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[Colin]

Anyway, fairly interesting party developments lately, and we have indeed seen the emergence of four major parties. The Federalists are the latest reincarnation of the Republicans/ACA/etc, the NLC reminds me of the UAC, and the PLP=Democrats/Socialist Democrats/etc.

I have to agree with you. You could probably map the current parties, including many of their members, back to their ideological predecessors. The Federalists take up the position of both the Republicans and ACA as well as the old Freedom Party/Christian Democrats which shows the basic destruction of conservativism in Atlasia and the subsequent rise of christian democracy or conservative populism on the right. The NLC is a direct successor to the UAC and the CUP and to some extent the old FDP. The typical moderate libertarian/liberal centrist party that has existed for most of Atlasia's history, except for the about year between the end of the FDP and the creation of the NLC. The PLP takes up the realm of the old Democrats/Farmer-Labor/left-wing ILP/left-wing Progressive support. The JCP, of course, defies explanation, it has basically become a Pacific regional party, a Bloc Quebecois without the sovereignty elements. Although that would be pretty damn cool if the JCP started advocating Pacific independence, it would make things interesting at least.

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I recommend that the Attorney General open an investigation into whether there has been a breach of section 1 of the Consolidated Criminal Justice Act.

I concur as well. As a direct order from the President's office I would also highly recommend, basically demand, that the Attorney General open a criminal investigation into the Mike Naso acccount aka Jessica Walterstein.

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Well Jessica I asked the Attorney General to investigate this case in order to determine whether there was any foul play involved in the account or whether this was being used for the purposes of voter fraud or if this is a case of a person hacking into an account, since there is probable cause in that an account has seemingly changed hands.

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I've given in and am registering, but I don't know what state I should register from for this.  What region needs a new member the most?  Is DC a state in Atlasia? 

Among the party descriptions, the NLC looks like the best fit for me.

Anywhere but the Northeast needs members. DC is currently located in the Mideast and people registered there have all the rights, and voting priveledges, of any other Atlasian.

I hope you do decide to join the NLC, it is an excellent party and we'd be glad to have you.

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So are we going to get any more details of this party or is the name all we get? Usually you at least see a throw-a-way thread posted when somebody starts a new party.

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The Social Democrats may also consider the "We Have Never Been Elected To Anything and Probably Never Will" Party (WHNBETAPNW)

Ah, like the old PLP before them who, despite being the second or third largest party in Atlasia, only was able to elect like 2 Senators over the span of a year and a half. As well as the SLA before them and the SDP before them. Really the non-JCP left has been rather impotent since the demise of the ILP.

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and, just like that, the SDP adds an intellectual wing.

You're just jealous because we're almost as big as you.

nah, now the NLC, i'm jealous of those guys.

As am I. The ultimate big tent.

Well you should be. We are a big tent but we are a big tent that mostly agrees on policy, or general ideology if you will.

I will say that NLC has turned into Atlasia's United Russia, the only difference is that Sensei, Xahar, and Earl haven't been killed in "horrific accidents" that we are "truly sorry for" yet.

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Well you should be. We are a big tent but we are a big tent that mostly agrees on policy, or general ideology if you will.

I am constantly amazed at how coherent the NLC manages to be, despite the vast hugeness.

Well it's the old Union Party back from the grave. Just as the UP was a vast dominant party in its day so the NLC is now. The only reason there was no such dominant party of the centre and of Atlasian liberals was because they were fractured into independents and small parties, along with a general upswing in the amount of social conservatism in Atlasia. The NLC brought these disparate parties and individuals of the centre back into a single group that exposes basically the same philosophy as the Consitutional Union Party did.

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That discrepancy would've been rectified if you had had your way...
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Well unlike Mr. Putin we wouldn't need to kill you. All the NLC would need to do is just dress up Mr. Moderate in a black sky mask and have him hit your computer a couple of times with a baseball bat.

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Why did the CUP fall apart in the first place?

I really have no idea. I left for a little while and by the time I came back I had found the the Constitutional Union Party had fallen apart and I was a man without a party.

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Sensei
NLC
Michigan

If you can't beat 'em...

Welcome to the party Sensei. I think alot of us have been waiting for you to come over the NLC side for a long time.

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Colin
Democratic Alliance
Pennsylvania

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Thank you all for the kind welcome backs. I hope to return in full force to Atlasia.