NationStates Jolt Archive

-=BOX News Room, Anequina City=-


Hello, my name is Bob and I'll be your newsman tonight. It's time for another of those elections. The current President is Jimmy Carville and amid scandal and an economic downturn, has seen his approval rating collapse. At the beginning of his second term, it was at 62%. Now, it is at 19%, being supported only by the hardcores in his party.

Let me again go over the major political parties in this republic. (200 Senate seats)

First, there's the National Republicans, with 104 seats. They have dominated politics recently in a pact with the National Alliance, holding 45 seats. They have represented something of a right-wing bloc for the last four years but is showing signs of a split. The domination of the right-wing seems vulnerable for the first time in years.

In the center is the Conservative party, which loses about half their senators each election cycle. Despite this, their presidental candidates have had strong showings, and they might have a chance at the Presidental House this year. They currently only hold 12 Senate seats.

The rising star of the extreme Right is the New Aryan Order. Their leader, Adolf Gorring, has risen massively in popularity in recent years, exploding onto the political scene in an unusually strong showing last year's election, taking away 16% of the votes in a five-way race. Gorring owes this popularity mostly to the amount of time he spends on the stump: more than all the others combined four years ago. They took away 23 Senate seats last time, up from 2 eight years ago.

The Progressive party has 9 seats, and is still propped up by an egotistical billionaire, Jim Paroutka, who has been on the last six ballots but failed to get 3% of the votes in any election.

Lastly is the fading star of the Social Democrats. They are the hard-left party in the country and had a sweeping defeat four years ago both in the Senate and for President. They held 30 eight years ago, in last election they were cut down to 7. They have some slim chance as the econimic downturn has been blamed on the Right's policies.

The canidates are as follows:
Jimmy Carville, running for a third term as President (4 terms are legal).
of the National Republicans.
Hard on morality, little welfare, pro business, pro military.
Political compass: 8.00/5.00

Joe Bushton of the Conservative party.
Moderate on morality, pro business, lower taxes, strong military. Similar to current Republican party in US.
Political Compass: 4.00/-2.00

Robert Hoffman of the National Alliance.
Moderate on morality, pro business, small government, VERY strong military.
Political Compass: 8.00/1.00

Sam Paroutka of the Progressive Party.
Leftist. Pursues ideas similar to current Democrat party in the US.
Political Compass: -4.00/2.00

Sam Schroder of the Social Democrats.
Far left, equate with the liberal party in some Scandidavian country. Liberal on morality, anti business, pro welfare state, anti military.
Political Compass: -8.00/9.00

And lastly, Adolf Gorring of the New Aryan Order.
Far right, proposes killing almost half of the Lame Bums population. Equate with Nazi Party in Germany. No welfare, pro business, all military.
Political Compass: 10.00/10.00

The election results are: (100% in)

Carville: 35,401,626
Bushton: 13,106,274
Hoffman: 9,013,502
Paroutka: 216,019
Schroder: 21,970,402 (Dead, does not count.)
Gorring: 37,904,125

Adolf Gorring of the New Aryan Order has been declared the winner.

We welcome debate and discussion as the night goes on.

Edit: I know the forum tilt way left. So a vote for the Social Democrats counts less than it would otherwise.

Schroder! The socialist! Because.. he is a socialist!

OOC: That's not much of a debate. Someone help him.

IC: The results are starting to come in.

OOC: That's not much of a debate. Someone help him.

IC: The results are starting to come in.

I thought saying the words socialist or communism were supposed to mean that one thousand angry conservatives came running up though...

Gorring is the man for the job, he will bring a great new age to your great country and purge the country of the evil inferior races whom rape and steal from the honest white men. Gorring shall make the military strong so the other jelious countrys wont be able to invade and destory you. Welfare is for ones who dont work and they need to get up and start doing it and make a contribution to society. Thier needs to be some businesses but strictly government ran, thats where we dont agree but alas we still think hes the best choice. Beware because communists will take over unless he is elected. We also support National Republicans, but we prefer the New Aryan Order.

We also see many votes are going torwards the left wing socialists which we know its a rigged vote because look at the facts, why would the same population vote for something tottally opposite of what they have been electing in office?

I know the forum tile way left, bud. A vote for the Social Democrats does not count as much as a vote for anyone else.

IC: The results have been updated.

GTG yall. I'll post the final results tomorrow.

national republican because you may as well stick with a proven winner who can deliver the goods to the electorate.

I support Hoffman. If he loses the election, I'll personally sponsor a coup d'etat to put him in power.

-Generalissimo J.L.

If Adolf Gorring wins we shall give military and econamic support. Miltiades supports brotherhood for our countries, if the government is a just one, like the one Adolf Gorring is proposing.

I support Hoffman. If he loses the election, I'll personally sponsor a coup d'etat to put him in power.

-Generalissimo J.L.

Well then I will put action to stop this, unless the liberal socialists are elected then I will help full heartidly.

I am sorry but I think if the conservitives want to win they should vote in one party of choice and if you dont agree with Adolf then vote for the president allready in office, because if all of the votes are spread out for conservitives then they wont win.

Parthia also supports Hoffman, if he loses, I will ensure no further elections trouble his fair nation. Hoffman will be Czar of Lame Buns.

Results have been updated. I'll be back on again in a few hours to update again.

Can we get a discussion going, or a debate on why he/she votes for what candidate? Or perhaps "explain" the candidate's positions?

The Confederacy government supports the Social Democrat party.
Although they are anti-business, a policy we do not share, we believe in helping cure the problems that rampage through society with progressive welfare policies, and by simply allowing people to get on with their lives without the government imposing a set of morals upon them. If it harms nobody, does no damage to the country as a whole, yet makes you and maybe others around you happy, why should we be telling you not to do it?
We would have voted for the Conservative Party if it weren't for the fact that they are pro-military and probably would enforce some set of morals upon the population. Thus, Social Democrats are for us.

Prime Minister Jack Daniels
Elected Representative of the Confederacy of Mattikistan

Jim Paroutka!Jim Paroutka!

-=BOX News Room, Anequina City=-

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As today's election rolls on, I, Bob of the BOX News channel will bring on a few others and debate the main issues revolving around this election. We have several guests tonight. First, we have Jim Paroutka, running on the Progressive ticket, sitting on my left. Second, we have Joe Bushton of the Consertive party on my right. And, across from me is Kitty Odinbewe, foreign delegate from another country.

Unfortunately, we could not get any other candidates here on this show tonight, as all the others have taken to the stump for some last-minute campaigning. This picture was taken today at a last minute Nazi rally. (The New Aryan Order is now synonymous with Nazi.)

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Tonight, we'll tackle all the issues, fair, powerful, and balanced.

OK, first question, directed at our two candidates. First, to Jim Paroutka.

Bob: Why did you run this year for President? To put it bluntly, you don't right now have the popular support to make it according to the results turned in so far.

Paroutka: I am just a moderate candidate, and over time as the country realizes the two extremes are no-gos, they will vote for me.

Bob: But this is the fifth straight election you've been in, and you haven't won yet.

Paroutka: We remain optimistic, despite that I am now 67 years old. Vote for me and you will have a new middle voice in the Presidental house, not extremists. Vote for me.

Bob :Okay, okay. This is not a campaign commercial. People pay for those in specially alloted times when viewership is lowest. You're not paying for this. OK, to Joe Bushton. Why did you run this year?

Bushton: I feel as if I would be the new voice of moderation in this government, finally burying the extreme Right that has appeared out of nowhere, ending all non-ethical research, and putting the brakes on military spending. Right now, our militay takes up 35% of our entire government budget, and our army is 12 million men. My plan would scale that back to around 5.7 million and open up funding for a long-awaited tax break.

Paroutka: I have to contest that. The national tax rate is a flat tax of 2%. Do we really need tax cuts? I mean to say, we spend absolutely nothing on equality, welfare and affirmative action have both been ended 35 years ago, and gays are thrown in work camps! Do you not see the dire state of our basic social lives?

Bushton: I do not. Our economy is the greatest in 35 years, thank you very much. My plan would give a tax break and fuel more growth, similar to America back in the 1950's. I don't give a rat's ass about gays-

Bob: Excuse us, as we need to take a break. We will be right back as we attempt to contact Jimmy Carville and Adolf Gorring on the phone so they can out their two cents worth in. Don't go away.

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OOC: Bump.

IC: The Results have been updated.

Bumpity Bum Bump. Can we get some debate and discussion going?

The results have been updated.

Look here, Adolf Gorring is the best possible candidate for the job, your country thinks it has power now, Gorring with bring a NEW era of greatness. I think a great alliance will come of us also. The communists under the label of "Social Democrats" will only bring your country into the hole. Gorring is great!!!

"Ex-Presidental Candidate Sam Schroder Killed in Car Accident" splirts the television in the Fascist States of Miltiades. At 4:30 PM this was reported by the Miltiades News Corp. Jim Paroutka's breaks suddenly went out and since his seatbelt defected he flung through the window and landed on the ground then the car he was in ran over him. Quite a horrible death for a horrible man.

Social Demecrates are one of the great parties here... not the worst! Sam Schroder for Priesident. His decision about being anti-military may be a problem, but all other candidates to me seem to have more problems. It's people like Gorring that will bring this country down... not up. I say, Schroder for President!

-=BOX News Room, Anequina City=-

Hello, this is Joe of the BOX News Channel, bring you a BOX News Alert. As of 4:30 PM today, Sam Schroder was on the stump for some last minute campaigning. As he headed to another get out the vote rally, his car lost control, presumably a brake failure, and rear-ended a bus. This started a massive 40-car pile up with the presidental hopeful at the bottom, presumed dead.

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The pile up.

More on this as it breaks. The election grinds on. In northern cities, thousands of lefitsts are taking to the streets and have turned much of the north into a war zone. Martial law has been proclaimed, and the army is moving in. More on this also when it comes to us. This is Joe of BOX News, good night.

Miltiades will be sending in troops to assist the national army in quelling the leftist rioters. The National Army will be doing arrests also. We are helping preserve the order in this time of chaos untill a newly elected government comes in and brings it.

This is horrible for your country unfortunatly. A strong man dying like this will only mean chaos in the future. Sam Schroder will rest in peace as a man that should have been President for your country. And Miltiades, you saying this man was horrible will bring you to shame. Now I request for your apologie as it is above all rude to say ANYONE that runs for President is horrible. You should be ashamed. If Gorring was to die at this second... we would honor him, not dishonor ourselves by saying he was bad. Now please, I think you should make a public apology to the Social Democrates that may be upset by this tragedy.

Heres my appology, arresting all left wing socialists that I find in the northern sect of the LameBums country to help keep order. We also will shoot those communists on site if they riot around the MIiltiades Nationalist Freikorps.

Here's an idea, let US handle the Socialist. Instead of you causeing more harm then good by killing people, our agreeing with them may seem to calm them down, keeping order, while they also speakthere mind. Lame Bums, permission to send some naggosiators to help calm your citizens down? Miltiades will only cause harm if you let them try to keep order.

Too bad the those dirty evil liberal socialists are doing terrorist attacks to the postal service, federal buildings, and civilain houses. No we arent doing these to frame the liberal socialists because we just wouldnt do that... Well... The Red Plauge is being destoryed right now by our patriotic Freikorps. We also didnt have anything to do with the breaks not working on the former presidential hopefull's car.