The Federalist Party: June 2014 Convention (LEADERSHIP DECLARATIONS!)

[Cassius]

X, Cassius

[Cassius]

I can't wait for you all to start burning me in effigy.

Summer is icumen in,
Loudly sing, cuckoo!
The seed is growing
And the meadow is blooming,
And the wood is coming into leaf now,
Sing, cuckoo!

The ewe is bleating after her lamb,
The cow is lowing after her calf;
The bullock is prancing,
The billy-goat farting,

Sing merrily, cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo,
You sing well, cuckoo,
Never stop now.

Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo;
Sing, cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now!

[Cassius]

There is a tendency in the party to put economy uber alles. But remember, politics is not strictly economics. D-R and radical Labor both reject the family values that Federalists hold dear. Dallasfan has approved bills that would make pornography available to children. I strongly urge my fellow Federalists to reject the libertine values of the D-R's and vote for DemPGH.

Its true that one must not forget the importance of issues besides taxation and spending; however, on these issues I frankly see little difference between the Labor mainstream, nevermind it's radicals, and the Democratic-Republicans. After all, back in March, I think, Governor Windjammer, who's probably among the most conservative Laborites with regard to issues of morality, signed a bill abolishing life without parole, and signed another essentially promoting the formation of brothels. Neither ticket is my ideal choice when it comes to such questions, so I think we must fall back upon economic issues, as well as the issue of whom is better able to stand up to the Jacobins in the Senate. The Labor ticket, for all of the merits of it's nominees, will find it harder to do so. Thus, I'd argue that SirNick is probably a better choice for Federalists generally.

[Cassius]

Ok, I largely withdraw the part of my remark on prostitution...

[Cassius]

President:
[  ] Governor DemPGH (LAB-WA)/ Governor Windjammer (LAB-MN)
[X] Fmr. Governor Sirnick (TPP-NY)/Governor Dallasfan (DR-MA)
[  ] None of the Above

NE Senate:
[X] NE Assembly Speaker Deus Naturae (DR-NY)

[Cassius]

Nay

[Cassius]

Nay

May I ask what you find objectionable about it? I wanted an open discussion on the matter so please voice your opinions in detail.

Sorry about that, my chief objection was to the commitment to address 'pressing' economic inequalities. Whilst I think that's rather vague to begin with, that's not my main problem with that particular statement (after all, its a mission statement, so it'll inevitably be quite vague). No, my problem with that is that a commitment on trying to reduce economic inequality is that, in my opinion, that is an avenue that it would be unwise for a right-wing party to go down. Addressing social ills is another matter, but, the way I see it, economic inequality is not a social ill in of itself, but rather a natural result of human nature. I don't think we should be treating it as a bad thing, as indicated by that mission statement; instead, I believe that we should focus upon attempting to iron out some of the social ills that arise from a market economy. I'm no libertarian, but I see economic inequality as a morally neutral, and sometimes beneficial state. I don't think you'd disagree with me in broad terms on that. The other major problem, of course, with that is that its an issue which the Federalist party can never adequately match the Labor party on; in other words, few people who see economic inequality as the pressing issue of our times will pick the Federalists over Labor as their party of choice, and any attempted action upon it by the party is liable to worsen existing divisions. Just a few thoughts.

[Cassius]

I think that all that really needs to be done is to slice out 'pressing economic equalities'. I think that societal ills covers issues such as healthcare for the poor and the mentally handicapped (which would be more difficult to obtain in a free market) well enough to be honest.

[Cassius]

Nay

[Cassius]

Aye

[Cassius]

Aye

[Cassius]

Chairman:

[X] Senator North Carolina Yankee

Vice-Chairman

[X] Assemblyman JCL

[Cassius]

[1] JCL
[2] Lumine
[3] Clarence

[Cassius]

I nominate Richmond, Virginia.

[Cassius]

I nominate Richmond, Virginia.