Washington 2016 Political RP [CLOSED] OOC Pt. VI

by **Prolieum** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:14 pm

Washington
The US Political RP

""Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."

Groucho Marx

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The Election has finally come and gone-a historic day, a historic victory-but even as a new administration and a new Congress set to take their oaths of office, the threats to the nation, and the ambitions of those unwilling to let loose their power, loom large.

Washington is in a time of change, a new year, a new vision for government-but just who will have the strength and skill to make their vision rule is yet to be seen, as politicians across the nation weave their own tangled webs.

Join us, as Senator or Representative, Governor or Mayor, pundit or secretary-all are welcome. Fight for your ideals-or fight for your power in the ever-changing game of Washington.

All that is left is to take your first step on the twisting path, take up the application, and forge yourself a character who will be written of in the books of history...but what they will say, who can tell?

The nation is ready for you. Don't keep her waiting.'

Rules

1- OP is Lord and the Co-OP's are the princes. Their word is law. Follow it.
2- No RL characters Or at least no celebrities. That's no Donald Trump. I knew you were aching to play Trump, but that's no-no. On this note, RL politicians post-Reagan do not exist, or have been replaced with generic stand-ins. Records and history are the same, including statistics, save in the places where player-characters have brought about a change.
3- Post when you can-warn us if you can't.. A post per week is a good minimum standard, but we understand that real-life gets in the way.
Especially if you're interacting with someone, let us now if you plan to leave, or take a hiatus. We don't expect perfect posts, but unless you're in a conversation, keep one-liners to a minimum.
4- Respect your fellow players. Play nice. If you don't have friends, you won't have fun.
5- No godmod/flawless/perfect characters Give them some flaws. No one has fun when everyone is perfect.
6-No cheat-edits Typos are one thing, but don't try to change what was done IC because you don't like it. You can appeal if you want to, but don't try to change what already happened.
7- If you are not sure if something is legal, ask OOC first. Always better to check-and there is limited leniency for things that are obviously bad.
8-No assassination attempts. You can probably look for a loophole there-don't. In essence, no use of extreme physical force against another player, or anything like poison. If you and another both agree, contact an OP, and it will be discussed-unilateral action is strictly forbidden.
9-No research in closed situations-For the short version-no Googling in debates. You can do all the research you like in preparation, but while a debate is going on, no research is permitted. This is on the honor system-but if you start spouting off statistics to the fifth decimal place, we'll probably catch on. In short, when you're in a situation where your character can't be looking things up, you can't either. If you're not sure-ask an OP.
10-No spite characters. You may hate Democrats, and want to make a Senator who will have scandals on them-don't. Complex characters are fine, but having your character actively sabotage their own party/demographic out-of-character is forbidden.
11-No metagaming. This takes two forms-first, using OOC knowledge that you have but your character could not in the IC, and second, attempting to "engineer" a character specifically to do something in relation to specific aspects of another character or a situation. Hiccups aside, keep OOC and IC separate. Similarly
12-Keep OOC comments out of the IC. We have a whole thread set aside just for that reason. Putting and leaving OOC comments in parenthesis degrades the quality of the RP, wholly OOC posts in the IC are right out. Bring up any issues in the OOC, or TG the OP.
13- Have fun! Misery is illegal.

Note that for the application, some 2016-elected seats are open, but partisan-locked due to the election results determining the victor. If you have questions, feel free to ask. Non-2016-elected seats have no such restriction.

Applications

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Republican Final Primary Delegate Count

Mr. Calvin Reed-1,619
Sen. Matteos Egazarian-433
Sen. Eric Gonzalez-295
Sec. Jay Garestaer-65
Sen. Troy Wilson-38
Rep. Henry Hutchinson-15
Gov. Gerald Drumpf-7

Democratic Final First Ballot Results

Gov. Irina Kuznetsov-1737
Sen. Gianna Carrollton-1107
Gov. Robert Danders-951
May. Jeremy Beaumont-573
Gov. Kailen Murray-282
Sen. Anthony Conti-113
Mr. Dick Kirk-44

Initial Final Libertarian Pledged Delegates Count

Ms. Anita Flores: 300 Delegates
Gov. Martin Longwood: 120 Delegates
Rep. Gerald Breckinridge: 107 Delegates
May. Sherman Paulson: 46 Delegates
May. Victoria DeLucca: 6 Delegates
Ms. Cassandra Arumb: 3 Delegates
Other Candidates: 8 Delegates

Uncommitted Delegates: 75

Presidential Election Results

Popular Vote

Calvin Reed (R)-61.55%
Ellen Walton (P)-32.67%
Robert Danders (D)-5.78%

Electoral Vote

Upcoming Events

Reconvention of Congress-November 14

Recent News

-Reed takes Presidency, Republicans seize full control of House and Senate in historic victory-

Character Roster

Gubernatorial and Senate Partisan Maps

National Convention Speakers

U.S. Senate Docket

1. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2016
2. ACTS Act
3. POWER
4. RAFALE
5. RIDE
6. CARE Act
7. SOLDIER (Passed House)
8. Veterans Awareness Act
9. WHIP
10. ULYSSES
11. Equality Act
12. Medical Marijuana Legalization Act
13. PRISM
14. ROSE
15. CREST
16. Inner-Cities Housing and Utility Reform Act
17. Increasing Voting Opportunities Act
18. American Penitentiary Reform Act
19. Domestic Business Protection Act
20. STATUTORY

U.S. House Docket

1. Providing for the Elimination of Corporate Loopholes and Abatement of Personal Income Taxation Bill
2. SHIELD Act
3. Purification Infrastructure Spending Solution
4. Student Loan Reduction Bill
5. Elimination of Privatized Prisons Bill
6. Kinder America Act (Passed Senate)
7. Bill To Restrict Unnecessary Negative and Detrimental Medically Relevant Collections.
8. Translator Immigration Transition Selection
9. Yieldful Efforts Encompassing Horses Abundant in the Wild (Passed Senate)

President's Desk

Signed into Law

1. Women's Alternative Choices Act

2. Safely Neutering Illegal Persons Act

3. Second Amendment Originality Defense Act

4. Restoring Local Authority to Services Act

5. American's Safety Act

6. Dignifying and Edifying Female Accomplishments in Currency for Extended Duration

7. Taylor Force Act

8. Budget Act of 2017

Passed Without Signature

1. Sexual Assault Categorization Act

2. Declaration of War against the Islamic State

Vetoed

1. Yieldful Efforts Encompassing Horses Abundant in the Wild
2. SOLDIER Act
3. ACTS Act

by **Sanabel** » Fri May 05, 2017 5:52 am

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR NEW PEOPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Noob_Land
Character Name: Chad Smith
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 28
Character Height: 7"1'
Character Weight: 200 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative for Delaware's At Large District
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Delaware
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Handsome, rich, well connected, outsider, amazing speaker, amazing campaigner, minority status, really nice, loved by all, amazing backstory
Main Weaknesses: Too successful, rich, people are jealous of him, too loud, aggressive
Biography:
Chad Smith was born to a poor sharecropper family. He had to work in the fields every day, working his fingers to the bone picking cotton. At night he educated himself, reading Rothbard and Mises by candlelight. His parents were communists so they beat him every day. He almost starved to death, but he was able to shoot animals and eat them, with his rifle. One day though, the landlord broke into his father's sharecropping shack, and used his belt to rape and kill both of his parents. He was angry because he was drunk, and liked to abuse his sharecroppers. Chad was really upset, and he used his fists to beat the landowner to death out of self defense. Later that year, both of his siblings would die from typhoid fever, on his ninth birthday, no less. Chad was then adopted by a rich woman in Dover. She taught him to be a classy gentleman. He joined the football team, and became the star quarterback. Then Chad went to college at Harvard University, and lead 8 expeditions to the Arctic, during which time he wrestled polar bears. He recieved a grant of 8 billion dollars to explore more, but he wanted to serve his country, so he enlisted in the Marines. After a couple of tours in Iraq, he came back, and won a Silver Star, since he had jumped on a grenade. Then he went into Business, doing lots of deals and making lots of money. He became CEO of his Corporation. Then he was inspired to run for office, and was elected Representative at the age of 25, becoming the youngest politician pretty much ever lmao. He was elected as a Democrat, but then he was kicked out of the party because he actually considers himself to be an Anarcho-Capitalist. He became an Independent and was re-elected. He now chairs both the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees.
Other Info: Has a really hot wife, helped to kill Osama bin Laden after Seal Team 6 requested him on the mission, is a devout Mennonite.

by **Imperial Esplanade** » Fri May 05, 2017 5:53 am

Como estás

by **Sanabel** » Fri May 05, 2017 5:54 am

Let's get to our second IC thread by the time we finish this one.

by **The Portland Territory** » Fri May 05, 2017 5:56 am

Free Jazz Poisoning

by **Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:22 am

Sippi stroke, going to ban them gays!

by **People of The Illuminati** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:30 am

People of The Illuminati wrote:My progressive candidate for the 2018 Califonia election

(Image)

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: People of the Illuminati
Character Name: Kayla Jones
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 39
Character Height: 5'5
Character Weight: 120 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Community Organizer/Political Activist
Appearance: (Image)
Character State of Origin: California
Character Party Affiliation: Progressive
Main Strengths: Strong, established grassroots network in California; popular with many minorities and youth
Main Weaknesses: Strongly tied to the controversial BLM; no government experience; some critics claim she is too outspoken
Biography: (Minimum 1-2 paragraphs) Kayla was born in 1977 in Oakland, California. She was the youngest go four children and lived her entire childhood in poverty. During her later adolescence, she lived through the Crack Epidemic in Oakland, and the increased gang violence led to her father being murdered. Even with the trauma, Kayla faces on a daily basis, she was able to do well in high school and got a full scholarship to UC Berkeley. During her time there, she became interested in politics and community organizations and eventually became the president of the Black Student Union and the College Democrats. Kayla had followed in her family’s footsteps and became a hardcore democrat. She even led the BSU and College Democrats into creating a grass roots movement in Oakland to influence the 1996 elections for democrats at all levels. By the time she finished college in 1998, however, her views about the party were shifting. After college, Kayla worked for a number of non-profits in the Bay Area focused on helping blacks and latinos not get into the criminal justice system and stay out of it. During her early work there, she was able to clearly see the effects mass incarceration was having on communities of color, a problem partially caused by Democrats. This led her to break away from Democrats in 2000 and join the new Green Party, which would go on to become the Progressive Party.

In 2004, Kayla founded the community organization African-Americans For Progress (AAFP) aimed at building grassroots movements to implement progressive policy and elect progressive politicians in California. The work has focused on policy involving the criminal justice system and police brutality. Over the years, the AAFP has become a sizeable organization, with offices in the Bay Area and LA County. They have led many marches and protests in California, especially in instances of police brutality. The AAFP was also helpful in building up support in California for the legalization of marijuana and reformation of the 3-Strikes Law. In 2013, with the rise of publicized, and politicized, police shootings of black people, the Black Lives Matter Network was started. Although Kayla wasn’t a part of the founding team, her large grassroots, and social media presence, and her pre-existing focus in the area, led her to quickly become one of the top activists and leaders within the movement. With the rise of the Progressive party in the 2016 election, Kayla sees this as her opportunity to strengthen her party and her movements, so she is getting ready to run for the California US Senate seat in 2018.

Other Info: She was married in 2003 to Civil Rights Attorney in the Bay Area and, together, they have a 12-year-old son.

Do Not Remove: 84721

by **Canton Empire** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:34 am

And away we go. OOC III was my favorite though.

by **Sanabel** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:47 am

I was thinking. If Kirk had gotten ballot access on enough states, and won the primary, how would he have faired against Reed?

by **Chewion** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:50 am

The Kisernator is here.

by **Terrelis** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:54 am

Bonjour amici na wenzi! :hug:

by **Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:59 am

I am really considering have De Nieto run for President in 2028

by **Terrelis** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:03 am

Do any republicans support DC statehood?

by **Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:41 am

Terrelis wrote:Do any republicans support DC statehood?

Troy Wilson the idiot from Wyoming.

by **The Portland Territory** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:46 am

Terrelis wrote:Do any republicans support DC statehood?

Not Egazarian

by **The Portland Territory** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:47 am

Sanabel wrote:I was thinking. If Kirk had gotten ballot access on enough states, and won the primary, how would he have faired against Reed?

Hmmm..........

I dunno. Depends on how serious he would be

by **The Portland Territory** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:25 am

Oh? Does the powerless VP have beef with Egazarian? Well you know what, game on buddy

by **Dentali** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:37 am

So hey the new OOC intro mentions oaths of office. Are we doing a time skip to the next legislative session? I'm itching to get in on the senate

by **Chewion** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:04 am

I may have Kiser run for President later down the road.

by **Dentali** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:09 am

Terrelis wrote:Do any republicans support DC statehood?

Fowler does but has a few concerns

by **Meelducan** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:14 am

by **Meelducan** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:19 am

by **Tallahassee News Station** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:23 am

Terrelis wrote:Do any republicans support DC statehood?

There's no good reason for any Republican to back it.

Wilson still does, but he's Wilson

by **Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:33 am

Tallahassee News Station wrote:
Terrelis wrote:Do any republicans support DC statehood?

There's no good reason for any Republican to back it.

Wilson still does, but he's Wilson

What are the chances that Wilson would be Reelected against a populist Democrat?

by **Imperial Esplanade** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:53 am

Gives me an idea to have Reynolds run for House, representing Wyoming.

Washington 2016 Political RP [CLOSED] OOC Pt. VI

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