Socialist International Survivor - Organisation and Results

[big bad fab]

I know my NY Governors is a bit slow in its beginning, but do you want me to suspend it while you're out of your home ?
We are a big number voting, so I think it wouldn't be a problem for our "usual suspects" .

And I won't start my Roman Emperors before being sure you'll be in (anyway, I wait for Magic's comeback).

[big bad fab]

Making me trying to save Sandinistas is really a great achievement, Hans
This survivor is evil !

[big bad fab]

You could go even further and argue that they're barely a political party, merely a pressure group. But at least they actually belong, unlike some of the parties that became members when Carlsson was Secretary-General.

Oh, I was just underlining the irony of me not voting for Sandidnistas.
But, well, it's more for historical reasons that I don't want to kill it in the early rounds. At least, Nicaragua in the 1980s was fascinating, with all these wings inside Sandinistas, with Eden Pastora, etc. And the issue of a "cubanization" that was both wanted (by some like Borge) and forced by Reagan's policy.

Walloon Socialists are of far lesser interest, I believe .

[big bad fab]

Oh no, it's a real great idea, and it's already very enjoyable, with our votes spread between those who vote based upon current and more moral criterions and those who vote based on historical background.
That's a very fine "debate" and each side has arguments, even if they remain... hidden

So, once again, very good idea, Hans.

[big bad fab]

In French or formerly French countries, this has a Gaullist taste: the organization is meant NOT to be a party, a political party, as, for de Gaulle, parties were "dirty", messy, dysfunctional, inefficient.
A "Rally" is a gathering of citizens, en masse around a leader who knows where general interest and national future lies...
And in a leader, you can trust; in a party, you can't, as it has hidden deals and shenanigans.

Of course, there is some irony to see that movements in Guinea, for example, may still use the word "rally", after half a century of more or less sovietized dictatorship....

[big bad fab]

How sad you must be !

This nasty rightist BBF tried to help you save them, but that was doomed from the beginning .

[big bad fab]

After my failure to save Mongolia, I'm trying to save Paraguay, thus dropping PASOK

(and, frankly, Iceland's SD has no real interest: I know it's a surpising vote, but not so much in fact ).

[big bad fab]

I've completely forgotten it, in fact.
Well, it's completely personal: I'm not at all interested in this country. Period.
Not really a good reason, but, why not ?

At least, I'm a bit more successful here than with Reid in some other survivors .

[big bad fab]

Don't forget history, guys, and where social democracy was born .

[big bad fab]

I hope you'll tell Antonio that the French Socialist Party will be eliminated early (yes, early ) BUT WITHOUT MY VOTE !

If I tell him myself, he won't believe me !

[big bad fab]

Oh God no...

You've insulted History, guys !