Amer i ca
10-12-2006, 09:03
BACKGROUND:
THE DAYS OF NON-INTERFERENCE BY FOREIGN POWERS IN THE DOMESTIC POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER I CA ARE OVER...
Amer i cans are about to come to a head in a presidential campaign that has been noted for a odd new political strategy... seeking the endorsements of foreign heads of state and government. While it might once have been unthinkable for any foreign leader to endorse a domestic political candidate, the system all came tumbling down with the election of former Republican Senator Harrison Finlay to the presidency of the United States of Amer i ca. The policies that followed can best be described in the words of the now-embattled president himself...
"...the notion that all nations are economic equals or military equals would be immediately dismissed by any thinking human being. But yet they are treated as legal equals in the arena of international affairs. This is nothing more than a fabrication supported by these same feeble yet subversive countries via the United Nations..."
Although legislation backed by the highly unpopular President Finlay (including a bill for withdrawel from the United Nations) was largely dismissed by an appalled Congress, the President has still had tremendous influence on international politics. Nearly every foreign nation have become either openly hostile towards the president or unusually acquiescent (no longer a role reserved solely for fringe dictatorships either dependent on U.S. military funding or economically isolated and opposed to Amer i can foreign policy). Likewise, foreign governments have publicly lined up behind the major parties. A new political order is upon the nation...
CAMPAIGN
The campaign has been one of the more uneventful ones in Amer i can history. It has been tainted by an almost laughable degree of artificiality... even for a political campaign. In many ways it resembles the presidential elections of the late 19th century... dominated almost entirely by personality (manufactured or otherwise) and not by the issues. However, the candidates quests for the political endorsements (and funding) of foreign governments has added an interesting twist in an otherwise uneventful election year.
CANDIDATEs
GOV. SUSAN DE GRAFF (D-SC): Governor Susan De Graff experienced a meteoric rise throught the ranks of the Democratic Party. First a female leader in business as an executive for General Electric, she was elected as Governor of South Carolina after becoming famous for her philanthropic efforts to encourage female entrepeneurs nationwide. After serving only one term as a fiscally conservative Democratic governor, she was more or less anointed as the party´s candidate for the presidency without serious competition in the primaries. She has faced some criticism from the party for her fiscal conservatism. Opponents criticize her weakness and inexperience and her habit of speaking with such ambiguity that the public has failed to identify her with any solid stances on the issues.
REP. FERRIS KAPLIN (R-WI) Republican Majority-turned-Minority Leader Ferris Kaplin positioned himself as the anti-Finlay candidate in the Republican primary cycle, facing off against President Finlay´s designated successor Vice President Mike Torres. However, Kaplin´s pro-life stance on abortion has caused some Republicans to defect to third party candidates. Kaplin´s views are often considered as quixotic and although eloquent, is often labeled as a demogogue by opponents.
JOSEPH WOOD (I-DC) Former Secretary of State Joseph Wood has called the whole idea of the major candidates accepting money and endorsements from foreign governments a dangerous policy which threatens Amer i can strength and stability, and ofcourse refuses to accept endorsements himself. As a one-issue candidate he has attracted dissenters from both the Republican and Democratic parties and has been endorsed by the Green Party.
Let the campaign begin!
THE DAYS OF NON-INTERFERENCE BY FOREIGN POWERS IN THE DOMESTIC POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER I CA ARE OVER...
Amer i cans are about to come to a head in a presidential campaign that has been noted for a odd new political strategy... seeking the endorsements of foreign heads of state and government. While it might once have been unthinkable for any foreign leader to endorse a domestic political candidate, the system all came tumbling down with the election of former Republican Senator Harrison Finlay to the presidency of the United States of Amer i ca. The policies that followed can best be described in the words of the now-embattled president himself...
"...the notion that all nations are economic equals or military equals would be immediately dismissed by any thinking human being. But yet they are treated as legal equals in the arena of international affairs. This is nothing more than a fabrication supported by these same feeble yet subversive countries via the United Nations..."
Although legislation backed by the highly unpopular President Finlay (including a bill for withdrawel from the United Nations) was largely dismissed by an appalled Congress, the President has still had tremendous influence on international politics. Nearly every foreign nation have become either openly hostile towards the president or unusually acquiescent (no longer a role reserved solely for fringe dictatorships either dependent on U.S. military funding or economically isolated and opposed to Amer i can foreign policy). Likewise, foreign governments have publicly lined up behind the major parties. A new political order is upon the nation...
CAMPAIGN
The campaign has been one of the more uneventful ones in Amer i can history. It has been tainted by an almost laughable degree of artificiality... even for a political campaign. In many ways it resembles the presidential elections of the late 19th century... dominated almost entirely by personality (manufactured or otherwise) and not by the issues. However, the candidates quests for the political endorsements (and funding) of foreign governments has added an interesting twist in an otherwise uneventful election year.
CANDIDATEs
GOV. SUSAN DE GRAFF (D-SC): Governor Susan De Graff experienced a meteoric rise throught the ranks of the Democratic Party. First a female leader in business as an executive for General Electric, she was elected as Governor of South Carolina after becoming famous for her philanthropic efforts to encourage female entrepeneurs nationwide. After serving only one term as a fiscally conservative Democratic governor, she was more or less anointed as the party´s candidate for the presidency without serious competition in the primaries. She has faced some criticism from the party for her fiscal conservatism. Opponents criticize her weakness and inexperience and her habit of speaking with such ambiguity that the public has failed to identify her with any solid stances on the issues.
REP. FERRIS KAPLIN (R-WI) Republican Majority-turned-Minority Leader Ferris Kaplin positioned himself as the anti-Finlay candidate in the Republican primary cycle, facing off against President Finlay´s designated successor Vice President Mike Torres. However, Kaplin´s pro-life stance on abortion has caused some Republicans to defect to third party candidates. Kaplin´s views are often considered as quixotic and although eloquent, is often labeled as a demogogue by opponents.
JOSEPH WOOD (I-DC) Former Secretary of State Joseph Wood has called the whole idea of the major candidates accepting money and endorsements from foreign governments a dangerous policy which threatens Amer i can strength and stability, and ofcourse refuses to accept endorsements himself. As a one-issue candidate he has attracted dissenters from both the Republican and Democratic parties and has been endorsed by the Green Party.
Let the campaign begin!