The National Atlasian: Keeping You Informed

[Colin]

National Atlasian Endorsements for the District 2 Special Election

Out of the current candidates for Migrendal's seat the National Atlasian is endorsing Badnarikin04 for the District 2 Senate. We here at the National Atlasian consider him to be the best candidate and the candidate that can represent the second District the best. We also wish the best to MAS 117 who is our second preference endorsement. MAS would be a great addition to the senate. Current Endorsement Preference for the Special Election:

1) Badnarikin04
2) MAS 117
3) Siege 40

[Siege40]

Hmm. Nothing about me Colin? I'm not sure to be pleased that you didn't say anything negative or sad because you didn't say anything positve. We'll see.

Siege

[Colin]

You should be happy I didn't say anything bad about you. That said your good candidate for the UL. Your a strong candidate as are the other two, Badnarikin04 is strong in comparison to other Libertarians. Your a good person though, because of your views, I would not like to see you in the Senate.

[Siege40]

To be fair, I have proven to be a pretty good moderate. I usually avoid radicalism and try to be the best leader for everyone I represent.

Siege

[Colin]

And I respect that. I wish you and all of the candidates the best of luck.

[Colin]

You're doing a great work Colin. Kudos for you.

Thank you Bono.

[Colin]

Current National Atlasian Staff Members
Colin Wixted, Owner, Editor-in-Chief
dubya2004, Senior Staff Reporter
Harry, Staff Reporter
Bono, Staff Reporter
Alcon, Staff Reporter

Freelance Journalists Who Have Been Published in the National Atlasian
Hermit
Siege 40

[Colin]

The Recall Election
Thoughts from the Northeasts Own Gov. Siege

By Gov. Siege 40

In reply to the interview and article on MANN yesterday, I decided that I would give a response until a formal interview can be conducted.

 

I’d first like to say that I greatly enjoyed the piece and found it very interesting. The endorsement of General Secretary Al and the Unions he represents is a great boon to my campaign, and I think it proves that I am representative of the leftist vote in the Northeast. Then again I may be misleading to Al. While I am a member of the United Left I tend to look at things in terms of practicality and the best for the people I represent, even if that means going against the doctrine of my party, for example my reduction of income taxes.

 

Also mentioned is a UAC/AFRNC coalition, I frankly wouldn’t go so far. The AFRNC has examined the options open to them, and based on that have chosen the candidate most likely to win, in this case MAS117, I’m not surprised, members of the AFRNC have referred to me as ‘a liberal, that would turn the Northeast into Canada-lite.’

 

I look forward to the debate hosted by ColinW of the National Atlasian or Akno21 of MANN or Niles Caulder. I’d prefer it to be a moderated debate, mainly because the town hall meeting format tends to be disorganized in the forum, but I would be willing to debate in a town hall meeting format.

 

Of the poll, I’m not so sure it is reliable, it has no built in accountability. The margin doesn’t seem quite right, but we’ll see. I agree with the summation, if the election is one of preferential choice it is very possible that I’ll lose on the second ballot. If it goes to third I may end up winning because many Republicans voting for MAS may end up putting me last giving me an advantage, the same applies to Badnarikin.

 

I’d like to point out that you mentioned that this election would be won or lost with Democratic votes. I’m not too sure. I’ve worked with Vice President Andrew closely while we were co-Governors, I think he may be split, vote with the party or vote for his former colleague. If Andrew supported me not only would the Democrats be split, but also so would areas of the UAC.

 

Ironically, I think MAS and I have such closely matched careers, almost identical. We’ve both been very bi-tri-quad-partisan in our work; we’ve both drafted constitutions, he for the Federal Government, myself for the Regional Government, I was largely responsible for the actual writing of the constitution and amending it, when it comes to MAS117 I don’t know the extent of his involvement.

 

I disagree with StevenNick and calling MAS117 the conservative choice, I believe Badnarikin is more conservative and his support of MAS117 is a dilution of his political beliefs so that his candidate wins, but it is his right to support whomever he wants. I agree with MAS and when elected will be anxious to work with all of the Senators, including StevenNick, even if we oppose each other politically, but I’ve proven I can reach beyond party lines and lead well.

 

I’ll leave people’s first and second choices up to them, it’s there right as an Atlasian.

[Colin]

Recall Race Heats Up
New Poll Shows Gov. Siege Ahead of the Pack

The race for the District 2 Senate is heating up. In a recent National Atlasian Poll Gov. Siege is currently in first place with 54.5% of first preference votes while MAS 117 has 27.3% and Badnarikin04 is currently running a distant third with 18.2% of the vote. Siege has been helped not only by left-wing voters in District 2 but also Centrist who were swayed after his term in the Governors mansion was a time of cool heads, smart fiscal policy and a real effort by the Governor to reach out to voters of all political stripes. Even MAS himself had said that he it would be a much harder battle if a UL or Democratic candidate had come forward. Not only has the UL/Democrats put forward a candidate Siege is one of the strongest politicians in the Northeast. MAS has received endorsements from not only the UAC but also from the AFRNC, which given MAS’s stand on the issues would be akin to having Statesrights endorse AL. MAS has said that he is a liberal and according to his stated opinions he is for everything that the Republicans are against except the Income Tax Bill and the Marriage Equality Act. He is against Taft-Hartley, and he is for the Education & Care for Children in Poverty Act. What we have in this Senate race is two liberals, one to the left of the other, trying to gain the Right’s votes. The choice for District 2 is a near socialist who can be more moderate and works with the other party, a left liberal who is endorsed by the AFRNC, or a libertarian. We here at the National Atlasian give you the facts and the only prediction we are going to make is that this is going to be an interesting race.

[Colin]

Current Poll Numbers in the District 2 Recall Election:

Gov. Siege 40- 9 votes 50%
MAS 117- 6 votes 33%
Badnarikin04- 3 votes 17%

[Colin]

Bush Wins!
Bush Wins With 286 Electoral Votes With 99% of Precincts Reporting

At around 11:15 am November 3, 2004 John F. Kerry conceded to President George W. Bush. The Democrats have suffered a large blow. George W. Bush has won the popular vote along with the electoral vote and the Republican party has gained a net of 4 seats in the Senate and a net of 4-6 seats in the House. Currently, as of 4:22 pm, Iowa and New Mexico have yet to be called. These are both showing Bush with an advantage and are expected to be called for Bush before 8:00 pm EST. Bush was able to gain ground in both Ohio and Florida while Kerry was able to pick up votes in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. The results in Florida were the most surprising. Florida, which was won by Bush by only 537 votes in 2000, was won by Bush by around 500,000 votes and a 52-47 percentage. Ohio, which was the closest major battleground state, was won by Bush by 140,000 votes. While not an electoral sweep this certainly gives a mandate for Bush and the Republican party while striking a serious blow to the Democratic party. Also again for a second election the South and the West were sweeps for the Republicans. The Democrats have had their last hurrah in the south. We can see that the south may become as Republican as it was Democrat in the early 20th century. We here at the National Atlasian would like to give our thanks to both candidates and our hope for four good years under President Bush.

[ilikeverin]

Bush Wins!
Bush Wins With 286 Electoral Votes With 99% of Precincts Reporting

At around 11:15 am November 3, 2004 John F. Kerry conceded to President George W. Bush. The Democrats have suffered a large blow. George W. Bush has won the popular vote along with the electoral vote and the Republican party has gained a net of 4 seats in the Senate and a net of 4-6 seats in the House. Currently, as of 4:22 pm, Iowa and New Mexico have yet to be called. These are both showing Bush with an advantage and are expected to be called for Bush before 8:00 pm EST. Bush was able to gain ground in both Ohio and Florida while Kerry was able to pick up votes in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. The results in Florida were the most surprising. Florida, which was won by Bush by only 537 votes in 2000, was won by Bush by around 500,000 votes and a 52-47 percentage. Ohio, which was the closest major battleground state, was won by Bush by 140,000 votes. While not an electoral sweep this certainly gives a mandate for Bush and the Republican party while striking a serious blow to the Democratic party. Also again for a second election the South and the West were sweeps for the Republicans. The Democrats have had their last hurrah in the south. We can see that the south may become as Republican as it was Democrat in the early 20th century. We here at the National Atlasian would like to give our thanks to both candidates and our hope for four good years under President Bush.

Who is this 'George Bush' you speak of?

[Hermit]

Who is this 'George Bush' you speak of?

The President on TV's The West Wing, of course! The Atlasian must have accidentaly ran part of it's Entertainment section.

[Colin]

Of course. Seriously though I wanted to run it to give alittle RL news thats all. I thought it was big enough that the National Atlasian should run something about it.

[ilikeverin]

Who is this 'George Bush' you speak of?

The President on TV's The West Wing, of course! The Atlasian must have accidentaly ran part of it's Entertainment section.

LOL!

Sorry, I'm occupied watching "Moinei" at that time slot on ILVES (ILV Entertainment Station), chronicling the trials and tribulations of rich two couples and one of the couples' daughter.  This week the daughter had her first kid with one of those Famlee's, who come from the wrong side of the tracks

[Platypus]

I'm watching a repeat of Insiders on Dan's network.

[Colin]

Voting Starts for District 2 Senate
Siege Leads in Early Returns

Voting in the special District 2 Senate Election began today with Massachusetts native blerpiez casting the first ballot. Currently their are two votes for Gov. Siege and one vote for MAS 117. Depending upon voter turnout and the total results the UL could keep its only seat in the Senate or the UAC could pick up another seat to come to a total of two along with Senator Kennedy's District 5 seat. The National Atlasian will keep you updated with results for this election as often as possible.

Current Results

Siege 40- 2
MAS 117- 1
Badnarikin04- 0

[Colin]

Endorsement for District 2 Senate

To reiterate the endorsement of the Editorial Staff and the paper as a whole we support and endorse the candidacy of Badnarikin04 (L-NH) for Senate is District 2.

[Colin]

Current District Two Election Results

Siege 40- 3 (60%)
MAS 117- 1 (20%)
Badnarikin04- 1 (20%)

[Colin]

Current District 2 Senate Results
Gov. Siege Currently in the Lead

Current Results
Siege 40- 3 (60%)
MAS 117- 1 (20%)
Badnarikin04- 1 (20%)

Current Voter Turnout (as of 4:25 EST 11/7): 29%

[badnarikin04]

Endorsement for District 2 Senate

To reiterate the endorsement of the Editorial Staff and the paper as a whole we support and endorse the candidacy of Badnarikin04 (L-NH) for Senate is District 2.

I apologize for missing this endorsement. I am very gracious to have the support of the National Atlasian and hope that it's readers will draw something from the decision of this fine publication.

Thank you very much.

[Siege40]

You know the election has bad turnout when there's as many votes as there is bumps.

Siege

[King]

Siege, we will probably get better turnout when this seat is up for re-election around late-December....

[Gabu]

The election looks like it could have the worst turnout ever.

[Siege40]

Siege, we will probably get better turnout when this seat is up for re-election around late-December....

I did mean it as a joke. It's an offbeat election, with similar candidates, there's not too much interest I suppose.

Siege