Home of The Brave: A 1960's Political RP

[Hopal]

Anyone interested in co-sponsoring?

Sure, Douglas would like to co-sponsor it.

[Emazia]

Anyone interested in co-sponsoring?

Sharp would like to co-sponsor it.

Sharp really shouldn't, this is a liberal bill.

[Newne Carriebean7]

Sharp would like to co-sponsor it.

Sharp really shouldn't, this is a liberal bill.

But Sharp likes Warszawski, and he's going to put friendship with him first over blatant partisanship.
So he's going to co-sponsor it, even if it means he'll be fighting against Turner to get it through the Senate.

[Louisianan]

Sharp really shouldn't, this is a liberal bill.

But Sharp likes Warszawski, and he's going to put friendship with him first over blatant partisanship.
So he's going to co-sponsor it, even if it means he'll be fighting against Turner to get it through the Senate.

Remember this is an election year, and Sharp isn't as high as he could be in his Senate Polls.

[Newne Carriebean7]

But Sharp likes Warszawski, and he's going to put friendship with him first over blatant partisanship.
So he's going to co-sponsor it, even if it means he'll be fighting against Turner to get it through the Senate.

Remember this is an election year, and Sharp isn't as high as he could be in his Senate Polls.

He's just going to take that risk. If it means he hurts more in the polls, then he'll have to hope the electorate has a short memory. Sharp thinks there's genuine hope for some form of bipartisanship, so he's going to back Warszawski on his bill, just like he supported Fraser's bill that one time.

He'll hold a town hall in his native Cedar Grove to meet the fury of his constituents, then he'll have to tack even more to the right on segregation to try and win some of them back.

[Louisianan]

Remember this is an election year, and Sharp isn't as high as he could be in his Senate Polls.

He's just going to take that risk. If it means he hurts more in the polls, then he'll have to hope the electorate has a short memory. Sharp thinks there's genuine hope for some form of bipartisanship, so he's going to back Warszawski on his bill, just like he supported Fraser's bill that one time.

He'll hold a town hall in his native Cedar Grove to meet the fury of his constituents, then he'll have to tack even more to the right on segregation to try and win some of them back.

We'll see.

[Zohiania]

Warszawski appreciates the support even if it is political suicide for his co-sponsors

[Louisianan]

Warszawski appreciates the support even if it is political suicide for his co-sponsors

The One Eyed-Polish-Cyclops is a smart man XD

[Zohiania]

Warszawski appreciates the support even if it is political suicide for his co-sponsors

The One Eyed-Polish-Cyclops is a smart man XD

He is pretty smart for a northerner without a college degree

[Deblar]

It would appear that Father Time is really gaining on Sharp, if he hasn’t caught up to him. Hell, Father Time’s probably passed Sharp up already

[Newne Carriebean7]

It would appear that Father Time is really gaining on Sharp, if he hasn’t caught up to him. Hell, Father Time’s probably passed Sharp up already

He's a sprightly 71. He's begining to make some mistakes, and I can pass off some spelling errors as him slurring his words due to old age.

Sharp's just Mississippi's racist grandpa that's trying to win by coming out hard against the proposed fusion amendment, so he's pissed off Turner pretty well. At least his wife hasn't left him.

[Emazia]

Turner has officially launched his campaign for President.

[Lavan Tiri]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Colonel

Character Name: Jonas Theodore Breckinridge

Character Gender: M A N

Character Age: 57 ( born March 8th, 1902)

Character Height: 6'0

Character Weight: 200 pounds

Character Position/Role/Job:
- Vice President of the United States (1953-present)
- United States Senator from Illinois (1951-1953)
- Attorney General of Minnesota (1947-1951)
- U.S. Navy (1941-1945)
- State's Attorney of Peoria County (1935-1941)
- Attorney at Law (1927-1935)

Appearance: [url]Joseph H. Ball[/url]

Character State of Origin: Peoria, Illinois

Character State of Residence: Washington, D.C./Springfield, Illinois

Character Party Affiliation: Republican

Main Strengths:
- Is Vice President, with all that entails: additionally, he has taken on a more visible and active role in Pike's administration than prior Vice Presidents have, especially with regard to foreign policy and "wrangling the alligators", or negotiating with the Congress.
- Well-connected within the Republican establishment, a skilled political operative
- Breckinridge stands slightly right-of-center in the Republican party; not as moderate as Pike or as liberal as, say, Tom Fraser, he is generally accepted by the conservatives without being anathema to the liberals.
- Experienced with foreign policy, a committed and fierce Cold Warrior and anticommunist.
- Champion debater and orator: see for example the "Patches" speech
- Handsome and charming

Main Weaknesses:
- Struggles mightily with likeability; generally, it's a part of his blue-blood upbringing and quiet demeanor, as well as his tendency to attack opponents
- He's accepted but not liked by most conservatives in the South and West; while his presence on the ticket helped bolster Pike with those groups, Breckinridge alone would have trouble carrying them in an election.
- Has had a stutter since childhood; while he's got it mostly covered up, it still threatens to slip out in moments of stress. Trying to cover the stutter can also cause Breckinridge to come off as nervous or gormless.
- Tends to flip-flop between advantageous positions as soon as needed.
- Always underestimates opponents
- Did not serve in WWII due to his age and poor eyesight
- Was nearly replaced as VP in 1954

Biography: Jonas was born just past midnight on March 8th, 1902, in Peoria, to William Breckinridge--a physician and State Senator--and his wife Eleanor Kean Breckinridge--the youngest daughter of a Senator. He was the fourth child and only son, and the expectation was that he would become a lawmaker and politician like his father and grandfather.

However, from a young age, Jonas struggled with a stutter; at his mother's insistence, he was kept out of school until he was eleven, and taught at home by private tutors. One tutor, Doctor Applebaum, had a son Jonas' age, Bernie, who was his only friend as a youngster. Doctor Applebaum was charged with helping Jonas fix his stutter, and remains a close friend of Jonas and his wife to this day.

Jonas attended a private school, where he was the target of fierce bullying by other boys: he was awkward, stuttered when provoked, and unathletic. His father ignored the fact that Jonas frequently came home in tears and begged to be taken out of school, reasoning that his son needed toughened up after being doted on by his mother.

And indeed, Jonas did toughen up. By high school, he had taken up football and baseball, as well as chess and debate, and become less of an outcast at school--although still not the model of popularity. His awkwardness, arrogance, and introversion made that impossible, even though he was perfectly capable of being charming when he wanted to. He graduated from high school in 1931, near the top of his class, and enrolled in University of Minnesota Law School that fall. He continued playing football at UMN, and further developed his social skills, although he still preferred his own company.

While living in Minneapolis and attending college, he met Bethany Anne Beasley (January 23rd, 1914-present), who was attending school at the New Jersey College for Women in hopes of becoming a schoolteacher. She was attracted to the quiet, charming young law student, who initially rebuffed her advances. He was infatuated with one of his friends sisters, which lasted until the day Bethany showed up at his door, declared that she'd decided she was going to marry him, and that he'd go along quietly if he knew what was good for him. Amused, Jonas decided to play along, and quickly found that Bethany was everything he wasn't--assertive, gregarious, quick-witted and stubborn. He fell in love with her quickly, and proposed after 8 months of seeing each other. They were married in 1934, the year before Jonas graduated.

In 1935, after graduating from Rutgers, the Breckinridges moved to Cape May, where Bethany's father helped them buy a small house and Jonas opened up a law practice. Although not terribly wealthy--especially since he refused all attempts by his parents to benefit him, determined to make it on his own--Jonas did well as a lawyer, and Bethany as a teacher, well enough to pay back Mr. Beasley by 1938. They have two sons--Jacob Clark Breckinridge (born 1936), and Asher Benjamin Breckinridge (born 1939)--and a daughter, Elizabeth Bethany Breckinridge (born 1938). Life as a simple lawyer suited Jonas, until World War Two began in 1941. Although he could have requested a deferment due to being a father, Jonas enlisted in the Army in 1941, seeing it as his patriotic duty.

Luckily for his children, then, that he wasn't in for too long. Jonas was shipped overseas in 1942 as part of Operation Torch, assigned to the Western Task Force. The regiment was supposed to land at Port Lyautey, but due to confusion by Navy coxswains, landed 40 minutes late and had to slog up the beach to the Vichy-held city. Company E was completely stopped by defenders at a strong point (the lighthouse of the port), where a bullet struck Jonas in the kneecap. He was evacuated from the field and, when it was later determined that he was unfit to fight due to his shattered fucking kneecap, sent home and honorably discharged.

Jonas resumed his law practice after recovering from his wound. In 1944, local Republicans, determined to topple their Democratic Congressman, approached Jonas and persuaded him to run for Congress. Although initially resistant, Bethany pushed him to do it, and he won the Republican primary easily, due to his patrons clearing the field. Jonas served in Congress through the end of the war, distinguishing himself with his ferocious anticommunism and calls for soldiers to be brought back as soon as the war was over.

In 1946, the placeholder who had been elected to one of New Jersey's Senate seats in a 1944 special election declined to run again. Jonas entered the Republican primary and, on the strength of his war service, quiet charisma, and youth, won narrowly in a divided field.

Other Info:
- Is a well-known animal lover: the Breckinridge family has three dogs (an English bulldog named Achilles, a Labrador Retriever named Hector, and an Irish Setter named Paris), three cats (a Maine Coon named Cherokee, a tabby named Patches, and a Persian named Lakota), a macaw named Martin J. Simpson, and a baby alligator (gifted by a supporter in Texas) named Leviathan.

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WIP

[Deblar]

Would’ve paid good money for someone to play this at Turner’s event.

[Dalmannia]

In order to fundraise, Turner donated $5 million to his campaign, along with working to raise money from evangelical churches in the South, as part of his strategy to include religious issues into the political sphere. He worked with leaders from within the SBC, attempting to increase his influence within the organisation and mobilise religious voters concerned about abortion and other religious issues, plus fundraising from these churches. Along with that, he kept on attempting to increase his influence among the union wings of the party, by backing socially conservative candidates in small union elections, using the American People's Party to push for an 'American unionism', allying with members of the union movement who opposed those like [not-Walter Reuther] who sought to turn them into vehicles of liberal social change, and instead having them focused on basic issues of negotiation, collective bargaining and pushing protectionist and pro-worker policy rather than supporting the civil rights movement, as he tried to drive a wedge between both of those groups.

Now, a quick bit of history from https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/charities-churches-and-politics:

The ban on political campaign activity by charities and churches was created by Congress more than a half century ago. The Internal Revenue Service administers the tax laws written by Congress and has enforcement authority over tax-exempt organizations. Here is some background information on the political campaign activity ban and the latest IRS enforcement statistics regarding its administration of this congressional ban.

In 1954, Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations, which includes charities and churches, from engaging in any political campaign activity.

[Emazia]

In order to fundraise, Turner donated $5 million to his campaign, along with working to raise money from evangelical churches in the South, as part of his strategy to include religious issues into the political sphere. He worked with leaders from within the SBC, attempting to increase his influence within the organisation and mobilise religious voters concerned about abortion and other religious issues, plus fundraising from these churches. Along with that, he kept on attempting to increase his influence among the union wings of the party, by backing socially conservative candidates in small union elections, using the American People's Party to push for an 'American unionism', allying with members of the union movement who opposed those like [not-Walter Reuther] who sought to turn them into vehicles of liberal social change, and instead having them focused on basic issues of negotiation, collective bargaining and pushing protectionist and pro-worker policy rather than supporting the civil rights movement, as he tried to drive a wedge between both of those groups.

Now, a quick bit of history from https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/charities-churches-and-politics:

The ban on political campaign activity by charities and churches was created by Congress more than a half century ago. The Internal Revenue Service administers the tax laws written by Congress and has enforcement authority over tax-exempt organizations. Here is some background information on the political campaign activity ban and the latest IRS enforcement statistics regarding its administration of this congressional ban.

In 1954, Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations, which includes charities and churches, from engaging in any political campaign activity.

Well then here we go

[Deblar]

In order to fundraise, Turner donated $5 million to his campaign, along with working to raise money from evangelical churches in the South, as part of his strategy to include religious issues into the political sphere. He worked with leaders from within the SBC, attempting to increase his influence within the organisation and mobilise religious voters concerned about abortion and other religious issues, plus fundraising from these churches. Along with that, he kept on attempting to increase his influence among the union wings of the party, by backing socially conservative candidates in small union elections, using the American People's Party to push for an 'American unionism', allying with members of the union movement who opposed those like [not-Walter Reuther] who sought to turn them into vehicles of liberal social change, and instead having them focused on basic issues of negotiation, collective bargaining and pushing protectionist and pro-worker policy rather than supporting the civil rights movement, as he tried to drive a wedge between both of those groups.

Now, a quick bit of history from https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/charities-churches-and-politics:

The ban on political campaign activity by charities and churches was created by Congress more than a half century ago. The Internal Revenue Service administers the tax laws written by Congress and has enforcement authority over tax-exempt organizations. Here is some background information on the political campaign activity ban and the latest IRS enforcement statistics regarding its administration of this congressional ban.

In 1954, Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations, which includes charities and churches, from engaging in any political campaign activity.

real bruh moment on Turner's part

[Emazia]

Now, a quick bit of history from https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/charities-churches-and-politics:

real bruh moment on Turner's part

He's going to call the Johnson Amendment unconstitutional and start a massive court case that'll hopefully galvanise social conservatives.

[Indiana Controlled Florida]

INCOMPLETE

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Indiana Controlled Florida
Character Name: Bill Dall
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 66
Character Height: 5’11
Character Weight: 173 pounds
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Character State of Origin: Alabama
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Character Party Affiliation: Independent
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Biography:
Bill Dall was born on October 7, 1893 in Mentone,Alabama. Born as the youngest out of 4 children and born to a poor family, Bill Dall was homeschooled and enjoyed math and reading.
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[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

Why did Boone's campaign ruin the fun early, the Frasers wanted to attract as many churches sympathetic to Turner's campaign as possible before bringing the IRS down on them.

[Dalmannia]

Why did Boone's campaign ruin the fun early, the Frasers wanted to attract as many churches sympathetic to Turner's campaign as possible before bringing the IRS down on them.

I won’t lie, I did consider that but I didn’t want anyone (such as yourself) to beat me to the punch!

[Emazia]

Everyone, could we temporarily avoid posting on the Turner matter? We're still trying to work out what to do in the OP team, and patience would be appreciated.

[Newne Carriebean7]

Everyone, could we temporarily avoid posting on the Turner matter? We're still trying to work out what to do in the OP team, and patience would be appreciated.

Sharp didn''t mention it at all. He just threw out a nickname because's he's trying to start rumors that he's a communist. He's still in the dark about the whole issue, and won't comment on it unless public information is released such as a newspaper that details what happened. But for now, he's just attacking Turner on policy issues the same way he's hitting Boone on being a "communist" with his new deal.

Also Sharp's campaign's getting worked up over the five million dollars that Turner dumped into the race, so they're trying to place catch-up fundraiser wise.

[Emazia]

Everyone, could we temporarily avoid posting on the Turner matter? We're still trying to work out what to do in the OP team, and patience would be appreciated.

Sharp didn''t mention it at all. He just threw out a nickname because's he's trying to start rumors that he's a communist. He's still in the dark about the whole issue, and won't comment on it unless public information is released such as a newspaper that details what happened. But for now, he's just attacking Turner on policy issues the same way he's hitting Boone on being a "communist" with his new deal.

Also Sharp's campaign's getting worked up over the five million dollars that Turner dumped into the race, so they're trying to place catch-up fundraiser wise.

Ah, alright, that's good. Just trying to prevent Boone from starting a massive wave that might end up getting voided.

[Dalmannia]

Sharp didn''t mention it at all. He just threw out a nickname because's he's trying to start rumors that he's a communist. He's still in the dark about the whole issue, and won't comment on it unless public information is released such as a newspaper that details what happened. But for now, he's just attacking Turner on policy issues the same way he's hitting Boone on being a "communist" with his new deal.

Also Sharp's campaign's getting worked up over the five million dollars that Turner dumped into the race, so they're trying to place catch-up fundraiser wise.

Ah, alright, that's good. Just trying to prevent Boone from starting a massive wave that might end up getting voided.

Absolutely. I don’t know how far-reaching this will end up, but also a note to anyone for their IC posts: nobody’s going to know about the IRS investigation or anything since that was privately tipped off. The mods’ll decide what goes public. Boone won’t be saying anything about it IC because he doesn’t want to show his hand, nor the fact that he was the one who tipped off the IRS in the first place. So yes, I would discourage others from bringing this scandal up just yet, give the mods some time to figure out what happens next.