was a debate that came up awhile and I was trying to gauge opinions.  The idea isn't that the SC cannot serve more than 12 months, its that they have to be reconfirmed.  If a justice is not doing their job, the senate should have the right to remove them IMHO

     Oh. If I had known that's what you meant, I would've voted yes.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The map through Inks:

     In total, we have 5 members in the Southeast, 4 in the Mideast, 2 in the Midwest, & 1 in the Northeast.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Sad about anything in particular?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It would be my honor to run for regional Senator of the Southeast. I hope that I receive serious consideration from all the citizens of the Southeast.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     In this victory, I extend my deepest thanks to Senators Meeker, Torie, CK, & Andrew for voting nay on this amendment. Sadly, Andrew lost his bid for re-election, but I wish him a bright future as head of the Northeastern Judiciary.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The map through Ronnie:

     Now we have members in all five regions. In total, we have 6 members in the Southeast, 4 in the Mideast, 2 in the Midwest, 1 in the Northeast, & 1 in the Pacific.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     In this victory, I extend my deepest thanks to Senators Meeker, Torie, CK, & Andrew for voting nay on this amendment. Sadly, Andrew lost his bid for re-election, but I wish him a bright future as head of the Northeastern Judiciary.

Is this an endorsement of Andrew? Does the party support him in future elections?

     I didn't intend this to be an official endorsement. Rather, I was merely extending my gratitude towards him. I suppose that we would prefer him to most other NLCers (except Sensei, of course ).

[Associate Justice PiT]

And you know what? Despite his constant name calling, such as fascists, authoritarians, etc, he had the FREEDOM to go. We never forced him to stay. He doesn't think about that.

Please, there is enough humor to revel in in the fact that he is the one who seceded.  All he did was complain about how we discussed secession if other things failed, yet he was the first one lined up to march his little ass to France and secede. 

And then had the audacity to demand his vote be counted in regional matters even after he seceded. Typical French. They want you to do the work for them, but they still want a say.

     In actuality, he was too lazy to head to France. He just remained where he was. Of course, that was in Puerto Rico, so there might have been some wisdom in his decision to not run.

[Associate Justice PiT]

You can't win in the Midwest.

     I'm sure that there are plenty of Midwesterners who would take pause at his recent efforts to neuter the regions, even if they may like him personally.

[Associate Justice PiT]

You can't win in the Midwest.

     I'm sure that there are plenty of Midwesterners who would take pause at his recent efforts to neuter the regions, even if they may like him personally.

I'm sure the vast majority of Midwesterners won't care. To win office there, you have to embrace the establishment and wait your turn.

At first I was perplexed as to why Xahar took such an absurd stance, forgot Lewis was a member of the SDP

     Lewis is not just a member of the SDP. He is, so to speak, Lady MacBeth.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Stance? I'm just stating facts.

It's a very unpopulated region.  We'll see what happens when election day rolls around.  Either way we're near guaranteed three seats after this set of elections, a fourth would just be icing on the cake.

Hmm. Most of the Midwest has personally been befriended by Lewis.

Lewis is an antifederalist.

     You're a Midwestern voter. If I may ask, what's your take on this race?

[Associate Justice PiT]

I'm sure the vast majority of Midwesterners won't care. To win office there, you have to embrace the establishment and wait your turn.

The people of the region know this and acknowledge it? 

DWDL's gone into spite mode now (I don't know why, but he occasionally does). But the answer is yes. Thus the preponderance of smileys and *hughughug*s.

     The Midwest is the home of hugbox politics, I've noticed.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Guys,

In case you have not noticed I was somehow elected Lt. Governor of the Midwest, so we can win in the Midwest, even if it is completely random!

     That was pretty sweet. Nevertheless, the issue isn't so much winning as it is winning against Lewis.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I say that we oppose his recall (he won't be there that much longer), but we withhold endorsement from him if he runs for Mideast Governor at any point in the next year or so.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The map through Driedapples:

     In total, we have 6 members in the Southeast, 4 in the Mideast, 2 in the Midwest, 2 in the Northeast, & 1 in the Pacific. First new recruit in over two weeks.