Home of The Brave: An 1960's Political RP (IC)

[Deblar]

“Yes, I’m not sure how me and Cora do it either. Dawn can especially be a piece of work sometimes, as well as my oldest, Darryl, but I couldn’t have asked for a better family.”

"Neither could I." After a short pause Richard spoke up again "Well uh onto business, you mentioned in a letter to me that Gerald Marshal would've wanted to see Jim Crow ended. To be able to go into any diner and not be denied based on his race. Again my express my condolences to you, the NNRC, and his family on his loss. But if you don't mind me asking, did he.. Mr. Marshal grow up in south? Did he live a life of discrimination and hardship? Did he have to experience these things?" He asked with a hint of emotion and a face of alight concern.

“To my knowledge, yes. According to his mother, they lived in Richmond, Virginia for a while, and Richmond certainly has...a history, you could say. And Virginia is a pretty segregationist state. His family, according to his mother, received multiple threats from racists in the city, and eventually they took the hint and moved to Philadelphia. And Gerald talked to me about it a bit too before he, well, passed at New Orleans. I asked him if he was scared about doing the march in an unwelcoming environment, and he told me-“ James paused, remembering that Dawn was sitting next to him. “‘Heck no,” James continued. “‘There’s no place I’d rather be’.” James sighed. “He, of course, wouldn’t know what would happen to him...” James sighed again, looking to change the subject. “You mentioned legislation to try to end segregation in workplaces and colleges. What would your plan for that look like?”

[Hopal]

"Neither could I." After a short pause Richard spoke up again "Well uh onto business, you mentioned in a letter to me that Gerald Marshal would've wanted to see Jim Crow ended. To be able to go into any diner and not be denied based on his race. Again my express my condolences to you, the NNRC, and his family on his loss. But if you don't mind me asking, did he.. Mr. Marshal grow up in south? Did he live a life of discrimination and hardship? Did he have to experience these things?" He asked with a hint of emotion and a face of alight concern.

“To my knowledge, yes. According to his mother, they lived in Richmond, Virginia for a while, and Richmond certainly has...a history, you could say. And Virginia is a pretty segregationist state. His family, according to his mother, received multiple threats from racists in the city, and eventually they took the hint and moved to Philadelphia. And Gerald talked to me about it a bit too before he, well, passed at New Orleans. I asked him if he was scared about doing the march in an unwelcoming environment, and he told me-“ James paused, remembering that Dawn was sitting next to him. “‘Heck no,” James continued. “‘There’s no place I’d rather be’.” James sighed. “He, of course, wouldn’t know what would happen to him...” James sighed again, looking to change the subject. “You mentioned legislation to try to end segregation in workplaces and colleges. What would your plan for that look like?”

"Well I've taken a bit of a break from pushing the Workplace and College Inclusion Act, it wasn't getting anywhere, Broussard blocking it as always. Perhaps the House will take it up again later this year. But essentially what it would do is outlaw rejections and segregation on the basis of race or gender in and for workplaces and colleges, make employers pay employees of the same level and work the same, and allow people to report abuse in the workplace to the Department of Labor. I acknowledged that this bill wouldn't do much on its own, and is largely symbolic if nothing else is passed. As businesses and colleges will just say the rejected an application for some other reason, even when the reason is actually race or gender. The outlawing segregation part would be easier to enforce as it is more obvious when there is segregation. Maybe an amendment I tried to introduce on the floor is more telling of my vision. The amendment would have allowed an exemption for religious institution on the gender part, if they had traditions regarding the role of gender. It further clarified that businesses have authority over their employees and that they could still be assigned based on their skill. It also would require businesses to provide an explanation as to why a person was rejected or fired, and created a Department within the Department of Labor for people to review complaints about these explanations, and allows the department to do what they feel is necessary if they don't find the explanation satisfactory. But that amendment didn't even make it to floor. But what do you think of the bill?"

[Deblar]

“To my knowledge, yes. According to his mother, they lived in Richmond, Virginia for a while, and Richmond certainly has...a history, you could say. And Virginia is a pretty segregationist state. His family, according to his mother, received multiple threats from racists in the city, and eventually they took the hint and moved to Philadelphia. And Gerald talked to me about it a bit too before he, well, passed at New Orleans. I asked him if he was scared about doing the march in an unwelcoming environment, and he told me-“ James paused, remembering that Dawn was sitting next to him. “‘Heck no,” James continued. “‘There’s no place I’d rather be’.” James sighed. “He, of course, wouldn’t know what would happen to him...” James sighed again, looking to change the subject. “You mentioned legislation to try to end segregation in workplaces and colleges. What would your plan for that look like?”

"Well I've taken a bit of a break from pushing the Workplace and College Inclusion Act, it wasn't getting anywhere, Broussard blocking it as always. Perhaps the House will take it up again later this year. But essentially what it would do is outlaw rejections and segregation on the basis of race or gender in and for workplaces and colleges, make employers pay employees of the same level and work the same, and allow people to report abuse in the workplace to the Department of Labor. I acknowledged that this bill wouldn't do much on its own, and is largely symbolic if nothing else is passed. As businesses and colleges will just say the rejected an application for some other reason, even when the reason is actually race or gender. The outlawing segregation part would be easier to enforce as it is more obvious when there is segregation. Maybe an amendment I tried to introduce on the floor is more telling of my vision. The amendment would have allowed an exemption for religious institution on the gender part, if they had traditions regarding the role of gender. It further clarified that businesses have authority over their employees and that they could still be assigned based on their skill. It also would require businesses to provide an explanation as to why a person was rejected or fired, and created a Department within the Department of Labor for people to review complaints about these explanations, and allows the department to do what they feel is necessary if they don't find the explanation satisfactory. But that amendment didn't even make it to floor. But what do you think of the bill?"

"Well, I'm not in the House yet, and wouldn't be until '61 anyway, but I do like the overall idea of it. Promising equality in the workplace actually happens to be on my agenda for once I do get in the House. That is, of course, assuming I win my election." Just then, a waitress approached the table, laying down menus.

"Hello, gentleman, and young lady, what can I start you off with? Something to drink?"

"Hmm...I'll start off with a Coke for now," James replied.

"And you sir?," she asked Douglas.

[Hopal]

"Well I've taken a bit of a break from pushing the Workplace and College Inclusion Act, it wasn't getting anywhere, Broussard blocking it as always. Perhaps the House will take it up again later this year. But essentially what it would do is outlaw rejections and segregation on the basis of race or gender in and for workplaces and colleges, make employers pay employees of the same level and work the same, and allow people to report abuse in the workplace to the Department of Labor. I acknowledged that this bill wouldn't do much on its own, and is largely symbolic if nothing else is passed. As businesses and colleges will just say the rejected an application for some other reason, even when the reason is actually race or gender. The outlawing segregation part would be easier to enforce as it is more obvious when there is segregation. Maybe an amendment I tried to introduce on the floor is more telling of my vision. The amendment would have allowed an exemption for religious institution on the gender part, if they had traditions regarding the role of gender. It further clarified that businesses have authority over their employees and that they could still be assigned based on their skill. It also would require businesses to provide an explanation as to why a person was rejected or fired, and created a Department within the Department of Labor for people to review complaints about these explanations, and allows the department to do what they feel is necessary if they don't find the explanation satisfactory. But that amendment didn't even make it to floor. But what do you think of the bill?"

"Well, I'm not in the House yet, and wouldn't be until '61 anyway, but I do like the overall idea of it. Promising equality in the workplace actually happens to be on my agenda for once I do get in the House. That is, of course, assuming I win my election." Just then, a waitress approached the table, laying down menus.

"Hello, gentleman, and young lady, what can I start you off with? Something to drink?"

"Hmm...I'll start off with a Coke for now," James replied.

"And you sir?," she asked Douglas.

"A cup of coffee will do for now." Richard replied "Would Dawn like anything?"

[Newne Carriebean7]

San Francisco, California
Joshua Sharp Speech
March 16, 1959

"Now. THIS is a hearty welcome from all y'all fellers n' what have y'alls. I know many o'y'all might not know who I am, so I'll make the introduction short inna case the banner out-front's fer stupid fellers. I'm Joshua Sharp, a Senator from the great ol' state o' 'ssippii n' shit like thats. Know-Nows, where in the hell was I? Right! As many o' y'all know, I was in Philly-delph-iahah n' debatin a wimmen who I have the utmost respect fer. She's a republican and one bright, smart n' 'deependent wimmen. Her name was and pardon my pro-nun-see-asion, but I'm a southern slackjawed dumbass. Sow-fee-uh Fray-sher. Sofia Frasher-er Fraser. Frasher? Gimme one second 'ere folks I wanna git the m'am's name just right. If I went through this here speech refferin' t' senator Booth as Boone, the good lord'll smite me! As much as some fellers wanna see the southern racist get his just desserts, I want t' remain civil. I don't not do none o' thats stuffs fer spite!

As I disagree with Senator Fraser and his hot lookin' husband which reminds me o' some fellers inna Michigan that I had the displeasu-I mean the utmost pleasure inna meetin' when I went down to southern Oh-hi-oh, I ain't gittin into the mud. I will not pull punches when it comes to personal attacks. I will disagree with them politely on policy n' politics, not hold a goddamned grudge. There's an' ol' china province or providence-proverb. If ya hold onto a hot coal, yer the only dumbass that gits burned. Now I don't 'member the last time china proverbs swore at me, but It mighta been that one helluva night inna Shanghai. Shanghai, Virginia! I ain't gonna bore y'all wit that juicy story, but I do remember gittin my buddies all plastered wit cheap beer n' smashin' car winnows n' car wimmen.

Hold on here fellers, I just realized that I must correct soemthin' last 'graph or so. I referred to senator Fraser and his hot lookin' husband. I apologize. Senator Fraser is a woman, so it would be the followwin' 'As I disagree with Senator Fraser and her hot lookin' husband.' Now that I caught that, I'll state this, I refer to the President of the United States as a homosexual devil worshipper that ought t' be smitten by all good, christian fearin' men lest their souls be condemend to hell. Senator Fraser is a woman whom I hold great respect for in the Senate. She's been my fren inna the Senate, as much as I fight with her on policy 'ssues. That's the point fellers. Don't git upset next turkey day when yer candidate ends up losin'. At the end o' the day, t's just plain ol' politikin. Ask allah or god or buddah or jehovah fer forgivin' yer foes. Y'all can look inna yer hearts n' see compassion. Not compassion for the negro race thanks to Cain's mark, but a form o' 'givness. That's all I'mma sayin' onna racial matters unless y'all wanna ask me question's bout it.

What do y'all say, do I disagree with the northern republican for? Well, I'll compare n' contrast her smokin' hot husband's politikin' wit my ol-fashioned politikin' policies. Militant nuclear happy warlord Barr-Johnathan Jackson thinks that the Frasers are out to 'destroy america'. Please. As if one man can inflict hell-fire upon the nation. Jackson ought t' know better. He'd be the one that would lead us through a nuclear war. A war that'll bring hellfire upon poor, poor Californian, m'ssippii nna the rest o' dee cee! Jack Jack's gotta itchy trigger finger, so the only one who will unabashedly destroy America will be Johnathan 'Jap kisser' Jackson!

As for my gripes with the Frasers, I disagree with their so-called 'Ironclad Construction'. We don't need to have the gubment invest within the South. I don't want no yankee carpetbagger to come down south n' take their profits up north! They ought to leave the profits down south, n' hep out southern bizznesses which are bein' unfairly discriminatin' 'gainst because of boycotts imposed by some yankee manufactuters that don't not wanna be 'sociated with the goo- I mean 'sociated with no segregation.

What I would do is give biznesses that hire good, white southern men n' wimmen a tax credit, like what we does fer chillens. I will tie the amount of incentive per company based on the county's overall unemployment rate, and how much that bizness effected it, alongside small bonuses set to offset any possible lackluster profits by the bizness. T' put it inna layman's terms, say a company provided 100 outa 1,000 possible jobs inna county. That means that the IRS is a goanna look at this bizness n' grant it a ten percent tax rebate, unless they owe more than that inna taxes. It'll hep those biznesses wit their books inna order n' wanna hep out their communities. I call it the Sharponomics. Otherwise known as Cotton Capitalizm! Do we does thats fer chillens, I only wrote some of the damn tax code anyhow... As for the FORTIFY ACT the senate tried to pass, I will have y'all know that I disagreed on it.

I firmly believe that a woman's place is in the kitchen, where the man goes out n' works while the wife cleans n' what have all y'all. The Frasers politely disagree, arugin' that wimmen need money for schoolin'. Now, I ain't sayin' wimmen can't have no schoolin'. I've been a firm if opportunistic supporter o' wimmen's rights when it gits me wimmen's votes. If a wimmen wants to, instead o' havin' a family, I propose we git them a small tax relife n' some colledge grants or attach incentives to colledges to have more female students actively pursin' a degree. If they's a workin' t' better themselves instead o' bein' leeches fer their husbands, then maybe the divorce rate'll plummet. Eh? If wimmen come outta coledge wit some fancy engineerin' degree, maybe then they'd git long better wit' their boss intead o' workin' far too hard for far too lil' success.


'Unna 'fortunately now folks, I must address my Democratic rivals for the nomination. I refer to 'course Earl n' that feller from m'ssippii. Turner. Earl Booth-Boone wants to houdini himself twoards the white house. Y'all know y' can't magic yer way t' fixin' thems economy wit yer fancy-ass fresh deal or 'raw deal'. What Earl Boone's proposin' is nothin' more than keepin' the negro up n' the white man down! Why else do y'all think he ain't sayin' nothin inna defendin' the white man? He hasn't ever never done none o' that. He hates the people of this 'ere state.

He just wants California's money. Shit. That's why we're all here, so I don't fault the dumbass for that. It's a noble goal inna politkin' fer votes. W'all can do it, we's a inna primary for fuck's sakes! I as said inna cinna-sin-natti, 'Muricans don't not need no fuckin' socialized anythin'! We need to slow down onna reckless gubment spendin'. Where in the hell t does this 'houdini earl' git the funds fer his rampant social programs? Why, by taxin the rich! That'll in turn head 'em off n' have 'em flee to better nations that don't tax the skin offa the poor Ku-Klux-I mean the poor rich feller. Now, that don't mean I defend every millionaire. I only defend those which have worked damn hard fer their money. It's the ultimate 'stement to the American Dream. A dirt poor nobody like me can end up bein' a politician 'nna even run fer president onna shoe-string budget.

Oh and 'member t' donate t' my campaign please. I need the money. If the dumb bastard inherited the funds, then that ought t' be taxed immediately and with financial 'ffiecny y'alled only see inna the Federal gubmint! Republican gains inna the midterms happened on Earl's watch as the Senate Leader. He should've managed his fifty somethin' cats better than that! I'm disappointed at the lack of Democratic faces, new Democratic faces in the house. That's somethin' we should and must change next year. Don't let no 'publican win inna California or anywhere else y'here? I want a landslide dammnit!

Inna Contrast, I shall see to it that the estate tax is raised to level the playin' field fer the rest o' us. Fair's fair ain't it?! Damn better be you goddamned son of a bitch. Sorry, was talkin' t' myself fer a moment. Where was I? Right! Now, I know that this here...'dividual ain't a democrat, but for all intents nna purposes, he smells like a democrat, he looks like a democrat, so he musta be a democrat, even if he's a wearin some APP clothin' or lipstick. I 'an still 'mell his ass fromma mile away. It stinks! But, before I git too.. venomous, I shall applaud him fer runnin'. He's fightin' for what he thinks is right, even if I don't happen to agree wit 'em on much. From a man who was shittin' his pants inna trench in France, I salute him when he was a marchin' through Rome n' I-taly. He pushed out the equally dark, heinous and treasonous ideology known as facism. I may be a racist, but I didn't fight agaisnt monarchism and fully support the 'arsenal o' democracy' just to slander a war veteran. I save that for Jackass Johnathan. I hold nothin' against him fer servin' his country. Inna fact, I might even recommend the man fer a medal o' honor or soemthin' like that. I'll see if I can chat wit Dave 'bout it or somethin'.

Apart from his very honorable military career, I'll chat 'bout his Senate career. I've served with this man for over a decade, and I've grown to dislike him. I don't like many people on the hill. But I've grown to like the republicans ironically. Us Dixiecrats are just too damn mean. Boone's mean, Broussard's mean and Turner's mean. Well, I've also been an asshole too, so all of us is a mean bunch o' 'gators! He wan'ts t' bombs the shits outta the charlies. It's a strategic policy ain't it? He's well within' his ability n' right t' think 'bout that. I still haven't not made up my mind since...Grove meetin' wit jackasses.. I'll come t' my senses 'ventually annie-how. He want's this country to limit the 'mount o' 'migrants that flood inna this country. I don't think that's a very Christian thing to do. I'm not sayin' we need to just have no boarder, but we need to be a lil' bit more compassionate towards the dumb Latino n' mexicaneese feller. He's on hard times too, but we'd need t' look 'fter our own kin first, then spoon feed the Latino.

Another note, do we know what his plans are on taxation, busin', desegregation, 'conomics n' shit like that, or even his policy on, oh I dunno, gay marriage? These are all just questions now, and every candidate ought t' be pressed hard n' fast by the press o' this country. It had better be honest now. Must be honest, not corrupt or a bastard. What would a foreign policy look like ina Turner White House. I'll tell ya, we don't know. That's scary. He's not been transparent. He's Treacherous Turner 'cause he's probably sellin' secrets to the commienists! Just a rumor I'm spreadin' nothin' more. Just a rumor... or could it be true? Ask him yerself, and see to it that y'all git a straight, no bullshit answer outta the man. Beware, he's a politikin y'all know.

In marked contrast to the 'fruity' man, my plans are dirt simple: Lower taxes for the absolute poorest of our fellers, increase taxes on the middle class n' have taxes onna the rich at 35%. As fer my economic plans, I got the plan o' subsuddin' small farms wit better farmin' 'quipment n' better seeds. Segregation? That'll be forever. Gay Marriage? I'll keep it outlawed and it'll stay outlawed, god forbid our highest court o' the land makes a mistake or two! We ain't gonna let gays in the government! We ain't gonna let commies in the government and we sure as shit ain't gonna let either Turner or Earl in the White House. I'll segregate the federal gubment, like Wilson! Good ol' Willie. A Sharp presidency will see the poor prosper with lower taxes, less welfare and happier family units inna this country. We'll remain vigilant against commie boone-I mean commie Russia n' Cuba. Cuba's more of a threat than 'nam. So why ain't no-one givin a shit bout it? It's all 'nam, 'nam 'nam. I want the conversation to switch to an island that's just ninety miles away from Florida, not some backwater chinaistanian shithole that's thousands o' miles away!

Thank Y'all Calee-fornee-yah! I'm damn 'preciative o' the 'frisco spirit n' the Californian determination. Before I go, do y'all like that there governor y'all got there? I hear he's a corrupt bastard. Is that true? Is a no good goddamned scab that wants to crush y'all poor unionizin' fellers? It's damn shame. Maybe y'alled be happier under some sorta 'publican governor that don't let no scab harm no worker. He'd protect the poor worker feller from the shame o' the governor. That governor ought t' be recalled if he ain't preformin' satisfactoree! I only hope no-feller throws eggs at me. If there' a man y'alled throw 'ggs at, throw e'm at yer goddamned Democratic bastard o' a governor? But if y'all like the governor, be 'ure t' send my best wishes to 'em. Maybe even a steak dinner eh? I'd like some steak. OH, and remember to vote for Joshua Sharp, the defender of the white man since time immoral, or in this case 1888! Oh, and I officially endorse yer governor for another term o' office whenever in the hell y'all has competitive races down here. I don't want this seat to flip to none progressive, Roosevelt, and I do mean teeedy not fdr. FDR ain't no conservative bastard. He''s too mucha a lee-beral. Make sure y'all vote 'gainst Stolt'zman's 'pponnent. Send a good ol' mustached man back to california's white house! I pray for his mortal soul on 'cassion. Oh, n' vote for Joshua Sharp. White Rights? He Fights!"

[Deblar]

"Well, I'm not in the House yet, and wouldn't be until '61 anyway, but I do like the overall idea of it. Promising equality in the workplace actually happens to be on my agenda for once I do get in the House. That is, of course, assuming I win my election." Just then, a waitress approached the table, laying down menus.

"Hello, gentleman, and young lady, what can I start you off with? Something to drink?"

"Hmm...I'll start off with a Coke for now," James replied.

"And you sir?," she asked Douglas.

"A cup of coffee will do for now." Richard replied "Would Dawn like anything?"

“A Coke,” Dawn said before James could say anything.

“Ah...sure...a kid’s Coke,” James said, wondering whether or not he’d end up regretting this.

“Alrighty, comin’ right up,” said the waitress as she retreated to the kitchen. James leaned over to Dawn, whispering.

“Don’t tell your mother I let you have Coke, alright?”


Dawn giggled, whispering back.
“Okay.”

James went back to sitting up straight, then turned back to Richard. “Anyway, you also mentioned a potential memorial for Gerald in DC. What would that look like?”

[Zohiania]

Senator Joseph Gorski Warszawski
Warszawski Home Office, Philadelphia
March 14th, 1959

"Now Mr. Fraser, I must say based on what I have heard, your policy proposals seem to be purposely vague. If you really want to try and get my endorsement, I will need to know the intricate set of policy directions you plan on taking in relation to economics, foreign policy, and civil rights. I should also warn you of my policy biases assuming your wife didn't tell you everything about me, knowing that woman I am sure she gave you a run down on me. When it comes to economic policy I am fairly hands off which might turn off your more big government prone supporters. When it comes to foreign policy I am a strong advocate for containment and foreign intervention and I take a very strong civil rights stance when it comes to the Blacks, the Asians, Women, Veterans and the Disabled. And in all honesty I did not appreciate your wife killing my first bill in the Senate on the victims of Japanese internment just so she could push her own legislation. I am not saying your wife has not pushed for some good policy, but she doesn't seem to have any reservations at walking over people including potential allies for the sake of political convenience. You might think me a 'bleeding heart,' and maybe I am when it comes to my fellow man, but I should warn you I am no pushover, my heart has bleed for many a men and I have made many more men bleed and any attempts to lie to me or to sell me on false promises will not work out for you because I can I just as easily pull an endorsement as give one, I have no issue with humbling myself as having made a mistake if I must. I hope for your sake you aren't like you wife in that regard, otherwise this discussion was over before it began."

"On the issue of economics, my policy has always been focused on being market friendly. I've worked as an executive for both US Steel and for the Ford Motor Company, I know that big government can get in the way. My policy agenda has been built around decreasing regulation in exchange for raising the floor for those willing to work and get an education. My support for an amendment to tax wealth is intended to make it fiscally possible to decrease income taxes enough that nobody pays more than half their income in taxes. I also want to create a United States Permanent Fund, which takes the concept behind Texas's School Permanent Fund and applies it at the federal level for the purpose of guarding the solvency of not only social security, but other social spending. It would also bind the federal government to a policy that doesn't act contrary to the interests of a free, productive market.

As for foreign policy, I believe we should be engaged in confrontation with the forces of communism to the greatest possible degree, of course there will be limitations on what we can do, given the danger nuclear weaponry, but part of why I support childcare proposals like the FORTIFY Act is to increase tine availability of women for the workforce and therefore men for the military. In the medium run I'd also like to expand the use of nuclear power and hydroelectric energy so that we may reserve more petroleum for our armed forces. Additionally, I'd like to free up our coal for steel production, to expand and improve our rail freight, to further free up petroleum for our military. As politicians, I believe our primary aim regarding our military should be fostering an economy that can give it as much manpower and resources as is feasible.

On Civil rights, I recognize that you're upset by my wife blocking your bill, but I'll be honest in agreeing with her point. As it stands don't even guarantee the protections that already exist in the constitution for minorities, never mind offering reparations. Then there's a larger problem with reparations The Japanese were interned for a few years on the pretext of being a potential threat to us due to being connected to an enemy state. Black people were taken from Africa to be a source of slave labor for generations, then brutalized under jim crow for generations more, to this day. It'd be impossible to pay black people proportionate to what you were calling for Japanese people to be paid and yet not doing so would be, in both image and function, favoritism. This even before you consider treatment of Hispanic people or American Indians, or the animosity such payments could stir up among whites.

My position is that reparations just isn't feasible and liable to worsen race relations as it will never be proportionate. I think the best we can do is take data on the treatment of different minorities, then target aid towards bringing them in line with whites over time, but even that ought to wait until we actually make sure we provide what the constitution is is meant to guarantee with the 14th and 15th amendment."

Senator Joseph Gorski Warszawski
Warszawski Home Office, Philadelphia
March 14th, 1959

"I will say I disagree with your characterization of my bill, my bill is reminiscent of the Freedmen's Bureau that was established back under Reconstruction in relation to righting the wrongs of our government on account of a particular group of people. And I fully believe we could do that while also pursuing other civil rights legislation and ensuring that we do in fact uphold the 14th and 15th amendments. But in relation to asking for my support, I will have to think about it. I don't majorly oppose anything you have stated policy wise, however I must discuss things with myself and with my wife. You aren't the only one with a wife in the ear. But lets conclude our business here.


Would you like to join me and my family for dinner once they get back?"

[Hopal]

"A cup of coffee will do for now." Richard replied "Would Dawn like anything?"

“A Coke,” Dawn said before James could say anything.

“Ah...sure...a kid’s Coke,” James said, wondering whether or not he’d end up regretting this.

“Alrighty, comin’ right up,” said the waitress as she retreated to the kitchen. James leaned over to Dawn, whispering.

“Don’t tell your mother I let you have Come, alright?”


Dawn giggled, whispering back.
“Okay.”

James went back to sitting up straight, then turned back to Richard. “Anyway, you also mentioned a potential memorial for Gerald in DC. What would that look like?”

Richard smiled during the exchange between James and Dawn with James looking reluctant and uncomfortable, when James asked him the question he likewise straightened up and quickly reponded "Well I wish you luck on your campaign, I think you have what it takes to win and I hope you do, us Nothern Democrats could use some more numbers and allies. But on the memorial idea, I don't fully have an idea on how I want that to, my office is still working on it. But I want your input on how Mr. Marshal can be sufficiently memorialized. I have some ideas, perhaps a plaque of his name in Congress, or maybe some sort of memorial on the National Mall with all of the names of the blacks that were killed without reason, such as those killed in lynchings or in situations like that of Mr. Marshal. I don't know though, maybe I'll do what they did with the Vietnam Memorial, create a commission to create a memorial. But what do you think a memorial of Mr. Marshal should look like?"

[Newne Carriebean7]

Belleau Wood France
June 10th, 1918

"Get Down you fucking dumb son of a fucking bitch!"
A large pinch was felt on Josh's neck as he was hauled down behind the protective cover of some stubbled wood and shattered nature. The Thud on the machine gunner's body was enough to make him wince and moan in pain, his eyes terrified as they made light contact with the furiously red face of the C.O.
"Thank y'all sir."
"Christ, between you and me, I'll be amazed if you make it more than five seconds. Fucking hell..."
The young soldier craned his neck slightly as another soldier came up to hand him a small tin of water. Josh took one sniff and grimaced before he plugged his nose and swallowed, hoping that he would not have the liquid rush out in all directions like a waterfall throughout his soon to be corpse. A second passed as it went down, the wrong pipe, causing the young soldier to cough and gag heavily, quickly stifiled with a blow to the head by his C.O.
"Goddamnit! A'ight sirs. Orders?"
"Provide cover for the men about to take that damn hill. Make sure you hit the damn Germans and not our guys, johnny reb. This ain't no civil war."
"I know it ain't no civil war, It's a german's war."
"Think you're right in that regard. For Once in your goddamned, miserably short life. Now, get to it!"
With that, the machine gunner steadied the bulky Vickers into position as he peered through the smoke, with a man next to him in charge of holding the belt of tightly packaged death destined for their enemies. Soon the Machine Gun had an upset stomach and started spewing hot lead down, with each bullet firing out providing a solid thump on Sharp's shoulders as he steadied his aim for the fleeting moment inbetween each round loading in and being expelled quicker than the man from school.

Suddenly, the world went black for Sharp as a freight train collided with his shoulder. He lost concentration as memories began to fade in and out of existence with each heart pumping, lung wrenching breath he was able to fit out from his sputtering young lungs, his uniform now covered in a red substance as the world turned blurry for the man.

San Francisco, California
March 20, 1959

"Hella y' Frisca n' fella 'Frisconians n' San Fransicoianians. I'm quite pleased to be adressin' all y'all in this beautiful, paved road city. Now, I'm sure more than a few o' all y'all is a shakin' yer head n' scratchin' that caleefornian noggin' o' yours n' wonderin' why I, a slack-jawed backwards thinkin' local from the dep-deep south is out west spendin' more money. I'll tell all y'all why. It's b'ause I love all y'all. It's love, that's what this campaign's bout ain't it?!

Ho'eer, this campaign ain't not about love in an of it'self. It's about keepin' order in this country. It's about law n' order against lootin', no good negroes n' criminals, such as the dirt poor. T'make sure all y'all don't take that outta context, I mean the dirt, dirt poor fellers that are hurt in the current tax situation. I'll amend the yoo ess tax codes to make it simpler, easier n' more 'fficant for the poor fellers. My Opponents say I hate the poor. I don't hate the poor, If I did, I'd obviously have to engage in a bitter cycle of self-loathing! That's cause I'm poor. I own a humble plantation that might've had slaves on it at one point inna 'ssippii. It's a beat up lil' ol' place called Cedar Grove.

Durin' my life time, It's been dedicated t' heppin' out the poor fellers o' this country. This means pullin' 'em up by their boostraps, dustin' the worst off n' takin' just a bit more from the fellers who are better off. It means we sure as shit don't not need no federal welfare system. I don't want no fellers to be dependant on the state fer assistance. That's what I don't like 'bout eff dee are's Newfangled Deal. It's not just harmin' decent families in the south, unable to care for their chillens, but it's also harmin' biznesses throughout Calee fornia n' the rest of this glorious country!

One way I've been hepin out the poor is by stickin' it to the "cheaters" of the upper class. I do this by ensurin' a raise on the Estate Tax that we've had in place. Those fellers that go from dirt poor to multi-millionaries thanks to grandpa gettin' passed on up for a one on one with the big man upstairs n' gittin his just dessers. That ain't fair any way y'all slice it, so that's why the gubment has a tax in place to make sure the dumbass billy that's granpap's son don't git all three fancy vases filled with chococlate n' a mona lisa paintin' instead the dumbass just gits the local toaster n' a beatup ol' jalopy once Uncle Sam has his fill. It's a much needed source o' revenue, from the sale of local dead fellers estates.

Directly contrast that with certain politicians who have also been runnin' round in this race, such as Nor'Carolinan senagambian Edward Booth. Wait. He's from Tennessee. Oh, and his name ain't Booth, it's Earl Boone. Now Boone from Tennessee had an idea floatin' round that was called the equity tax. Why do I hate it? Because it reeks of unwarrent gubment intervention in the lives o' americans. I quote his proposed bill in the language as originally written:

'The Congress shall have power to levy a capital tax on the total value of an entity’s assets, including personal assets of cash, bank deposits, real estate, insurance, pension plans, ownership of unincorporated business, and personal trusts, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.'

Now folks, does this sound good? Don't think fer yerself, just listen to plantation massa Sharp to say it for all y'all: I ain't good. It's shit. It's dogshit. If this passed, then this would have meant that everyone's asset would've been subject to a tax. That means what the poorest feller makes means he'd have to cough that up. He'd fall back n' say we're goin' t' need to foot the bill for fancy schamny spenin' programs to jumpstart the economy out of the aptly named Davis Recession. One, no we don't! Two, this is an outright infringement on the rights of state governments to manage their own state budgets! I don't want no governor in Sacramento to be takin' orders from the bureaucrats inna Washin-tin Dee Cee.

For as much as Earl Boone says he's for state thinkin', this here bill don't seem to reflect that! He'll tax every one in america, from the fellers that don't even own a car to the rich fellers with three mansions n' a slave or two. I don't want taxes to be fair, just the estate tax to be levelin' the playin' field. It'll mean if y'all sell a house, then you'd won't get much more out o' it ifs y'alls sells its. So yer best stayin' put in dirt poor neighborhoods where the criminals are, shortenin' yer alreadly miserable lives. That bill, and much of what Earl Boone proposes are extentions on the misery of the poorest citizens of the nation. Poor Whites, poor blacks n' poor mexicans!

Another note, we need t' lower the child unemployment rate. I'm well aware I ain't gonna git very far inna Caleeforni, given yer histery as the second state to ratify it. But if we act quick enough, then we might be able to petition yer state governor to do sometin' right for once. By right, I mean to repeal n' rescind yer ratification of the amendment. It'll mean efforts by Bill Douglas inna Conneticut will be back a step, as he'll need California to re-ratify it again if us Dixiecrats have our way in this state.

If Y'all want yer chillen outta yer hair n' also wanna send them down t' the mines factories n' up on the farm for good work 'xperince, then pester yer local representative n' say 'hey, y'all made one stupid mistake inna the twenties, so git off yer ass n' git to work!' Somethin' long thems lines m'kays all y'alls? Great!

Now, Earl considers people like me to have somethin' wrong wit 'em. There ain't nothin' wrong physically, everyone loses one or two teeth inna their mouths. I will have the man know that when I was inna the House, I voted against new deal proposals n' programs because that's what my fellers said they wanted. Or it could've been me n' some anti-new deal hobo. I'm not quite sure, it's been 'bout twenty years since that. Ho'ever. I fully supported FDR's federal programs once the second grand ol' war started when the japs snuck up on Peal in late '41! I firmly supported the fuckin' cripple in fightin' off the moustached bastard. No, I don't mean Earl Boone or Johnathan Jackson, though I'd understand the confusion, given both men want to shove government n' spread Americanism everywhere they go!

What Earl Boone n' the Frasers n' even Jackson fails to realize is that we don't need government encroachin inna our lives. What w'all need is a return to normalcy. That is what this campaign is promisin. It's four fold: Segregation, Law n' Order thanks t' Lynchin, Lower taxes for all Americans, lower unemployment rate for poor chillens n' land a separate negro n' Caucasian on the moon within one hudded days o' my Administration! I'll leave this here pamphlet out for all y'all t' have a gander with. Remember folks, White Rights? He Fights! Thank y'all San Francisco, I love all y'all like my chillen inna coal mine!"

SHARP'S 100 DAY PROMISE

I, Senator Joshua Norman Sharp, promise every American reading this of a concise and concentrated course of general action. This shall be accomplished with a combination of expert legislative experience, hopeful presidential aspirations and determination for the poor fellers of this country. Within the First 100 Days of my Presidential Administration, I vow to do the following:

1.Segregate the U.S. Federal Government- based on personal experiences with the incumbent and failing administration, a Sharp Administration shall work rapidly to ensure negroes and whites are housed in separate facilities throughout all federal government property, with respect to their local workers and general employment within the federal government. A Sharp Administration will not fire any existing negro government employees, unless they fail at their jobs or die from a lynching.

2. Legalize Lynching. Lynching is one of the last remaining good forces that the Southern United States is famous for. It's a form of decent, well organized mob justice. It will be orderly and well maintained, with a focus on rooting out criminals within the United States. Communist activists and red-leaning politicians will have their day on the noose in a Sharp Presidency.

3. Pass Tax Breaks- What this country needs to stimulate the economy, put more money in the pockets of our poorest citizens is not unwarranted government overreach, but a simple freeze on Uncle Sam taking your wallet each year. Uncle Sam (or Sharp in this case) will even leave the poorest citizens with a little bit more thanks to being poor.

4. Lower Child Unemployment rate-One of the more unoticed issues of this campaign is the question 'but what of children?' We're well aware how annyoing children can git, with their screaming and their moaning. The solution is to legalize child labor. Businesses are starving for workers, and if we've got the littleist pairs of hands helpin' in the kitchen, then our economy will finally take off along with a combination of lower taxes and less money for law enforcement thanks to legal, safe and racially targeted lynchings throughout the United States. The reason why children are unhappy is that they are unemployed. The best part is, they won't even be fair competition for adults, as you can pay children lower wages in contrast to fully grown adults. It shall be a form of taxable income, teach children valuable life skills and how to file their taxes from a young age, valuable skills in this day and age.

5. Segregated Moon Landing- A Sharp Administration will be all for limited and generally worthless political tokens of racial equality. What's better to have a negro and a white man be the first on the moon. In order to reach such a goal, the NASA will be segregated to foster commitment among both races for an eventual landing. Whatever funding the project will need I shall ask Congress to grant within a short time of taking office, and eagerly hope to showcase white and black supremacy by having two different skin tones on the moon at two different spots. Maybe we can rename an asteroid after me, or an aircraft carrier?

That's all. It's an impressively realistic goal for the first one hundred days, and shall be one of many talking points on the campaign trail. Under a Sharp administration, Washington D.C will be rid of the evils of communistic race mixing, American ingenuity and racial supremacy will be on full display with a moon landing of both races, the poorest citizens will get federal relief in the form of a tax break, children will have a lower unemployment rate thanks to legalization of child labor, and law and order will return to the rest of the U.S thanks to orderly, jury system lynchings that will eliminate this country of it's worst trouble makers and vagabonds that pollute American cities with their high drug usage and calls for civil rights.

[Dalmannia]

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Senator Boone Campaigns in Illinois, Emphasizes Economic Policy and Cold War Vigilance
Delivered Live in Moline, Illinois to local crowds
Broadcast over Radio throughout the United States

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"My fellow Americans, tonight I wish to speak to you about the state of our economy, and the state of the Cold War—two vitally important challenges that must be undertaken by our next president. I want to focus on these issues because I can guarantee you that these are winning issues.

"I believe that we need more vigilance in the area of defense, for both military equipment and for missile development. We currently have a missile gap with the Soviet Union. President Davis has my respect, but to be frank, he has not done enough. In fact, the only contribution of the Republican Party to our economy is last year's aptly named Davis Recession. In the wake of the Davis Recession, the stability of our economy is far from certain. The record employment rates which F.D.R. achieved have been completely eroded as the Republicans have demonstrated a total disregard for fulfilling the New Deal. The very New Deal which hoisted us out of the Great Depression, and allowed us to win World War II! Does anybody here remember the breadlines? The dismal unemployment? Without the New Deal, the United States of America may not have survived those dark years. Today’s situation stands equally important—another four years of a Republican presidency would be the suffering of our farmers and laborers, the decay of our public works, and the waning of our defense and technology sectors in the face of waxing Soviet power. Our nation is flagging behind the Soviet Union in military technology. As I said, we have a missile gap. Under Davis, the NASA program has yet to accomplish anything of note— whereas the Soviet Union launched its first satellite into space over a year ago. These weaknesses have emboldened our enemies from the jungles of Viet-nam to the domes of the Kremlin itself! That our country is on the back foot in a matter of national security is highly concerning to all patriots.

"But at the same time, you would figure that every dollar spent on defense is taken from more productive uses within our economy. So you would expect that with all of this failure to supply the military, the Republican Party has to have some dynamic plan for helping the working people—America’s backbone, right? Well, unfortunately that is not the case. In Congress, Republicans consistently shoot down progress in partisan squabbles, and neither the platform of Fraser nor Jackson adequately aid the working man. My policies will enable us to raise sufficient funds to promote general welfare for the hard-working, as well as adequately fund the military so that we can take on the red menace. Under my administration, we will not need to stoop down and find common ground with the Soviet Union so that we can cut defense spending. The funds will be there, so long as we pass the Equity Tax, encourage government bonds and prevent the inequitable hoarding of wealth by that shadowy few who have grown too comfortable exploiting America.

"It is now that I ask your support, Illinois. My candidacy is a call to arms against the forces which seek to tear our country apart. Our democracy threatens to implode, while Soviet Russia readies itself to pounce on our decadence. I bid you take up arms with me, now, and rally the nation against the Communist threat. Elect me, Senator Earl Boone, as your President, and together we shall see that America remain the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, forever.

"God bless you all, and goodnight."

[Newne Carriebean7]

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Senator Sharp Campaigns in Arizona, talks Immigration Policy
March 21, 1959
Delivered live in Flagstaff
Broadcast over radio throughout the United States

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"Goddamn! Am I in hell? Did the wicked witch o' the weest finally catch up n' smite my ass for swearin' inna the Senate one-too amanee times? Shit! Nope! It's just o'er a hunnded fuckin' deee-grees out here. Thank god there's this here thing called shade. It covers yer ass from the bublin' hot temperatures o' satanism. Y'all knows, maybe it's the heat that does things to a man... make's 'em snap? I shudder to think what crimes the negro and mexicaneseian races have committed on poor white fellers like yerselves. The heat may make any man, regardless o' skin color go nuts given enough time, but the Latino feller's uncivilized. He's even quicker to anger, sorta like me when I git a sudden dosage of un-warrented 'sass' from my wife! He's been uncivilized since the demise o' christian civilization inna Spain.

Now, when these wetbacks come over to our shores after crossin' the rio grande, or the dirtbacks waltz over the county line from their war torn mess o' a country, w'all need to git together n' send 'em back. We don't want more criminals. They committed a crime just crosin' o'er here n' not waitin' their turn. They go inna the country the lee-gal way. Say it with me here folks: COME 'ERE LEEGALLY OR DON'T COME HERE T'ALL! We've got a good, solid process that can turn even the most idiotic Mexican no habla engles speakin' 'spic' into a privilledeged, snobby ol' white feller. It's called Americanization. We strip them o' their cultures, like what we is a dids with the id-indian fellers. No more tee-pees n' shit like that, just honest indians doin' honest day's work for a lil' piece o' bacon n' paydirt! Y'all know, if y'all don't like all the crime n' criminaleetee that comes long wit livin' with a buncha unwashed mexicanese fellers, why not pack up yer wagon n' hitch wit yer feller white friends? That's just social segregation. The gubmen't ain't involved inna none o' its. It'sa all up to the fellers inna their communities. That's the best damn part. No Uncle Sam or Aunt-zona tellin' ye where i-in the hells t' puts yer shits at. If y'all don't wanna live nexta a buncha unwashed mexicans, y'all sure as hell don't hav'ta!

Although, there are the poor, mis-innaformed, racist n' hateful fellers that don't like us white fellers. These fellers is white, they're young n' they're more open to communism in contrast to fellers my age. Y'all must treat yer fella white man with a good, christian fearin' level o' respect. But, if the white man's mingilin' with fellers o' the other race, dilutin' pure white blood in favor of dirty Mexican red, then it's our constitutional right to shoot 'em dead to rights or run 'em outta town! What this past administration has done is weaken boarder restrictions. Unfortunately, it's a bipartisan pastime to screw over the poor white fellers in favor of even poorer Mexican taco speakin' illegals! It's a Republican conspiracy, no a bipartisan conspiracy to stab the hard workin' white fellers in Arizona n' naw'mexica!

I emphasize this point, our boarders are currently open inna Davis Administration. Any dumb poor mexican bastard can hop the boarder n' suck on the gub'ment's tit like a baby cow to a bigger cow known as welfare! That was the folly of the Eff Dee Arr 'minna stration. It's that damned cripple's fault. He wanted to try n' lower the unemployment rate by givin' these fellers a helluva lot more than a job. What they just needed was a proper education inna English, then we tell 'em t' git the hell outta our country in perfect english so those mexican fellers understand that we DON'T WANT 'EM 'ERE! I don't want fellers not doin' nothin' n' expectin' everythin' handed to 'em. That breeds intitlement n' laziness n' biterness. It also leads to higher divorce rates 'mong the mexicans compared to good white fellers. If the White race is bein' trampled on inna Mexico, I don't see why'd we let 'em inta our country if they spit on our flag n' flip us off! If Y'all wanna be a citizen o' the greatest nation o' the earth, y' gots t' work for its. and just crossin' the damn boarder ain't it sadly! Come t' this here country legally, like the negro race did.

What's the solution t' our racial woes inna America with respect to the southern boarder. Well, it's two fold, we need a physical barrier to prevent 'em from marchin on out. Like a farmer. I was a farmer, hell in my off time from my senate work n' campaignin', I like to unwind with a tall glass o' lemonade that my woman has poured me, as she should, n' just watch my slave-I mean workers patch up a fence to prevent cattle from barnstormin' out. That gave me an idea. If we builds ourselves a big ol' fence long our property line with the Mexicans, then they won't be complainin' at all. We'll prevent 'em from crossin. Maybe even have a buncha wild dogs n' what have all y'all t' git 'em the hell outta n' make sure that they don't cross inna the glorious Yoo Knighted States o' Amaria! What we sure as hell don't need is a buncha commienists jumpin' the boarder n' overthrowin' our precious dixie-american way o' life! That's what I'm concerned about. We need to keep the commies outta our country n' the patriots inside our boarders!

As fer the fellers that have already waited their turn in line, I ask y'all, how much it hurts? How much it hurts the legal imm'gants o' this country, the fellers that actually worked harder than many Americans I know. Trust me fellers, I know some lazy ass Americans! They crossed all their ts n' dotted all their eyes n' they is a livin' the American dream. I don't hate im-meegrants I love immi'gants. I don't love the illegals that choke our court system n' are lendin' a bad name to the legal 'mmigrants that worked damn hard to git here! Y'all'ved heard of the grape pickers? Those damn grape pickers came durin' worl' war two t' try n' hep out the war effort. As a member o' the house from 'ssippii's seventh 'strict, It was onna the few things where I thought: 'ok, if thems illegals comes here n' heps out the war effort inna change for citizenships, then what n' the hell w'all gonna do when hitler has his balls caved in by a soviet sniper?

It was too damn hard to tell 'em to leave, so now we've got a generation o' entitled mexicangambian, senagambian n 'panamanian illegals pourin' across n' overwhelmin' basic services for the local communities. It's a community issue. Hell, it's a family issue. The man o' the house don't want his job bein' taken by an illegal that works fer less than what even the white man consideres low! He wanna keeps his job. Well, he'll be jubuliant to know that under a Sharp Administration, the migrant quota will be 1,250 per month or 15,000 migrants per year that will be permitted as asylum seekers. The white man will be brought back into a new form. If the latino drunk messes with yer chillen, then y'all can form a legal lynchin' on yer front porch, as organized by a honest federalized n' deputized group o' men n' wimmen for a posse! Crime will plummet and America n' americans will be all the better off knowin' that President Joshua Sharp has their saftey n' well bein' lookeedeed after-all!

What have I done personally, one man can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk. Well, my actions speak a'ight. I voted AGAINST the Refugee Relief Act o' '53! It was a continuation of an Act that, unfortunately, given my absence from both legislatures when I was booted out inna '42, I could not vote for given my status just as a plain ol' outa office politikan at the time.

There's also some genuine hope that this administration once had. Hope of keepin' the illegal immi'gants outta this 'ere country. President Davis presided o'er a massive campaign o' gittin illegal immigrants outta this country. It even had the backin' of the country gub'ment that the Mexicans were tryin' t' flee from! I didn't not know 'bout it till I was a inna my lil ol' Senate hideaway n' read somewhere bout it. My lord, it may have been the only RIGHT things the nascent, corrupt, idiotic and economically mismanaged Davis Administration has ever done, besides try to kill some sorta new Deal Program, all with the endorsement o' this southern seventy one year old senator sharp. Speakin' o' which, 'member fellers, White Rights? He Fights! Thank y'all god fer protectin' my sorry ass!"

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

"On the issue of economics, my policy has always been focused on being market friendly. I've worked as an executive for both US Steel and for the Ford Motor Company, I know that big government can get in the way. My policy agenda has been built around decreasing regulation in exchange for raising the floor for those willing to work and get an education. My support for an amendment to tax wealth is intended to make it fiscally possible to decrease income taxes enough that nobody pays more than half their income in taxes. I also want to create a United States Permanent Fund, which takes the concept behind Texas's School Permanent Fund and applies it at the federal level for the purpose of guarding the solvency of not only social security, but other social spending. It would also bind the federal government to a policy that doesn't act contrary to the interests of a free, productive market.

As for foreign policy, I believe we should be engaged in confrontation with the forces of communism to the greatest possible degree, of course there will be limitations on what we can do, given the danger nuclear weaponry, but part of why I support childcare proposals like the FORTIFY Act is to increase tine availability of women for the workforce and therefore men for the military. In the medium run I'd also like to expand the use of nuclear power and hydroelectric energy so that we may reserve more petroleum for our armed forces. Additionally, I'd like to free up our coal for steel production, to expand and improve our rail freight, to further free up petroleum for our military. As politicians, I believe our primary aim regarding our military should be fostering an economy that can give it as much manpower and resources as is feasible.

On Civil rights, I recognize that you're upset by my wife blocking your bill, but I'll be honest in agreeing with her point. As it stands don't even guarantee the protections that already exist in the constitution for minorities, never mind offering reparations. Then there's a larger problem with reparations The Japanese were interned for a few years on the pretext of being a potential threat to us due to being connected to an enemy state. Black people were taken from Africa to be a source of slave labor for generations, then brutalized under jim crow for generations more, to this day. It'd be impossible to pay black people proportionate to what you were calling for Japanese people to be paid and yet not doing so would be, in both image and function, favoritism. This even before you consider treatment of Hispanic people or American Indians, or the animosity such payments could stir up among whites.

My position is that reparations just isn't feasible and liable to worsen race relations as it will never be proportionate. I think the best we can do is take data on the treatment of different minorities, then target aid towards bringing them in line with whites over time, but even that ought to wait until we actually make sure we provide what the constitution is is meant to guarantee with the 14th and 15th amendment."

Senator Joseph Gorski Warszawski
Warszawski Home Office, Philadelphia
March 14th, 1959

"I will say I disagree with your characterization of my bill, my bill is reminiscent of the Freedmen's Bureau that was established back under Reconstruction in relation to righting the wrongs of our government on account of a particular group of people. And I fully believe we could do that while also pursuing other civil rights legislation and ensuring that we do in fact uphold the 14th and 15th amendments. But in relation to asking for my support, I will have to think about it. I don't majorly oppose anything you have stated policy wise, however I must discuss things with myself and with my wife. You aren't the only one with a wife in the ear. But lets conclude our business here.


Would you like to join me and my family for dinner once they get back?"

"Given the condition of black people in this country, I feel that Freedmen's Bureau fell far short of what you're imagining for reparations to the Japanese. I am also deeply skeptical of the idea that we can get this congress to uphold the 15th Amendment, never-mind the 14th while getting other civil rights issues done. The last attempt at securing voting rights regardless of race was filibustered to death. An attempt at securing voting rights for even poor whites through amendment died in the house. It'll be tough getting anything done and while our constitution's enforcement remains in the balance, it can make efforts to do other things seem like distractions even when they have merit. I am happy to see that your are satisfied with my policy agenda, though and while I won't rush you to make a decision on an endorsement, the sooner the liberal and moderate wings of our party can unify, the better. And thank you, I'd appreciate staying for dinner."

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Telegram to James Brown Jr. from Governor Fraser

I'd like to have a meeting with you in Boston, regarding the NNRC, the Presidential Campaign and the practice of "Redlining", as soon as possible.

[Dalmannia]

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BOONE ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR “EXCEPTIONAL AMERICA”
Delivered Live in Rugby, North Dakota to local crowds
Broadcast over Television and Radio throughout the United States

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"Hello North Dakota! Or as my friend Senator Sharp would say: Hello Mississippi!” *roaring laughter from audience*

“Fine ladies and gentlemen of Rugby, North Dakota — as well as the many viewers and listeners who are receiving my message at your homes — I am here today to talk about the exceptional place that is our country. I, in my own mind, have always thought of America as a place in the divine scheme of things that was set aside as a promised land. A place which has the promise of progress and advancement above all human advancement thus far. We led the world in establishing our democracy and republic after enlightenment ideals. Today, we continue with our ability to lead the world towards greater possibilities and greater freedoms again. Any person with the courage, with the desire to tear up their roots, to strive for freedom, to attempt and dare to live in a strange and foreign place, was welcome here. I’m talking about our ancestors, and the many hard workin’ immigrants who came because the idea of America inspired them. This is a place people can come to be free and to become Americans; a place founded on an idea rather than an ethnic heritage, religion, or race. That is what makes America exceptional.”

“Here in Rugby, we have the geographical center of the North American continent. One may also say that this charming place is the spiritual heart of this continent as well, as I look upon the hundreds of freedom-loving folk who are here to hear me speak today. Yes indeed, the American Dream is alive and well here in Rugby. You are the people who still believe in America, and are willing to make your votes so that we can continue to live up to America’s best potential. I could think of no better place to unveil my Platform For An Exceptional America. I give you my plans here today, which are soon to be rolled out in print by all local campaign offices across the country. It is my belief that all Americans deserve access to six things: a job, an adequate wage, a decent home, medical care, economic protection during personal strife, and a good education. These are the six pillars of my domestic policy.”



“Firstly, my administration will make it a priority to recruit unemployed people to public works programs — they will help us achieve the manpower needed to rebuild crumbling infrastructure, fulfill lower bureaucratic duties and ensure that there is no lack of efficiency in our state and local governmental projects. All citizens should be eligible to apply for such jobs, given that many will require no prior experience. In my first term, we will take our first great steps towards making American unemployment a phantom of the past. Secondly, my administration will aim to do one of two things: either raise the federal minimum wage to $1.50 or work to compromise with Republicans on a more stable version of the FREE Act in which the minimum wage is more gradually phased out over many years to make way for a guaranteed minimum income. The American worker deserves this benefit, and I know that while the FREE Act’s radical timeline of one year would be dangerous and shocking to our economy, with some moderation and adjustment it can be made to benefit all Americans.”

“Thirdly, the assurance of decent housing. I know many poor folk across this country who live in destitute neighborhoods and slums. We as Americans deserve better. That is why my administration will aim to replace within ten years every slum dwelling in the country by building five-to-six million homes for low- and moderate-income families in a new partnership with the private sector. America’s promise during these tense years with the Soviet Union is that of freedom, and the prosperity of Capitalism. My housing programs will demonstrate this by proving that American private enterprise can be used to solve the nation’s pressing urban and social problems.”

“On the matter of medical care, I will be equally bold. My administration will work hard to provide low-cost medical insurance to Americans of age 60 years and older. We will enable the elderly and poor to pay for their medical and hospital bills without having to worry about whether they can put food on the table or keep a roof above their head. On the fifth point of providing economic protection during sickness, accident, old age or unemployment, my administration will do everything in its power to strengthen and preserve the successful Social Security program of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.”

“And finally on the sixth pillar—education—I will make sure that all of our public schools are sufficiently funded so that all of our American youth can be as successful as they can. Education is our front line against the Red Menace in the 20th Century. It isn’t only with guns and soldiers that this struggle is waged with, it is with science and intelligence. As of today, we are losing the space race! We need the bright young minds of tomorrow to bring about innovative new technology and ideas which will propel America forward to the end of the millennium.”

"North Dakota, thank you for welcoming me into your beautiful state to announce this historic effort. Elect me, Senator Earl Boone, as your President, and together we shall see that America remain the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, forever.”

"God bless you all, and goodnight."

[Newne Carriebean7]

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SENATOR SHARP SPEAKS IN SALT LAKE CITY, PROMOTES SHARPCARE, BLASTS BOONE'S "EXCEPTIONAL AMERICA" PROPOSAL
March 22, 1959
Delivered live outside of the Salt Lake Temple to local crowds
Broadcast over radio throughout the United State, Showcased live on Television for the states of Utah, California, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Tennessee

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"If I could hie t' kolob inna the twinkilin' o' n' eye, then y'alled wouldn't not be a'seein- my southern face now would y'all? That'd be a shame. Why? 'cause o' the sacred duties that I am a doin'. Now, I was a flippin' through your here book, this, book o' morons n' what have all y'alls. N' I noticed that inna this here book, there's a thing called slavery n' yer fellers freed themselves from its. Now, I'm damn glad I don't read this book inna 'ssippii. It ain't exacataly required readin'. But, y'all's hearts are inna the right place, just the wrong body. Y'all wanna treat yer fella man wit respect. But y'all can't treat an ape with the same respect. Y'all've heard o' chuck darwin n' his lot? Terrible.

That's why I'm promisin' all y'all this, small gubment. If y'all mormons wanna live with a bunch o' yer wimmens, then y'alled have t' talk 'bout Congress from it. But, I shall enshrine this inna law. No dumb son o' bitch beaureau-cat is a gonna harass, demean or spit on the mormon church. It will be one o' yer most bee-loved defenders. I may not agree myself wit yer messages on baptism n' what have all y'alls. Myself's some southern babtist or presentbytareean feller. It's been a while since I beens t' church.

Now, what's t' 'piss-site o' small gubment? It's big gubment. It's infringin' on the rights o' states, familes n' commie-communee-tees, and above all, hard workin' fellers like yerselves. Like the fuckin' dirt poor fellers. I can personally relate to their struggle. My own life story is one o' the quint-essential american dream, dirt poor to slightly better off but still dirt poor stories. Hell, I went from paintin' fences to votin' onna bills n' draftin' legislation to better the lives o' everyday americans. Yes, this inna cludes the millionariees too. I love three things: racism, booze n' state's rights. Now, answer me this y'all buncha dummies, who runs this country better, an outta touch bureaucrat that a Boone administration will hire on, or a hard-workin Mississippian that's givin' a damn bout the poor fellers?

Now, how many o' y'all've suffered at the hands of this minna-stration inna washin'tin? It's bound t' be a hell o' a lotta all y'all fellers that's for damn sure! The only two good things this administration has done has been to aggressively seek to secure our nation's boarders against a buncha senagambian wetbacks from mexico n' latinistania. This administration does not seek to invite communist agitators from outside. Instead, they let communist agitators run rampant through our streets n' homes! Like the poor fellers that died inna Louey Anna. That's a tragedee. A total-lee preventable tragedee mind all y'all. Unfortunately for society, if any of the radicals within the race for president on the republican side git in, such as

Then there is the issue n' kestian o' the Democratic field. Now, I know we're all a bunch o' asses, but my lord I hadn't not known there was this many! Earl Boone is a no good son of a bitch. This is a man who's a millionare, and yet he seems to engage in cycles o' self-loathin' whenever he opens his mouth out for givin' us rich folk-I mean the rich folk a good lynchin' via the tax man. As Boone will bring this up, I don't havea a lotta wealth. I've got whatever in the hell constitutes not runnin' water. Hell, I'm always amazed when I take a piss in the Senate bathrooms. Far more 'fisctated than whatever I've got, which is a stinkin' hole inna the ground.

Just because I am a dirt poor, slack jawed idiot must mean I 'hate the rich'. I sees it from my 'spective 'cousrse, that the poorest fellers actually understand what in the hell y'all a goin' through. Rich folks like Boone are outta touch with the plight of the average, strugglin' family. Earl's too damn busy not givin' a shit about y'all. I'm different. I very much give a shit about the poor fellers. It's what this campaign's for, besides my donors. That's jus-st some m'ssippiian humor for y'all yuttansans. Utahnites? Utahans.

I don't fit into that tight narra-teeve box that Earl's been harpin' at me fer! Honestly, every, good american ought to look up to the rich fellers in this country n' weep for 'em. They're gittin' screwed in the form o' taxes. They ought t' have lower rates so theys a can inna vest inna local communities. It'll also mean more opportunities for my other proposal. I must warn every one o' the rich fellers throughout this country. Y'all best watch out fer Boone. He's hell-bent on eatin' the rich to feed the poor. That's his end goal, is to turn this country, bringin' forth so much goddamned changes upon her that my grandchillen, YOUR chillen won't even recognize the state of it! This is why this election is far more imma portant. W'all must band together to stop this man. He's bad for Utah and he's horrible for Alabama-I mean M'ssisppii. Y'all best git together anna pitch ina penny or nickle for me. Please, I's wills a needeneds thems moneys!

This proposal is a meek, modest and unassuming goal with the stated purpose to give people jobs. Not good payin' jobs, just somethin' t' do fer an afternoon or 'even a lifetime, dependin' on how short it is. I have fond memories o' myself bein' a worker when I was a youngin'. It's a modest program called chillen labor. It's going to shape up yer disrespectful lil' shits inta model citizens for society. It'll just take a few years ol' hard but worthwhile manual labor. While currently this proposal would only apply to the states that haven't not ratiied no chillen labor law on the books, I'm envisonin' inna gittin' thems supremes courts to agree with me that the chillen unemployment rate's a major threat. As much as it pains me to say this, the chillen labor law won't not look on the color o' any ones skin, and that's a promise. If it'll follow some amendment, then that'll be just fin n' or dandy. That ain't from no racist perspective, hell I've already lost those fellers when I'm lettin small Senegambians mix with white massas. It's from a practical economic perspective. I don't wanna see no chillen not in no schoolin' or not in no mines or factories or plantations or what have all y'alls. Simple, see?!

There are some in this race that charge my candidacy to be a spoiler on Democratic efforts within the deep south by running on a third party ticket in the general election. I shall organize the facts and fuck off with the bullshit. I'm currently runnin' as a demo-kat. M'kays? It ain't not very hard now is-its y'all fellers? Hot damn what a buncha bullshit! While yes, I have formed my own political lil' cliques inna the form o' Felton's Girls, that was in direct response to Senator Fraser's women's organization, a name which escapes this ol' man's cranee-um right nows. Y'all only haves t' worry yer bald lil' heads bouts it if I lose the nomination. I'm not so sure if anyone would offa me somethin' fancy. I'm not sold onna bein' Secreetary o' State, maybe War so I's a cans a managaes the war a helluva lots betters than the corrupt, nacent and incompetent Davis Administration.

Now, fore I ramble onna too much, I will address Senator Boone's so-called 'pillars' o' dough-mestic pole cee. Policy. That words a hards t' says when y'alls gots some goddamned hunnabutta uppa yer gullet. Long Live Utah n' that jesus feller y'all mormons worship. He seems like a good feller. He's gonna try anna pull a Roosevelt. Think 'bout it. Roosevelt did a buncha public works projects throughout this country, and it still didn't git us outta the Depression that happened under a 'Publican minnastration. Kep that fact inna the back o' all y'alls heads. It was The Cripples efforts inna defeatin' the damned Japs! W'all know this story, so I'll keep it short. Thems Japs attacked us inna the back, then moustached dumbass declared war on the cripple's country. No, I don't mean Earl Boone. What Earl Boone's proposin' ain't naziism or facisism. Although he does strike a resemblance to the German President dictator feller. Charlie Chaplin? No, I'm just fuckin' wit' all y'all. Even I know that nazi feller's name was Adolf Hitler!

Unless Earl Boone is envisonin' on goin' toe to toe with the Soviet Union, how can y'all trust the man to git yer job back n' food onna the table? Y'all can't! As for the man's views onna the FREE ACT, while I greatly appreciate his warm heart inna seein' across the asile for some sort o' bipartisan 'greement, I'd argue we ought've passed the inital version. The Fraser-Sharp version if y'all don't mind me lablin' it. The Fraser-Sharp version satified my concerns about Southern states n' their cheap labor. I didn't want them havin' t' compete with higher payin' jobs in the northern factories. It'll give the South a breathing space of a year. I think of it like a bandaid that we'll slowly peel off 'fter a year. It ain't my problem what happens in that time, so long as it ain't near election time, that's for damn sure! The FREE Act ain't radical. The only person who seems to think that is Commie Boone. He wants more room, say five years. To that I say, shit, inna five years the minimum wage'll really shock the hell outta poor Missippii n' Alabama. I don't want that trauma inflicted economically upon my state or any other state of the deep south with low wages. A Year was what I was more than willin' t' compromise on. That's what politikin's 'bout sometimes. Either that or blatant partisanship. Hell if I know.

On the man's promise o' subsudized, socialist housin' fer every person who didn't not deserve a warm fire n' nice home, I disagree. If y'all wanna home, y'all best work with yer bishop inna gittin' y'alls a job. Then the pope wearin' feller can talk to some construction company n' negotiate wit them, innavolvin' their client o' missionary personmcfeller deeply t' git his inna put. If y'all wanna home, y'all needs to work for it! If y'all hand out a home fer free to git rid o' the homeless. I have two solutions for gittin' rid o' the homeless. I'm goin' t' quit while I'm ahead n' not mention a "controversial" plan I've got. Instead, the other part o' it will be to kick 'em out. Git them the hell outta this country or have them live on the railway tracks. I will federalize n' nationalize railroads to have the homeless n' hobos sleep there inna large camps until they can git back onna their feet. See, Sharp ain't a heartless southern old bastard. He's a kind, bipartisan lovin' segregationist southerner with a temper!

What Boone is plottin' onna doin' will be to put the gubment between you and yer doctor or nurse or general practitioner n' what have all y'all. It'll mean the gubment will have y'all pay fer some idiot's health insurance n' healthcare just because he wants everyone under the plan. It's a bad deal for everyone if y'all ask my 'pinion onnit. I don't wanna interject the government between you and what ought t' be a private, capitalist, n' commercial matter. If a hospital wants t' charge y'all somethin' fer the surgery, then the gubment can't tell the hospital to lower the price under threat o' losin' yer liscence. Then 'gain, if y'all is a goin' t' this hospital wit a low license, y'alls 'xpectations musta be low! Ha!

In Contrast, I'm proposin' the Interstate Healthcare Act, or Sharpcare. It's got two main parts to it, and one o' the main parts actually is two separate parts... so that would be four-no, three parts total! I told all y'alls I kicked math inna the ass! Go Sharp! Go Sharp! Yer an ol' racist! Yer an ol' racist! Woo Hoo n' Yee Haw! Now, where in the hell was I... right, my healthcare plan. What I am propsin' is simply this: It's going to defer most o' the federal programs o' medical care to the states. I shall have it in place that the state in which you reside is where y'all gits yer coverage from. The main costs will fall onto the state gubments, n' they can handle it, I'm sureo-its. I hope.

The second part o' the main part is thus: It'll git rid o' regulations that is stifilin' medicinal creativity n' scientific 'velopment. If a companys got this new drug like for Polio, then they can bring it to the market immediately. If there are side-effects to its, then the afflicted can then sue the companies n' bring forth litigation n' the hellfires of whatever nice court rooms y'alls has. I ought t' know, I'm a lawyer, so I'm also heppin' out our poor, hungry legal 'fessionals, forced to beg for so much as a public injury lawsuit to take from prospective clientels!

I will mention brielfy my propose Supplemental Nutritional Anti-parisite Portion, or SNAP. It's goin' t' do two main things. One, it'll modify our tax code so that y'all can donate to yer local food bank to git' a tax write off, n' it'll encourage all y'all to git yer flu shots 'round flu season by givin' every American two dollars n' eighty seven cents exactly just fer gittin' vacinated. It's in the interest o' public health and it'll be very much in the interest o' all y'alls wallets that's for damn sure! The second part will de-federalize the FDA n' hand over those powers to the state gubments. If the black plauge strikes this country, then we can just pass some emergency shit to un-do what this does to better have access to gubment 'sources 'gainst the bubonic plauge.


The Fifth point is a system o' reformin' the Social Security Program, instead o' keepin an unsustainable system in place. We'll gut the damn pig a lil' bit to provide some ham this year fer christmas dinna! Since the Social Security Program's labeled unda Franklin Dumbass Roosevelt. I'll let y'all inna onna lil' secret. Privatization? That's a whispered thought in the back o' my head. But I'm not crazy enough to say it out loud. So I ain't gonna go fer privitizin' a federal program, in spite of my administration's goals in untangling un-warrented gubment intrustion into the lives of state gubments n' yer families. Instead I'll do a series o' weakin' locks on how much y'all cana gits from its. When y'all reach my age o' 70 years old, y'all git access to the full amount. At 65 then y'all gits fourty two point seven five percent of it. That's the new number my Brainiac campaign advisors came up with.

Finally, I wills a chat for a while 'bout Boone's educmacation policies. He wants to have everyone inna school. I don't think we ought to do that. It ought to be optional, not mandatory. That's why I am also a proponent of slaver-I mean child labor. slip o' the young- tounge there fellers. h-Whoopsen. That would've been emma baresin'. Now, Child Labor is the best option to lower the child unemployment rate, which is currently high in states which have enacted bans on child labor. We ought to repeal such bans or repeal the ratification of the ongoin' Child Labor Amendment that Douglas has been championin'. I respect the man for fightin'for what he thinks is right. I'll go right ahead to fight for what makes economical sense. Do y'all wanna see yer chillen outta a well-payin' job? No! I don't wanna see that, but Doug wants to. He wants to see every single child unemployed and in bread lines. I don't want bread lines, not for chillen for gods sakes! Will someone please think o' their economic needs n' potential votin' bloc power? Chillen Labor was here when I was put on this earth in 1888 and it will be here until I die of a heart attack, with god as my witness, so let it be done! Thank all y'all Salt Lake City! I'd like to lead all y'all inna this hymn I heard, I think they sang this ditty on the titanic, called 'Nearer my god to thee..."

[Deblar]

“A Coke,” Dawn said before James could say anything.

“Ah...sure...a kid’s Coke,” James said, wondering whether or not he’d end up regretting this.

“Alrighty, comin’ right up,” said the waitress as she retreated to the kitchen. James leaned over to Dawn, whispering.

“Don’t tell your mother I let you have Come, alright?”


Dawn giggled, whispering back.
“Okay.”

James went back to sitting up straight, then turned back to Richard. “Anyway, you also mentioned a potential memorial for Gerald in DC. What would that look like?”

Richard smiled during the exchange between James and Dawn with James looking reluctant and uncomfortable, when James asked him the question he likewise straightened up and quickly reponded "Well I wish you luck on your campaign, I think you have what it takes to win and I hope you do, us Nothern Democrats could use some more numbers and allies. But on the memorial idea, I don't fully have an idea on how I want that to, my office is still working on it. But I want your input on how Mr. Marshal can be sufficiently memorialized. I have some ideas, perhaps a plaque of his name in Congress, or maybe some sort of memorial on the National Mall with all of the names of the blacks that were killed without reason, such as those killed in lynchings or in situations like that of Mr. Marshal. I don't know though, maybe I'll do what they did with the Vietnam Memorial, create a commission to create a memorial. But what do you think a memorial of Mr. Marshal should look like?"

James listened closely to Richard, then spoke once he finished.

“I do like the idea of a commission for the memorial. I also like the second idea with all the names of Blacks killed in lynchings, like Gerald, Emmet Till, the victims of the massacre in Tulsa, and countless others. Of course, like you mentioned earlier, others would have to hop on to it, and I’m sure a few would object, not naming any names…”

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Telegram to Governor Tom Fraser, from James Brown, Jr.

I’d certainly be open to meet you in Boston, I’m relatively free the next few days. I look forward to seeing you.

[Hopal]

Richard smiled during the exchange between James and Dawn with James looking reluctant and uncomfortable, when James asked him the question he likewise straightened up and quickly reponded "Well I wish you luck on your campaign, I think you have what it takes to win and I hope you do, us Nothern Democrats could use some more numbers and allies. But on the memorial idea, I don't fully have an idea on how I want that to, my office is still working on it. But I want your input on how Mr. Marshal can be sufficiently memorialized. I have some ideas, perhaps a plaque of his name in Congress, or maybe some sort of memorial on the National Mall with all of the names of the blacks that were killed without reason, such as those killed in lynchings or in situations like that of Mr. Marshal. I don't know though, maybe I'll do what they did with the Vietnam Memorial, create a commission to create a memorial. But what do you think a memorial of Mr. Marshal should look like?"

James listened closely to Richard, then spoke once he finished.

“I do like the idea of a commission for the memorial. I also like the second idea with all the names of Blacks killed in lynchings, like Gerald, Emmet Till, the victims of the massacre in Tulsa, and countless others. Of course, like you mentioned earlier, others would have to hop on to it, and I’m sure a few would object, not naming any names…”

"Alright then, I'll go with the commission with insights and opinions from the families and from black people themselves. I'll put into the bill people can submit designs to the commissions and I think I'll submit the idea of the memorial with the names of killed blacks. Now I want to talk about Jim Crow and specifically how we are going to repeal it. As you know Jim Crows law are mostly on the state and local level, and segregation is often enforced by privately owned businesses and entities. Attempting federal intervention may be seen as infringing on the rights on state and local governments as well as private individuals. It's not going to be easy and that's not even mentioning the current state on Congress, it's almost going to be impossible to pass Civil Rights legislations without the southerners blocking it, unless we get almost the unanimous vote of all non-southerners, it's going to be even harder passing something like a constitutional amendment that needs two thirds support and two thirds support of the states. I think we might need something more moderate right now if we want to have a chance of seeing it pass, but I want to know what you think. What kind of Civil Rights legislation do you think should be introduced right now?"

[Dalmannia]

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PLATFORM FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL AMERICA

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“We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. Necessitous men are not free men. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of station, race, or creed.”
— President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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DOMESTIC POLICY PLATFORM OF EARL BOONE

Employment — Public works programs will be utilized to improve American services while providing decent jobs for the unemployed. Education and job training programs will be created for low-income and at-risk youth to ensure a more stable and secure professional life for America’s future generations.

WAGES — The Boone Administration will seek to raise the federal minimum wage to $1.50. Increasing the spending opportunities of America’s workers will greatly benefit the economy. Bipartisan compromise will also be sought with Republican proponents of the FREE Act so that if the minimum wage ever is phased out, it is phased out in a gradual manner for the health and stability of the economy.

HOUSING — The Boone Administration will take a different approach to housing policy than the New Deal’s public housing efforts overseen by government agencies. Boone’s housing plans include programs that will use the private sector rather than the government to create and run low-income housing. As President, Earl Boone will make partnerships with American enterprise to help solve the nation’s pressing urban and social problems through the construction of millions of low-to-medium income residences which will replace destitute slum dwellings.

MEDICAL CARE — This great nation cannot afford to allow its citizens to suffer needlessly from the lack of proper medical care. The Boone Administration will aim to develop a comprehensive insurance system to protect the poor and the elderly from illness and health insecurity.

SOCIAL SECURITY — The Boone Administration will be vigilant in protecting Social Security, as one of this nation’s most crucial and beneficial domestic policies in recent history. Social Security has acted as a shield for all American citizens against myriads of insecurities and catastrophes. We will ensure that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s greatest legacy remains.

EDUCATION — America’s youth are the future of the free world. To maximize their potential, Earl Boone wants to ensure that every American child receives the best education they can. The Boone Administration will introduce targeted aid, college tuition scholarships and student loans for America’s young scholars. Activities for the education of adults and provisions for academic counseling services will also be supported.

[Newne Carriebean7]

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"A lot of the money spent in the name of relief has nothing to do with relief."
-1936 Republican Presidential nominee Alf Landon

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In response to the Boone campaign's release of their candidate's "Exceptional America" Platform, Senator Joshua Sharp has unveiled a partial Domestic Policy for a prospective Sharp Presidential administration, nonwithstanding any promises the candidate made for his first one hundred days in office.

Senator Sharp's Six Simple Principles:

1. Pass the Fraser-Sharp Act- This act will enable Southern business owners and employers to come to an agreement over a period of one year prior to the implementation of a nation-wide minimum wage. It shall enable Southern business owners to keep their low wages in order to maintain competitiveness with yankee factories manned by illegal immigrants from Europe. The Act is a shining example of Sharp's commitment to the working man and his general appreciation for working with his friends on the opposite side of the political aisle.

2. Work for Homes Program- Unlike Senator Earl Boone, who wants to give away free homes to idiots (or his campaign donors for that matter) that have not earned it as a blatant example of socialism and cronyism, Senator Sharp will implement a program where the homeless must work to better themselves and general society as a whole, and not be drags or detriments overall.

3. Getting the Government OUT of your healthcare.- Senator Sharp believes in the power of free market capitalism and the power of individual families to make the right choices. Mom and Dad do not need to take their marching orders on what expensive insurance plan to buy based on the whim of some shadowy bureaucrat or politician with a stake in the company. Instead, the government ought to butt out of the Healthcare industry. Such decisions must be left to the adults of a family (men).

4. The Interstate Healthcare Act, or Sharpcare, must be passed. It shall be a combination of a hands off approach with respect to your family unit and will streamline the process in which drugs take to be approved in this country. This approach will save millions of dollars in wasted tax dollars each year and enable a larger quantity of American made medicines on American made shelves. It shall also take away much of the unneeded federal testing burden and place those efforts on state universities and local facilities, which shall see more funding per fiscal year in a Sharp administration.


5. The Social Security System will be reformed, but not cut completely. One person must reach the age of 70 in order to have access to the full amount which you can pay into during the age of 7. Sharp will dramatically lower the eligible age when you first are elidable to put money into the account, even providing for potential donations by parents upon the birth of the child, akin to Collège money. At the age of 50, you may pull 25.7% of the full amount if you so wish. At the age of 55, you can pull 31.8%, at the age of 60, you can yank out 36.7%. If you reach 65, then as a birthday gift you will be able to pull out 42.7%. Upon the age of 70, you may access any and all money you have put in there overtime to see you through the end of your lifetime.


6. Defend Child Labor. What other candidates see as "gross violations of human rights", Senator Sharp sees as opportunity. Factories and plantations are always looking for cheaper ways to run their businesses, so Sharp is offering them a solution. But, this solution is not one-sided. For the child gets something out of the transaction of their labor and time into it as well. The child gets payment for their hard efforts and a greater appreciation for doing their taxes. Sharp has considered taxing a flat rate of 10% for each child's paycheck which they might earn at that time. This act will mean multiple benefits for the nation as a whole. It will, among other things, lower the child unemployment rate, increase business productivity with more workers, pay the children for their hard work. I shall see to it that no child is employed in dangerous working conditions, and will ensure safety for the minor workers.

[Emazia]

Turner Schedule from the 20th-26th of March



Date: 20th March, 1959
Time Spent: 4 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Rally, 2 Hours Town Hall
Location: Caroll County, New Hampshire
Area of Focus: Rural
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, Immigration

Date: 21st March, 1959
Time Spent: 4 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Meeting, 2 Hours Town Hall
Location: Belknap County, New Hampshire
Area of Focus: Rural
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, Immigration
Meetings With: John Birch Society

Date: 22nd March, 1959
Time Spent: 4 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Meeting, 2 Hours Rally
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Area of Focus: White Ethnic Communities
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, States' Rights
Meetings With: Local community leaders and police unions

Date: 23rd March, 1959
Time Spent: 4 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Rally, 2 Hours Town Hall
Location: Walworth County, Wisconsin
Area of Focus: Rural
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, Immigration

Date: 24th March, 1959
Time Spent: 2 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Meeting, 2 Hours Town Hall, 2 Hours Rally
Location: Waushara County, Wisconsin
Area of Focus: Rural
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, Immigration, Agriculture
Meetings With: Farmers' Unions

Date: 25th March, 1959
Time Spent: 4 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Town Hall, 2 Hours Rally
Location: Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Area of Focus: Rural
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, Immigration, Agriculture

Date: 26th March, 1959
Time Spent: 4 Hours Retail, 2 Hours Town Hall, 2 Hours Rally
Location: Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Area of Focus: Rural
Topics: Winning in Vietnam, Military Experience, Immigration

[Deblar]

James listened closely to Richard, then spoke once he finished.

“I do like the idea of a commission for the memorial. I also like the second idea with all the names of Blacks killed in lynchings, like Gerald, Emmet Till, the victims of the massacre in Tulsa, and countless others. Of course, like you mentioned earlier, others would have to hop on to it, and I’m sure a few would object, not naming any names…”

"Alright then, I'll go with the commission with insights and opinions from the families and from black people themselves. I'll put into the bill people can submit designs to the commissions and I think I'll submit the idea of the memorial with the names of killed blacks. Now I want to talk about Jim Crow and specifically how we are going to repeal it. As you know Jim Crows law are mostly on the state and local level, and segregation is often enforced by privately owned businesses and entities. Attempting federal intervention may be seen as infringing on the rights on state and local governments as well as private individuals. It's not going to be easy and that's not even mentioning the current state on Congress, it's almost going to be impossible to pass Civil Rights legislations without the southerners blocking it, unless we get almost the unanimous vote of all non-southerners, it's going to be even harder passing something like a constitutional amendment that needs two thirds support and two thirds support of the states. I think we might need something more moderate right now if we want to have a chance of seeing it pass, but I want to know what you think. What kind of Civil Rights legislation do you think should be introduced right now?"

“Yeah, you’re right about that, can’t do much to prevent it in the Southern states without Dixiecrats crying ‘states rights abuse’, or on Southern business without the business owners crying ‘socialism’. For now, I think we do what we can to help the overall livelihood of Blacks, especially in the south, like providing them equal access to healthcare and other necessities, protecting their communities from gentrification, Y’know, that sort of thing.”

[Newne Carriebean7]

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SENATOR SHARP TAKES THE WAR TO BOONE'S HOME STATE, EVISCERATES MAJORITY WHIP'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, VOWS TO "GET 'EM OUTTA HERE"
Nashville, Tennessee
March 23, 1959

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"Aloha Tena-saw-see-hee-hee! What'y'all means that ain't french? Wrong state? Sit down shut up and lemme tell all y'all a story. Once uponna time, y'all elected an asshole. The end. No questions 'bout it. I'm just statin' an 'pinonated fact, also known possibly as a lie. I'll-I'm talkin' 'bout my generation. Stop me if y'all'ved heard this f'ore, but back in my day, we lynched negroes whether they was inno-cent or not! That don't mean we strung 'em all up, just enough to git the smarter-er runs to flee on outta here n' the dumber-er ones to hang around. Git it? HANG AROUND?! Christ-onna shit covered bike, I make myself inna stiches wit my humor. Y'all best 'preciate this ol' geezer round these parts.

Now, I shall retell all y'all the story o' my life time. Y'all's a gittin the abridged version 'cause this ol' geezer's gonna miss his early bird special if the hotel's service be anythin' t' go by. My daddy worked for the p-post 'ffice all his life. It was hard n' dangerous work I'm sure o' its. Back inna the '90s, there wasn't a whole lotta law n' order round where I lived, so it was more o' a fitty-fitty chance o' gittin' shot by some redneck with a gun n' a mean look on his face. It was a dangerous, wild, n' excitin' time t' be alive! I only wish my memories was a bits better, but I was a lil' shit at the time, so I don't 'member too much. In '02, I took up farmin'. It was hard work, but I have to admit to myself I was the happiest I was inna long while. Well, for two years anyways until I met with much hardship one fateful day. 1904 was a shit year. Not only did us Democrats blow it with some feller named Parker, but I lost my mom.

Mother was such a kind woman. It's hard on y'all to lose a loved one. It's somethin' I still struggle wit from tim t' tim. Do I get mad, n' crazy on 'cassion from me missin' er. Probabl-no, possiblee. Still haven't ruled out that I ought t' go inna looney bin. That's a joke, I think. Did I do a dutch funny? Hell if I know. Where was I? Right, Mother left me 200 dollars back then. Which is almost three times what it is now. So say I had six hundded bucks n' deer n' whatever animal anallogy y'all needs t' git the picture. Uh, Now, I decided to better myself education wise, knowin that no-ones gonna hire some farm slicker like me with no limited 'dcuation now are they? Hell, like the education e'en mattered, I never graduated from high school n' look at me now. A Yoo-Knighted States Senator like inna the movies n' talkies. That's what they called movies in my day, cause they talked.

Followin' this, I decided to serve my country admiralbly. I fought as a machine gunner durin' Belleau Wood in 1918. It was hell, but every day I wake up to say the pledge o' alliegence as w'all americans should, I'm damn proud o' hwat I dids then. I still suffer from the screamin' o' the dead n' the damned, but It's still hard t' git on' throughs but that's what y'alls gott's t' dos some times. I 'member comfortin' god knows how many wimmen turned widdows durin' my time as a Congressman. If anyone doubts my military record, one just needs to know my utmost compassion to those who have lost a son durin' war time. I know many neighbors in my community who struggle, and who are frightened of this new war. This war which will have the jungles of a foreign land swallow up the might of american steel and brawn. A war in which our technological advancements, unless we're nukin' the damned viet mah knees.

I'd argue w'all must remain vigilant durin' these times o' great uncertaintly. But, what's more important foreign policy wise, is not a shittily lil' country an ocean away. It is a shittily lil' country just nintey miles from our shores. I of course mean Cuba. This gubment which has been set up inna Cuba won't be our frens. They'll be a gittin' chummie with the commie bastards. Hell, they might even try n' set uppa a blockade o' the western seaboard. In that case, we'll just saw it on off n' tell 'em to have it. We don't need their high taxes n' bullshit like that. W'all's a good buncha die hard americans. I cannot read the minds o' the men inna the Crumpet or the Havanaistania. I don't know what Nickle Krusteaz is a plottin. I'm not even sure who' still leadin' it. One minnute the soviets is a good pals wit us, the next they is our foes. I'll be dead clear now. I would rather be in a hole in the ground rather than chat with a damned communist bastard! I'm just sayin' damn shit went by rather fast.

It reminds me of the total opposites in my political career, my last campaign for the house n' constrasted wit my first campaign for M'sippii's Senate seat. I 'member very vividly. It was a rally just outside o' my house. It had big ol' banners that read Sharp for the Seventh. My 'pponnent inna the race really needled me on my isolationism n' flip-floppin. I had to deal with that bullshit when I ran in Jackson. Here's a lil' quote from what I said in response to him sayin' I flip-flopped:

'I'm well aware that, when first elected, I was one o' the only fellers to ring the alarm bells when that silly man with the even sillier moustache (not earl boone) started breakin' international laws n' peace n' shit like that. I've come to an understandin' now that w'all need to come together as americans n' prevent the darkie from strikin' inna white homes. If I was able to best the damned krauts once, I sure as shit woulda been able t' do it again, but from the saftey o' some desk several thousand miles away. Not to discount or disparage the millions o' americans who fought n' died t' end tyranny o'er europe n' Jee-paan. I ain't mean no disrespect to none of them, shit-no! W'all need to come together to send the damn Cripple a message, that w'all don't need no federal 'vention, but I will gladly work with the cripple-in-chief in bringing home bacon to m'ssissippii.

That's why I engaged in a shoutin' match with Smith. That fat-ass has the mean and unenviable burden o' masqueradin' all this time as a United States Senator since before I was a farmer. Smith was masqueradin' on decivevin' the white race. When he walked out when a damn Senegambian was gonna pray for him, that's just panderin. Nothin' else. The man was known for bein' a showman, what say al y'all that my opponent's a showman as well? He says I've not held true to my principles. What of him? What's HE been up to. Has he been faithful to his wife? Probably not folks, ask him yerself!'

When I ran for Senate in '48, I was hounded mercilessley by the planter class n' their rich frens. They feared, rightfully so, that I would smash 'em all straight to hell. Damn straight! That ain't not queer no sir-ee-bob! They threw away tens of thousands of dollars away at my rich opponent, one who's family had groomed him for the seat. He seemed like a pretentious, pompous ass, so at a townhall I got a lil' more drunk than I should have n' accused the man o' assault n' batteeriee.

They used their rich friends to try n' murder me politicaly n' socially. I used to be invited to large dinners with them. It all changed when I ran for Senate. Suddenly they won't not returnin' my calls nor was they a invitin' me to a steak dinner. Fine by my wrinkley ol' ass. I hated to g'an to those damned plantation homes. I'd rather have a meal for the masses n' constituents, like what I've been doin' throughout every stop. Y'all can git a cold coca-cola for just a nickle. It heps out my campaign. Though, if y'all like pepsi, I'd wonder if y'all voted fer Henry Davis!

In spite of them throwin' everythin' cludin' the damned kitchen sink at my senate bid, I ended up without so much a lil' ol' scratch on my ego. I managed to beat the bastard. Was it by a fair margin? Uh, I ain't gonna answer that, unless y'all wanna look closer at those voter sheets like the mess that was inna Texas that year. It might have well been a repeat o' the cloessness inna '08. A local hero n' fella M'ssissippian named John Williams bested James Vardaman for one o' 'ssippii's Senate Seats. But in the end, despite the sore loser cryin' foul that I 'rigged' the election with some 'poll inspectors', my jury never found no evidence o' that n' Carry S. Hamound was too lazy to investigate somethin' that would've just ended up goin' t'Thupps anyhow. That makes sense for 'em anywhoo.

Now, that I've sat my ass in the Senate for eleven years and have been thinkin' on a g'anin' on another seven, it's given an old geezer like myself plenty o' time to think. Like meedeetation or that indian bullshit. Karma? It's a bitch that's for damn sure. Uh, throughout my career I have voted my concieous, in-spite of the bully boone has done and in spite of that bastard broussard's work. Politically, I've got some things inna common with 'em. W'alls a from the South, f'ter alls. Geographic bonds bring us slightly closer in contrast to some yankee carpetbaggers.

Now, I direct my attention to Earl. Did he fight and bleed in the war? I don't remember him talkin' bout it so far inna his speeches, so what in the hell has he been doin'? He ain't no veteran, that's for damn sure. He's a slimey draft-dodging coward. W'all had our numbers called, so why'd Earl hide behind millions o' dollars inna back taxes that he ought've paid? He's a crook and a coward! His past-times include screwin' over the poor n' preventin' one of the greatest law deterrents durin' his time as keepin' the peace. Lynchin'.

In contrast, I managed to convince a jury in, I think... '25 or '26 when everyone was barkin' bout Scopes Monkeys, I was able to let a few apes hang for what they did to a poor lil' ol' white woman. That poor gal, she said to me 'mista Sharp, I wanna see 'em all git the rope'. Git the rope they did! It was all done in a legal, lynchin' fashion, with the local minister o' the peace carryin' out the mob justice in an orderly manna. By contrast, Earl PREVENTED lynchins inna This state. It's shameful that he'd rather the negroe rot in jail then be burnin' in hell. He wants to prlong the sufferin' o' us white folks n' make the negroe seem like a divine bein'. Earl probably worships the damned negroe! By not lynchin' the negroe, Earl directly or indirectly lead to the deaths o' hundeeds o' fellers throughout his tenure as a justice o' the peace. He ought to apologize to the familes who lost loved ones due to brutish attacks by poor whites n' poor black fellers. They needed mob justice in an orderly manner, but he didn't provide that service. Nashville should have never elected him justice o' the peace.

Although, I will state this, Tennessee made a choice to have him as their senator. He hasn't done a whole lot inna the Senate. Wait, whoops I thought he was just elected Senator then had some backroom deal to be the Party Whip. That seems like a job where everyone shits on y'all. I should know, I do the shittin' as a Senator when I fly against party orthodoxy n' canon law. But as the President pro tempore should know, y'all can't make any Senator do whatever in the hell y'all will. W'alls people 'fter all n' people can git corrupt. Like me! I'm more o' an indee-pennan't spirit inna the Senate. I'll gladly agree with my Senate frens n' colleagues when they see the light, but sometimes I go hard against 'em. I block 'em. T's because I think they're a buncha dumbasses n' buttheads that are assembled in the 'cave of winds'. I am a stubborn ol' man. I do not git pushed around. I've got the good qualities for a stubborn ol' man, hell, maybe e'en President? eh? Please? I'm beggin y'all.

Now, if any o' y'all have the balls to challenge Senator Earl Boone in the Democratic Senatorial Primary, please stop by my local campaign office inna Nashville n' gimma ring. W'all can beat this bastard and send a young man into a much needed retirement. If it's a republican, all the better, then we can also remain in the Senate Majority sinnce it's justa wo-one state w'all've gots t' worry my bald head o'er. I know it sounds a lil' petty, but make sure if any o' y'all see Earl round these parts 'gain when he ain't campaingin', tell 'em Sharpie- no, Sharp sent ya to tell 'em he needs to switch parties n' save the Democratic Party from cannibalizin' it'self! Thank y'all Nashville, yer music's shit. Please Vote for Joshua Sharp inna the Primary o'er the yankee carpetbagger from NORTH carolina Earl Bagge- I mean Earl Boone. Oh, n' 'member now folks, White Rights? He Fights!"

Sharp Campaign Schedule from March 23rd-26th March.

In order to be more transparent with his supporters, Senator Sharp has released an official Campaign Schedule for the following week. It details where potential backers of the Mississippian (no, not the young racist white guy, the OLD racist white guy, there's a difference) can travel to in order to better hear his speeches, and was proposed by his campaign manager.

Date: March 23, 1959
Time wasted: 3 hours
State: NashvilleI mean Tennessee
Idiots who I need to talk to in order to win votes: white people, Poor people of Tennessee
Which type of idiots do I need to talk to: poor farmers, poor middle class folks
What I'll promise to say but end up rambling on and on about: Attack Earl Boone and call for someone to defeat him in 1964 when he's up for re-election again. Promote Sharp's policies. Add in a little bit of Henry Davis bashing for good measure.


Date: March 24, 1959
Time wasted: 2 hours
State: Kentucky
Idiots who I need to talk to in order to win votes: Rich people of Kentucky
Which type of idiots I need to talk to: Millionaires and Bajillionares with lots a cash just lying around
What I'll promise to say but end up rambling on about: promote tax policies, rail against Earl's equity tax. Promote the estate tax as a "fair" way to work hard for their money. Praise the hard work that Millionares do just before they cut your campaign checks. Promote Child Labor as a way to lower production costs with promises to bring heavy industry down south along with a large supply of child laborers in Mississippi to lower child unemployment rates.


Date: March 25th, 1959
Time wasted: 5 hours
State: Cedar Grove, Mississippi
Idiots who I need to talk to in order to win votes: poor people
Which type of idiots I need to talk to: racists in Mississippi
What I'll promise to say but end up rambling on about: Talk about foreign policy, failures of Davis administration, rail against FDR's new deal and lampoon Boone's new deal 2.0. Argue that Boone isn't doing anything for the poor whites and is in fact in cahoots with the negroes. Promote lower taxes for the poorest residences and talk about the Interstate Healthcare Act proposed, and promise to support alcohol subsidies for farmers.


Date: March 26th, 1959
Time wasted: 8 hours
State: New Orleans, Louisiana
Idiots who I need to talk to in order to win votes: the poor people in Louisiana
Which type of idiots I need to talk to: Farmers, single parents, wimmen n' "chillen"
What I'll promise to say but end up rambling on about: Praise Huey Broussard as a "weird great guy". Blast the violence in New Orleans, talk of legalizing lynching in this country, vows to reform the KKK as a branch of the U.S Department of Sterilization, Eugenics and Racism.

[Dalmannia]

DAM REVITALIZATION UNDER STATE WATER PROJECT
March 26th, 1959

Governor Stoltzman with chief engineer Clint Adams, observing progress on the Mendelsohn Dam

LA TIMES — Earlier this month, the enactment of the California State Water Project into public policy and law provided further funding to dam revitalization efforts led by the Stoltzman Administration as recently as three years ago. Incomplete dams such as the Mendelsohn Dam in the Sierra Nevada and other crumbling or unfinished infrastructure are expected to be finished under further attention from the state. The state project will also create infrastructure to deliver water for homes, treatment plants, industries, services and energy across the state, but particularly for arid Southern California. An additional aim of the project will be to control and mitigate flooding as part of the state’s continuing actions to prevent catastrophic natural events in the aftermath of the infamous Northern California floods of 1955 which tragically killed 37.
The Mendelsohn Dam pictured above started construction in 1950 before Stoltzman took office, though scarce funding and insufficient management initially resulted in slower development. In 1956, the governor placed the project under the supervision of Clint Adams, a chief engineer of the local water, gas and electrical company specializing in dam architecture. The Mendelsohn Dam is expected to reach completion by the end of this year.

[Hopal]

"Alright then, I'll go with the commission with insights and opinions from the families and from black people themselves. I'll put into the bill people can submit designs to the commissions and I think I'll submit the idea of the memorial with the names of killed blacks. Now I want to talk about Jim Crow and specifically how we are going to repeal it. As you know Jim Crows law are mostly on the state and local level, and segregation is often enforced by privately owned businesses and entities. Attempting federal intervention may be seen as infringing on the rights on state and local governments as well as private individuals. It's not going to be easy and that's not even mentioning the current state on Congress, it's almost going to be impossible to pass Civil Rights legislations without the southerners blocking it, unless we get almost the unanimous vote of all non-southerners, it's going to be even harder passing something like a constitutional amendment that needs two thirds support and two thirds support of the states. I think we might need something more moderate right now if we want to have a chance of seeing it pass, but I want to know what you think. What kind of Civil Rights legislation do you think should be introduced right now?"

“Yeah, you’re right about that, can’t do much to prevent it in the Southern states without Dixiecrats crying ‘states rights abuse’, or on Southern business without the business owners crying ‘socialism’. For now, I think we do what we can to help the overall livelihood of Blacks, especially in the south, like providing them equal access to healthcare and other necessities, protecting their communities from gentrification, Y’know, that sort of thing.”

"Alright equality in government services, I'll see if I can write up a bill on that. I'm not sure if a bill of ensuring equality in healthcare would pass, seeing as most hospitals in the United States are privately owned, or operated by a local government, it would be the same argument as with the Workplace and College Inclusion Act, though if that passes I'll this kind of bill on the floor. Perhaps a bill making a federal crime of denying people medical care in at hospitals by doctors would be better suited? Now on gentrification I'm not quite sure what you're hinting at, the government can't just seize land from land owners as prescribed in the 5th amendment, but maybe there should be a bill enforcing this, or making the government have to show what market value for the land would be? Or maybe protecting the rights of people not rich enough to be land owners, and have built what might resemble a home out of a Hooverville? What exactly do you propose?"

[Emazia]

Turner Rally, Berlin, Wisconsin

After a meeting with the local Turner campaign volunteers, as he had been doing in both of the early primary states to boost their morale, he arrived at the local town hall to do a speech. His specific campaign locations were a two-pronged strategy: they were highly conservative, with his visits helping to boost trust and turnout, and they were highly conservative, allowing him to attack the more easily takeable part of Boone's appeal. It had been felt by the Turner campaign that his focus on social and racial issues hadn't allowed him to build up proper economic credibility. But no more. It was time to fight back where he was weak.

He grabbed the speech, read it through a bit, then walked onto the stage and began to speak of his grand design for America.

"I'll admit, I've never been to Berlin..." He said, smiling at the crowd beneath him. "But I've been to Rome, I'm sure the weather's much better there. Although..not as good as this Berlin. Wisconsin's a lovely state. It's nice to take a holiday from Dixie once in a while, as much as I love her."

After going on a quick aside to the crowd, he turned back at the TV cameras and radio microphones facing him.

"But let us get to the business of government. I stand here to outline our policy on the issues of employment, housing and economics more generally. Senator Boone's platform is certainly interesting, and I believe him and I have many points of agreement on this issue - after all, we are both Democrats, and are united in our common goals of equality of opportunity, economic justice and defending our strong middle-class, against the recession-causing policies of President Davis, with his insistence on hard money being nothing less than a front for the interests of the Republican elite. See now, that even as unemployment recovered slightly, it is rising again. Our automobile, construction and housing industries are devastated. And yet, no candidate standing before you for President of the United States does not have a better plan than me. Let me assure you that I will work for the common man so long as I stand.

Under my new plans, we will bring every class of this country to a shared prosperity, to turn ourselves around from the failed economic policies of the Davis Recession. I will now begin to outline the grand design of my economic platform to this great nation.

I will, first and foremost, end the hard money of the Davis administration that has simultaneously failed to rein in inflation and caused, at times, deflation, a much worse political beast. The American dollar will be free, helping to contribute to a more flexible economy and a new economic renewal, in order to help bring about a golden age of economic and political prosperity on this green Earth.

We will, furthermore, build channels of cooperation between workers and industry, hoping to build a positive relationship between employers and their employees. I will extend mediation programmes between employers and employees to ensure a fair deal for the business and working men of this nation. As President, I will reach out to labour and business leaders, in order to strengthen cooperation between these key sections of our society. Capital and labour must work hand-in-hand, rather than in opposition, and that shall be the zeitgeist of our era, of a new golden age of cooperation between the classes of this nation.

But now, I shall unveil the greatest programme of these campaigns yet. Boone claims to be the heir of FDR, but all he has to offer are piecemeal products that will not bring about a proper recovery to our recession, nor give the American economy the proper push it needs to create prosperity on this green Earth. Senator Boone is no Roosevelt; let me tell you. He seems to me more an imitator, someone who believes himself to be a great reformer, a revolutionary, and yet with little panache nor vision.

But I...I have vision, my friends. The liberal elites would say that I am a blatherer, that I am a spieler, with no real thoughts beyond segregation or Vietnam. But in truth, they are wrong. My programmes shall bring about the greatest era in American history, as I have worked with the best and brightest minds of this nation to devise it, and to form a great plan for the future of this nation.

As President, in my first 100 days, I will endeavour to form the Board of National Reform. President Roosevelt spoke of the right to a job, and I will finally bring it to fruition. I will create a board of the greatest minds of this nation, from labour and capital, to instruct and coordinate the most ambitious programme in this nation since the New Deal. We will slash interest rates, slash income tax for the working and middle class and ensure that work pays in this country.

The Board of National Reform will have these policies and objectives. Firstly, we will work with the Federal Reserve to remove the hard money policies of Davis, and bring the United States to free and floating money entirely. These will spur a new era of economic flexibility, and finally banish the scourge of deflation from our land forever.

Secondly, we will also work with the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates and put money in the hands of American consumers. But on top of that, we also have a new and revolutionary programme that ensures work will pay, finally. Instead of taxing and looting the poorest in this nation, we will make the largest tax cut, to the working class, in this nation. We will first simplify and reform the tax code, to cut red tape, but we will also introduce a new income tax bracket. Every dollar earnt below $2,000 per year will be given a negative 15% tax rate. Let me explain how that works: when you earn $2,000, the government will pay you $300 extra.

The main problem with many welfare problems in this country is that they end up trapping people in poverty. They end up counterproductive: not because welfare is inherently evil, absolutely not - it is a critical part of any civilised society. They end up counterproductive because of bureaucracy and because of loopholes that lead to people earning less money if they choose to work.

Our negative income tax will defeat that. We will put money back in the hands of working and middle class people, to help enrich the American people and better standards of living across this great land.

While the economic slogan of Boone's campaign may be 'Handouts to Negroes and Orientals and Mexicans', the economic slogan of our campaign will be working people first. Free money won't do it in this day and age - we must ensure that working people are put first, rather than the lazy and the shiftless.

But, there is more than that for working people. I have talked about the importance of the family and its status as the cornerstone of Western civilisation for ever so long. And yet I am here to announce that, in my first 100 days, I will work to pass a bill to provide every family in this nation with $600 per child per year. It's time we stop merely talking about family values and actually make them law.

The greatest task of the Board of National Reform, however, will be that of ending the scourge of unemployment forever. I will work with my Secretary of Labor - who will have a position on that board - to bring out a programme of universal employment. Now, see, there are many screamy economic men, they'll say 'that'll lead to massive inflation, you can't do that.'

Well, no, it won't. The job guarantee programme will provide stability to inflation, in fact, as a steady stock of employed people, rather than unemployed people, will be contributing to the economy. The state will hire people for low-skilled jobs, match them with employers that need it, and provide a wage subsidy for people with few qualifications and benefit small businesses by having a steady supply of good workers, and benefit working class people in this country by strengthening the economy overall.

We will ensure, however, as a legal requirement, that nobody is removed from their job as a result of this. We will defend existing employees first, and simply have the state undertake the entirety of the work itself, at public expense and public profit, if no suitable employer is found. Of course, we will still provide unemployment benefits for people in certain circumstances, but let me be clear: if you are fit for work and refuse work, you will not be able to leech off the system.

This programme, known as the Employment Guarantee, will ensure 100% employment in this country. We will provide free housing and food to those who work, and ensure employers foot some part of the bill to assist in keeping expenses down. If they do not choose to undertake this programme, they will have their benefits withdrawn, or, as a last resort, they will be allowed to join the military, in order to boost the stock of men that we have defending this nation.

Overall, I have my full confidence in this programme and the entirety of the Board for National Reform. Together, we will take America to a better and brighter future, to bring a golden era of universal employment, of low inflation and stable and sustainable growth. We will defend the middle class of this country, and finally achieve the American Dream. And we will, mark my words, if not now, then somewhere in the future, we will win this Cold War, and these steps to a sounder, stronger and more stable economy are just the beginning."

[Newne Carriebean7]

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SENATOR SHARP MEETS WITH MILLIONARES, DISCUSSES TAX PLANS AND CHILD UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Frankfort, Kentucky
March 24th, 1959

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"Well, I gots t' mingles with y'alls anyhows. So I shall keep some sort o' wall of sow-fis-tication up. Sort of a southern facade of politeness that the populace don't get to see much of. Much better for all y'all t' be- I'll mention that at the end, nevermind then.

There are candidates in this race, on the Democratic side, that plot to ruin you poor folks. It's ironic that the person that's a supposed savior of the poor is actually a fil-I mean a smelly millionaire who's out of touch. I know it's odd that y'all is trying to listen to such a poor person, but hear me out. I'd be friendlier than the policies of Earl Boone. I will appreciate your lobbying efforts on my behalf when I came out agaisnt commie boone's economic policy of the equity tax. I argue we've got a fair tax already. It prevents those who are spoon-fed in life from skipping over. That's the estate tax. I will make it fairer for y'all rich fellers that hate the smell o' "new money". I should know. I spent five minutes with Earl n' I started to smell somethin' bad. Coulda been the fact that my house don't got no shower so I have to take one onna the bus every time I g'an t' Washatonin' Dee Cee. It was probably the smell o' 'new money'. Earl is out to get all y'all millionaires. I am here to defend all y'all from gubment o'erreach n' state's rights n' all that. Yknow, code words for bein' racist when I don't wanna sound racist. Like what my other Senator from M'ssiippii does. Turner or Timmy. Whatever his name was. Hell if know, I is an idjits. Heyuk-Heyuk-Heyuk. Gawsh mickey! It's a horrible smell, I'm sure-o-its! I know how much that irritates and annoys everyone in this room. Between the manufacturing titans to the business executives inna Newer-York.

Y'all don't wanna see someone jump the cue to being a dirt poor dumbass to a joining yer ivvy league millionaire ranks within a day. That's not to say I am disillusioned with the American Dream. I'll tell y'all my personal rags to slightly better riches but still rags. Hell, every suit I've ever worn to the U.S Senate has been my grandpappie's handstitched former church clothes by my wife! Which reminds me, this one's startin' t' fall apart, so I'll ship this down to Cedar Grove for Val to take it off my senatorial mitts. While I promise the dirt poor lower taxes, I shall also give y'all this deal. 12.5% for any person making over 1 million dollars, 15.3% for any person making between 1-9.9 million dollars and a rate of 18.9% for any person that makes over 10 million dollars. I am givin' yer wallets much needed relief from years of reckless spendin' on foreign wars and increasing debt that is a hallmark of all my opponents, from both sides of the political aisle inna the american supermarket o' poliikin'. I shall not only give the poor people a break, I shall also grant the rich people their just desserts in the form of lower taxes n' less stupid-ass legislation, such as what Walto-I mean Earl Boone proposes with his radical commie-nist agenda. He's hell bent on havin' us call 'em 'comerade boone'. I'm havin' a hard time just gittin' the dictator's name right. He' s the worst option for you rich fellers. If y'all decide to jump into the water with him, he shall sucker punch you and rob you legally via insane tax rates. I contrast, Y'all will pay some of the lowest rates many o' y'all will see in years. Along with the poor fellers too. That's my Sharp promise. Lower taxes for the richest o' the richest bas-I mean good fellers.

The person who ain't here ain't not suckin' up to none o' y'alls. I is the only smart feller out here knockin' on yer fancy arse mansions n' palaces n' what have all y'alls. Now, while I would like to see substantial checks cut for from all y'alls on behalf of my campaign, one of my boys had an idearr. Instead of shippin' money to my Cedar Grove plantation home, I want y'all to scratch my back in the form o' flyers, posters n' adverstisin' campaign. Y'all needs to hep git my name out there. If I'm innit to winnit, then I will need your help.

That Davis Recession, do y'all need some handouts? I'd be willin' to give all y'all enough money in the form o' lower taxes so long as y'all don't take that cash overseas to europe or jee-pan. I want american jobs to remain in this country. Y'all best have yer companies or which companies y'alls knows to invest inna american factories. I don't want no off-shorin' that's for damn sure. The Rich need tax cuts, they're hurtin' too. It shall be bankrolled by a tax on labor, known as the slave-tax, once I have y'all bankroll efforts to repeal certain...constitutional amendments.

Then y'all can have more prosperity. Y'all millionaires n' hundred thousandares can share in the wealth that the poor will enjoy. All it will take is setting this country back to the god-good old days of the antebellum period. Either that or y'all need to secede from the Union like a hunnded years prior. No, I wasn't born back then, but I mighta been close. I was only eight when the Maine blew up! Oh, and women's suffrage? Consider that repealed. No wimmen's gonna vote in this country. It shall go back to the good, old undemocratic days of the 1850s, when only old, white, rich fellers and maybe a poor feller like me could vote. Those were the days..


Oh, but I am countin' on y'all bizness leaders n' what have all y'alls. It's not just an effort by me, It's an effort by most of Mississippi, save for the millionaire jackass Turner who's fronting his full head of hair everywhere. W'all must be vigillant in the face of absolute victory. W'all mm-must come t'gether nows. Not the blacks n' the whites, but maybe a small 'mission onna slavery. I have been thinkin' of some token civil rights lee-geslation. Make sure this info-mation don't not git out nones. I'm thinkin 'fter that debate wit Fraser, maybe w'all can git some legislation to make sure at least public tennis courts and parks are still segregated, but kept with the same upkeep and care as the white facilities. It's followin' some form o' Plessy v. Ferguson to win over the small section o' negroes n' coloreds that somehow like my ass.

To finish up, I hear there's a labor shortage. Now, there's a simple 'lution t' all this mess. Chillen laborers. Black, white, Mexican or Asian, if they're boddy strengths is a theres, then hire 'em inna the factories, but not the coal mines for christ-sakes. I don't need that baggage weighin' me down like I'm at Eff Dee Arrg airport or some shit like that. I'd rather y'all give me some money for my chillen action committee called: Sharp's Squirts, or the SS. What? Why are y'all givin me THAT look? Are some of y'all jewish or some shit like that? It's just the SS. Maybe I can a recall it Sharp's Adolescents, or the SA. What? Why the squeamish looks at that name? Alright, I'll let all y'all think it o'er. What this country don't need is commie boone. Am I makin' nazzi references that I don't seem to git? Shit!

What t'is country needs rite' now is Joshua Norman Sharp o' M'ssissippii to guide y'all throguh with a steady hand. Y'all don't not need no fuckin' commie-nism. Maybe y'all needs some fascism to let all y'all biznesses do whatever in the hell y'all want. I'll mind all y'all I was the only senator to vote AGAINST the Nuclear Saftey Act because it would have harmed your bottom line mista power plant manufacturers n' millionares that bankroll clean energy projects. I'm secretly savin' the environment by not wantin' no pesky 'gulations on no nuclear power plant or shit like that. Thank y'all for takin' the time outta yer day. I ain't gonna bore y'all with my slogans, so plea-ase bankroll me. Pretty please with racism on top?"