The Land of the Free: American Political Roleplay (IC II)

[Emazia]

Bernard J. Porter
@BerniePorter

For the love of God, just shut up.



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Jamal Patrick
@realjamalpatrick

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@BerniePorter I finally have the Neo-Nazis against me.

Bernard J. Porter
@BerniePorter

Keep yelling Nazi. I'm sure that'll work.

[Lavan Tiri]

Former Governor Russell Earl Long
Shreveport, Louisiana

Grey early-morning sunlight leaked through the windows of the Long house, as Russell padded gently into the kitchen. He'd decided against staying in the Governor's Mansion for the weekend, instead opting to return home and gather his thoughts.

He'd been thinking, and thinking without talking about it, which was unusual to say the least. Thinking about his future, and his family's past.

The Keurig whirred and beeped, steaming coffee pouring into the massive mug he clutched. Milk. Sugar.

A little more sugar.

The spoon, incongruously tiny in his massive palm, clinked as he stirred his drink, pacing about the kitchen.

Do I just roll over and die?

Settling his frame into a kitchen chair, he sipped at the coffee, considering the options.

He could run for President, try and siphon votes off Velez down South. A Dayton Presidency wouldn't be his favorite, but Jillian could at least get things done. If Levi wasn't such an argumentative twat, Russell would happily support him now that Tim was out.

But Tim was out. And Levi was an argumentative twat.

There was that Senate seat, currently lacking a serious Democratic contender. That could be fun, although Gaspard would be a tough opponent.

He nursed his coffee, musing as the Sun slowly rose. The room gradually filled with light, pink and gold brushing the tops of the buildings outside.

He made a decision--he needed to talk to someone, someone in the know.

Wandering over to the telephone in the living-room, he jabbed out a number.

"Hello, Senator Dayton?"

[Federal States of Xathuecia]

(Image) Randy Cramp @RandyCrampy I'm running for Texas Senate! It's time to bring back the values of God, Faith and Country back to Washington D.C. and kick the stinking Democrats out! (Image)

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[Federal States of Xathuecia]

Mark Allen
@MarkAllen2A

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#TexasRoundTwo?

[Louisianan]

"If I'm elected to the senate, I will propose bills which will assist me in fighting these unamerican demons as well as attempt to block any bills that would further abridge our rights to own guns, any bulls that would offer government paid abortions, and propose better healthcare reform. Its really not as easy as it sounds but I'm sure with the help of other repulican, American, senators we can clean this country up by 2024." Hypolite sipped his tea.

Holland nodded and drank some of his tea. "I see. It seems you already have an idea for your central campaign message, so let's talk a bit about other issues that hit closer to home for me. I would like to hear your ideas for jobs, the national debt, education, and crime."

"Those are some things I think are really important too, when it comes to National Debt, we need to stop helping out other countries, we need to stop helping countries that refuse to give us fair deals, either way we need to work on our own country first. Also, the if the states need to borrow from the federal government then that's fine, but when they borrow more than they can pay back, we need to stop. States can and should be able to hold themselves up above water without the federal government to help. Bills need to be made to limit federal funds given to states and other countries." Hypolite sips his tea,

"Jobs, we need jobs, the American people need jobs, there should be more bills being made that reward businesses for staying in our nation." Hypolite chuckles, "We should give them a bone or a fish."

"Education is important, simple as that. In Louisiana we should get rid of common core, it is absolutely foul, I have kids and grandkids who I am not able to help because of the fancy ways they do things, education should not be a one size fits all type of deal, every kid has different, interests, skillsets, and home lives. Education needs to work for everybody. I was once told you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink, well I being a horse owner can tell you, you can put salt in the hay to make it want to drink. Education reform needs to appeal to kids." Hypolite crosses his leg,

"To get rid of crime, we need to give more funds to police and low income areas, make the kids in the low income areas want to get education so when they grow they will be educated enough to get good jobs, and stop the chain of crime. Also, we need more programs to help people with mental issues since those people commit the most crimes."

[Domerstresseistan]

Rep. Kevin Villalobos @ElDiablo Hey @realjamalpatrick, I think you're missing this.

[Emazia]

(Image) Rep. Kevin Villalobos @ElDiablo Hey @realjamalpatrick, I think you're missing this. (Image) (Image)

Erika Goldman
@GoldmanConnecticut

That is in extremely bad taste, Congressman. You should delete it immediately.

[Lavan Tiri]

(Image) Rep. Kevin Villalobos @ElDiablo Hey @realjamalpatrick, I think you're missing this. (Image) (Image)

Representative Jason Evander
@JasonFromSD

Oh come on.

[Dentali]

Nate Richardson
Georgetown County, South Carolina
November 12th, 2019



Nate’s retail in Georgetown focused a bit more on trade than typical campaigning due to its massive seaport and the benefit of its export market. While Nate was definitely all for renegotiating the trade deals to better benefit Americans and create jobs he made sure to emphasize his desire to create new trade agreements along those guidelines especially with Asian markets that consumed a great deal of agricultural products from the United States. He also campaigned in the growing tourist areas in the county which had a great deal of similarity with many North Carolina communities. A good deal of the day was spent in and around the former Georgetown Steel plant, which was bought by ArcelorMittal and then shut its doors in 2015, only to be bought in 2017 and reopened. It was an excellent example of Wolf’s manufacturing comeback and it provided great emphasis for Richardson’s own industrial and manufacturing plan. As the afternoon rolled in Nate focused heavily on residential communities with a great number of retirees which were a growing population in the county. His increasingly standardized townhall took place at a retirement community.


Nate Richardson
Belknap County, New Hampshire
November 13th, 2019


Nate thought that he might be able to run up the margins in the county of Belknap which had been a big reason for the victories of (Not Snusnu) in recent years. It was solidly Republican and had a sizable population with densely suburban areas. Richardson had an early morning meeting with a local group of small business people and then began his retail campaign visiting the Belknap Mill Society, the Lake WInnipesaukee Society and a few other local societies which had local leaders in them. Using the societies as a focal point he spoke to influential Balknap residents and forged personal connections. As the retail continued Nate met focused on commercial areas, small businesses and local hotspots that were central to the local economy and then visited the Laconia Christian Academy to talk about Education Savings Accounts. In the afternoon he hit the suburban areas of Laconia focusing on economics and personal connections. The night ended at Lakes Region Community College with a townhall Q&A session.



Nate Richardson
Winneshiek County, Iowa
November 14th, 2019



The single closest margin in the 2018 gubernatorial race was in Winneshiek County, with (Not Reynolds) winning by only .6%. It was a fairly rural county but had the city of Decorah in its center which made up the majority of democratic votes in the county. Nate’s day started hitting the rural areas and farms supporting the economy of the region. The Seed Savers Exchange, the trout hatchery, and other agricultural hubs were prime points for Nate to visit as he spoke to farmers and workers about the life, struggles and concerns that Nate could address as President. He also made sure to visit the Veterheim Norwegian-American Museum to pay tribute to the region’s Norwegian roots. From 4-6 he switched from visiting businesses and commercial areas and went to residential ones, mainly the suburbs around Decorah. His retail campaign ended with an evening townhall at Luther College where he took questions and listened to the stories of the people of Winneshiek County.



Nate Richardson
Duval County, Florida
November 15th, 2019



Nate’s internal polling had Prendergast leading in North Florida and so Duval was never a major target for him. However it was important to take the edge off that lead to prevent exponential growth and so on this friday Nate had a retail visit and a rally scheduled for that evening. The morning was spent in the downtown area, patronizing businesses and doing retail with those in the district. Jacksonville had around 500 neighborhoods and it would be impossible to cover them all, so instead Nate held a small gathering at the Friendship Fountain to attract people on their lunch break in the downtown with free food and drink. Following lunch Richardson did meetings with local business leaders making his case for why he would be best with entrepreneurs and small businesses. As it got cooler and people came home from work Richardson and his volunteers focused on the suburbs of Nocatee, Palm Valley, and Fruit Cove, continuing until around 630pm upon which Richardson took a half hour break in the air conditioning before giving a large rally. Richardson and his team believed firmly that they should only give rallies that had full capacity so the venues were always just a little too small.

[Kallidrus]

(Image) Rep. Kevin Villalobos @ElDiablo Hey @realjamalpatrick, I think you're missing this. (Image) (Image)

Jamal Patrick
@realjamalpatrick

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You've got to be kidding me.

[Louisianan]

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Jamal Patrick
@realjamalpatrick

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Kind of sad that someone who has a 50/50 chance of being elected to the UNITED STATES SENATE could only announce his speech as an opener for Dolly Parton.

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Jamal Patrick
@realjamalpatrick

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I see Randy Crap has announced a Senate run. Not sure if he'll implode again, but who knows. I pledge my full endorsement to whoever runs against him.

Hypolite Gaspard
@LouisianaFirst

@realjamalpatrick I don't think you have any right to judge me, especially since I have been in politics longer than you have been alive. You ought be ashamed of yourself, I ain't never seen a person openly vow to support anybody who starts a campaign against someone whom you don't seem to like. You probably just want to be in the news and gain fame.

[Greater Arab State]

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Jamal Patrick
@realjamalpatrick

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Kind of sad that someone who has a 50/50 chance of being elected to the UNITED STATES SENATE could only announce his speech as an opener for Dolly Parton.

(Image)
Jamal Patrick
@realjamalpatrick

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I see Randy Crap has announced a Senate run. Not sure if he'll implode again, but who knows. I pledge my full endorsement to whoever runs against him.

Hypolite Gaspard
@LouisianaFirst

@realjamalpatrick I don't think you have any right to judge me, especially since I have been in politics longer than you have been alive. You ought be ashamed of yourself, I ain't never seen a person openly vow to support anybody who starts a campaign against someone whom you don't seem to like. You probably just want to be in the news and gain fame.

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[Dentali]

Senator James Moore
@MichiganMoore

My call for President Wolf to report on his health and ability to execute the duties of his office has continued to go unanswered. His last public appearance was in the early summer, it is unacceptable the American people have no knowledge of the health and well being of the President of the United States. The people have a right to know the condition of the President. For the American people to go months without seeing a man that has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer is incredibly suspicious on the part of the entire adminstration.

[Puertollano]

Randy Cramp @RandyCrampy Thank you to those who expressed support for our campaign. Nothing on God's green Earth is going to stop us this time!

[Greater Arab State]

To: Justice Randall Cramp

From: House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

Justice Cramp,

With regard to the resignation of Senator Frankston, and consequently a second Senate special election for Texas, I would like to respectfully request a meeting at a mutually convenient date in order to discuss your Senate campaign.

Respectfully,

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

[Puertollano]

To: Justice Randall Cramp

From: House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

Justice Cramp,

With regard to the resignation of Senator Frankston, and consequently a second Senate special election for Texas, I would like to respectfully request a meeting at a mutually convenient date in order to discuss your Senate campaign.

Respectfully,

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker,

Please be my guest. But for the moment, I'm only willing to meet people in Texas. I hope that suits you well.

God Bless,
Randall Cramp.

[Greater Arab State]

To: Justice Randall Cramp

From: House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

Justice Cramp,

With regard to the resignation of Senator Frankston, and consequently a second Senate special election for Texas, I would like to respectfully request a meeting at a mutually convenient date in order to discuss your Senate campaign.

Respectfully,

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker,

Please be my guest. But for the moment, I'm only willing to meet people in Texas. I hope that suits you well.

God Bless,
Randall Cramp.

Justice Cramp,

That would suit me perfectly, well, where would you like for the meeting to take place?

Respectfully,

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

[Puertollano]

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker,

Please be my guest. But for the moment, I'm only willing to meet people in Texas. I hope that suits you well.

God Bless,
Randall Cramp.

Justice Cramp,

That would suit me perfectly, well, where would you like for the meeting to take place?

Respectfully,

House Minority Leader Thomas Volker

Come to my home in Fort Worth. My team will send you a time, address and so on.

God Bless,
Randall Cramp.

[Azekopolaltion]

FROM: Tim Westra
TO: Sen. Volek, Rep. Simone

Greetings,
Hope everything is well with leadership. Following my exit from the presidential race I have a lot of time on my hands to legislate. I had announced in a meeting with the Sierra Club a few weeks back that I would be introducing climate legislation to improve climate risk information for disaster planning and to increase funding for private and public climate resilience projects to mitigate the effects of natural disasters that we are experiencing right now.

I think that the bill has a good chance of passage, given the recent fires in California, hurricanes in Florida and other states, and the slew of natural disaster that are plaguing the nation at this moment, including Republican constituents. There is nothing particularly controversial included in the bill; nothing about decarbonization or funding for renewables, just a focus on keeping people safe with up-to-date information services and reducing the impact of floods, fires, and storms with solid infrastructure in place.

Take a look at the bill attached below, and let me know if this is something the leadership would be willing to push at the earliest possible time, given the recency and urgency of dealing with these climate change induced disasters.

Thanks,
Tim

Official Name: The Climate Resilience Act of 2019

Sponsor: Senator Tim Westra (D-NJ)
Cosponsor(s):

Overview: The recent fires in California along with the storms and hurricanes in the South and Middle America, have made it clear that the effects of climate change are no longer theoretical. They are here, hurting real people in real time. This requires the very same mobilization as our country did in World War 2 and post-9/11 in keeping our people - and the world - safe from harm.

The effects and costs of the climate crisis are already manifesting, and they will continue to manifest to some extent even if carbon emissions are reduced. A transition away from fossil fuels, although necessary, is not going to end all natural disasters. It is equally important for Congress to focus its efforts on building resilience.

Building resilience to climate change induced disasters is the purpose of this bill. Such a legislative action should not be polarizing. We have seen how all of our state and local governments have been scrambling to deal with the aftermath of such natural disasters, waiting on aid from the federal government and engaging in bidding wars for federal funding. This legislation will aim to put in place an organized contingency plan for dealing with such disasters that are a result of the climate crisis. This goes beyond the politics of decarbonization and transforming our economy and gets right to the heart of the climate crisis: keeping our people safe. By paving the way for better data collection about climate disasters, clearer information provided to states and local government to keep them prepared, and capitalizing a federal fund to partner with private industry to make investments in climate resilience projects, we can start adapting to the future disasters that we know are coming and keep Americans safe from harm.

SECTION 1: CLIMATE RISK INFORMATION SERVICE

a) Establishes the "Climate Risk Information Service" that will operate within the United State Environmental Protection Agency in order to:

1) Develop and maintain a centralized portal ("database") for universal access to authoritative climate risk information geared toward public and private-sector decision-makers;

2) Partner with non-science federal agencies and with non-governmental groups, such as the Science for Climate Action Network (SCAN), to ensure that the development of risk information products occurs in close coordination with user and community needs.

b) Establishes an interagency working group, the "Climate Risk Coordination Group" to focus on local planning for climate induced disasters. The working group would:

1) Coordinate the development of authoritative planning-scale climate risk information across federal civilian science departments and agencies and unclassified programs within defense and intelligence agencies;

2) Complement existing efforts through the White House National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Global Change Research, and it would build on partnerships with nonfederal entities, such as through the Climate Data Initiative and the Earth Science Information Partners.

c) Authorizes $18,000,000 for FY 2020, reallocated from the FY 2019 EPA Global Change Research Program funding, to be spent on developing the Climate Risk Information Service;

d) Authorizes $7,000,000 for FY 2020, reallocated from the FY 2019 HHS Global Change Research Program funding, to be spent on creating the Climate Risk Coordination working group.

SECTION 2: REAL TIME CLIMATE RISK MODELING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

a) Establishes a Climate Change Insular Research Grant Program for higher education institutions in United States territories to monitor, collect, synthesize, analyze, and publish local climate change data regularly;

1) $15,000,000 in spending is authorized for the development of this grant program, reallocated from Department of Commerce Global Change Research Program funding;

2) The grant program will be administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

b) Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to partner with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as well as other agencies in order to leverage research and innovations of non-federal experts in order to develop the next generation of fully coupled Earth system models for seamless weather and climate prediction;

c) Research and data collected by the above mentioned initiatives and agencies will be contributed to the Climate Risk Information Service as well as the Climate Risk Coordination Group.

SECTION 3: CLIMATE RESILIENCY FUND

a) Establishes the "Climate Resiliency Fund" within the U.S. Department of Commerce which will:

1) Issue state and local tax-exempt federal obligations, or "climate bonds," the proceeds of which shall be used to fund private and government projects, national or local, that aid in adaptation to climate change, projects including but not limited to:


i) Flood control and sea walling;
ii) Forest fire prevention;
iii) Structural fortification.

2) Develop recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for the above mentioned projects that respond to the impacts of climate change.

b) The aggregate face amount of the climate change obligations issued annually under this section shall be $200,000,000;

c) For any calendar year in which all of the bonds issued have been purchased, the Secretary of Commerce may issue additional climate bonds during such calendar year, provided that the aggregate face amount of such additional obligations does not exceed $800,000,000.

This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to build climate resilience and is backed by Timothy Westra on November 17th, 2019.

[The Orion Islands]

Chambers Twitter @GovernorChambersNE
"Jamal Patrick is the biggest joke in Congress. He should immediately resign. Don't make the mistake of thinking he cares for America. All he cares about is power. Stop obstructing the Wolf agenda and help Carolina, not make grandstanding runs for higher office."

[Puertollano]

The Cramp Home

Randy Cramp awaited his guest.

[Sarenium]

Former Governor Russell Earl Long
Shreveport, Louisiana

Grey early-morning sunlight leaked through the windows of the Long house, as Russell padded gently into the kitchen. He'd decided against staying in the Governor's Mansion for the weekend, instead opting to return home and gather his thoughts.

He'd been thinking, and thinking without talking about it, which was unusual to say the least. Thinking about his future, and his family's past.

The Keurig whirred and beeped, steaming coffee pouring into the massive mug he clutched. Milk. Sugar.

A little more sugar.

The spoon, incongruously tiny in his massive palm, clinked as he stirred his drink, pacing about the kitchen.

Do I just roll over and die?

Settling his frame into a kitchen chair, he sipped at the coffee, considering the options.

He could run for President, try and siphon votes off Velez down South. A Dayton Presidency wouldn't be his favorite, but Jillian could at least get things done. If Levi wasn't such an argumentative twat, Russell would happily support him now that Tim was out.

But Tim was out. And Levi was an argumentative twat.

There was that Senate seat, currently lacking a serious Democratic contender. That could be fun, although Gaspard would be a tough opponent.

He nursed his coffee, musing as the Sun slowly rose. The room gradually filled with light, pink and gold brushing the tops of the buildings outside.

He made a decision--he needed to talk to someone, someone in the know.

Wandering over to the telephone in the living-room, he jabbed out a number.

"Hello, Senator Dayton?"

"Hello, this is she," Jillian replied warmly as she turned away from a ropeline to take the call as she approached her bus for the next event.

[Federal States of Xathuecia]

“Space is about survival, smarts, and quick senses...much like politics eh?” she added with a smile.

“Ah yes, I’ve met with Diane Paulson thus far. A very nice friend of mine. Though I’m sure you’d have something to add to who she is to you. But please, enough of my rambling, what were you seeking from me?”

"Your support, join Eleanor, help elect a woman, a pragmatic, realistic, candidate to the Presidency," Jillian didn't mince her words, "we both know Levi Murphy will never win the White House, and would probably go wherever McGovern went. While Mike will compete in Arizona, and Florida, but he can't win the rust belt with his record. I'm the only candidate in the field who can bring an end to the warring Progressives and Moderates for the interim, expand the map enough and appease working Americans we're not going to dock their healthcare and guns in one single day."

Frankie chuckled for a brief moment before answering.

"Well, Jillian, I trust you understand I lent my support to women like Eleanor Brosnan and Michelle Dalton because of their respectable conservative credentials. And sure, I think you put in the work to help them and obviously have earned their support. But my own will certainly not come so quickly. I am simply afraid that you are far too liberal for me Senator. Going after coal in one of your bills while promoting abortion in another does not necessarily bode well for me to support. I may be pro-choice but I will not stake out a position of actively being an abortion activist legislator and much less seek to handicap the energy resources within our country and especially in Alaska and the Arctic Circle."

"I apologize if that's a little straight forward but since we are getting straight to the point." offered Frankie with a smile.

[Sarenium]

"Your support, join Eleanor, help elect a woman, a pragmatic, realistic, candidate to the Presidency," Jillian didn't mince her words, "we both know Levi Murphy will never win the White House, and would probably go wherever McGovern went. While Mike will compete in Arizona, and Florida, but he can't win the rust belt with his record. I'm the only candidate in the field who can bring an end to the warring Progressives and Moderates for the interim, expand the map enough and appease working Americans we're not going to dock their healthcare and guns in one single day."

Frankie chuckled for a brief moment before answering.

"Well, Jillian, I trust you understand I lent my support to women like Eleanor Brosnan and Michelle Dalton because of their respectable conservative credentials. And sure, I think you put in the work to help them and obviously have earned their support. But my own will certainly not come so quickly. I am simply afraid that you are far too liberal for me Senator. Going after coal in one of your bills while promoting abortion in another does not necessarily bode well for me to support. I may be pro-choice but I will not stake out a position of actively being an abortion activist legislator and much less seek to handicap the energy resources within our country and especially in Alaska and the Arctic Circle."

"I apologize if that's a little straight forward but since we are getting straight to the point." offered Frankie with a smile.

"Those aren't the central platform pieces of my campaign, Eleanor Brosnan backed me in with that understanding. I'm not looking to win Alaska, I'm looking to win Michigan, to win Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. To win North Carolina, states where the key issue is healthcare. Do you believe the Affordable Care Act is sufficient or that it's working fine as it is? We're Democrats, we don't cower from a fight, and I want us to fight on the issues that we know matter to Americans. Housing, education, healthcare. Choice is a word, so is freedom, your freedom to have the best healthcare options available on a platter. Your freedom to excel in school and not have credit card numbers handicap your college entry status. Your freedom to work hard, and buy a house. Your constituents want someone who'll protect their jobs, incomes, wages and let them live their lives free from Washington's meddling. Elect me and when in five years the banks stop backing fossil fuel based projects, we can set the groundwork for alternative employment. Elect me and their kids can be raised to innovate instead of trained like sausages in a factory, pumping the information out once a year in exams. Elect me and if your constituents opt to skip out on a golden opportunity with you as their Senator, there's a lifeline there for you if you want it," Jillian's words exuded her passion.

[Sarenium]

Dayton nodded affirmatively, "I agree, my entire college plan was written with Professors, school Principals and four students in a room drafting up a proposal. There was two lawmakers in the entire process, me and the Republican Speaker's office, we each sent one delegate into the room once a week until they finished their draft. That and if the Senate was run by teachers you'd never have filibustering, speaking concisely is a skill some politicians would do well to have."

"I'd think it might have more to do with the fact that when we create an agenda, we sure as hell are going to stick to with it." Agustin joked as the wine he was drinking was starting to go to his head.

Jillian smirked, "politicians and their agendas are a fickle thing. That being said, I happen to be the most competitive candidate on educational matters."