Announcement

[Marokai Backbeat]

A good ticket which I hope I can convince the DA to support in February, if possible.

You are now no better than the rest of those you always criticized. What respect I had for you, and it was great, it is no more.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Aren't you being a little hard, MB?  I thought you had a reasonably good opinion of Xahar, I seem to remember you saying so at least once or twice.

Xahar, yes. I had liked him rather well. But this entire scene reeks of Hamilton. Xahar has been in contact with him, I know this for a fact thanks to a few simple events, and NiK has been Hamilton's man from Day 1.

Hashemite seemed above plays for power and influence like this, but it seems all the scaremongering about the DA and the JCP working together so well finally sunk in and scared him off. Hashemite is playing along with Hamilton's friend and Hamilton's proxy, and rest assured Hamilton's cult of trolls and zombies will line up behind this ticket faster than you can cry "conspiracy."

[Marokai Backbeat]

Aren't you being a little hard, MB?  I thought you had a reasonably good opinion of Xahar, I seem to remember you saying so at least once or twice.

Xahar, yes. I had liked him rather well. But this entire scene reeks of Hamilton. Xahar has been in contact with him, I know this for a fact thanks to a few simple events, and NiK has been Hamilton's man from Day 1.

Hashemite seemed above plays for power and influence like this, but it seems all the scaremongering about the DA and the JCP working together so well finally sunk in and scared him off. Hashemite is playing along with Hamilton's friend and Hamilton's proxy, and rest assured Hamilton's cult of trolls and zombies will line up behind this ticket faster than you can cry "conspiracy."

I highly doubt NiK is as close to Hamilton as you suspect, but I have learned to approach everything with an appropriate degree of skepticism.

NiK was recruited by him, is friends with him, and played a part, if I recall correctly, in going along with Hamilton's zombie invasion of the Pacific.

Hashemite has made a deal with the devil.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I don't understand the ARC's support of this ticket. Xahar isn't a libertarian or a free market guy either, and there are many more socially liberal candidates out there. Bacon King would be a better fit than Xahar for the ARC.

Bacon King is in the JCP.

All I am saying is if this isn't a backroom deal or something, then I'm not sure why the ARC would be more susceptible to a big government liberal like Xahar over a moderate like Bacon King. They certainly jumped behind it quickly considering we have no idea who else is even running in February.

There are bigger issues at stake here. I am willing to vote for a liberal strategically (which is, sadly, something more social libertarians have yet to learn) if it advances my cause in the long term.

And this is really all this ticket is about, advancing your causes, securing power and influence.

[Marokai Backbeat]

"Senior party leaders" meaning Hash. I haven't run into another DA member that likes this yet, Xahar.