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

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It's great to be in Charleston.

xGovernor Keaton

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Yankee, should I get working on a platform?

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Endorsing the Labor Nominee is a monstrously awful idea. I refuse to be complicit in a Federalist push to enact the TNF-Labor agenda. I will not support DemPGH and I encourage all Federalists to join me.

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Governor Riley Keaton takes to the microphone

My friends and fellow patriots,
While we are smart folks with great concern for this country, I believe we are being misled. The Roght and Honorable Windjammer has put forth effort to distance himself and his running mate from the TNF-Lablr agenda. While I admire their political sense, TNF is no Sister Souljah. He's their intellectual godfather.

It is naive of us to believe that the same ticket who resisted our good President's effort in the pacific only to later claim the success of those policies, it is naive to believe that their agenda rests with patriotism and people instead of politics. The Veep nominee for the TNF-Labor agenda is disgusted with the idea of free speech. This is not a harmless decision. We must, as a matter of moral duty, oppose the Labor Party.

To presume that DemPGH will be anything short of a rubber stamp for the TNF-Labor agenda, is to presume too much. We must not allow our country to fall into the hands of such irresponsible, destructive, and ideological children. We must endorse someone who is not of labor origin.

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This isn't about me, this is about Sirnick. Sirnick and Dallasfan have a terrific records, and unlike the good records of DemPGH and Windjammer, it's one that advocates policies that Federalists have been pushing this whole time. You can make the conversation about how the D-R's are running in elections against Federalists, and you maybe can make some headway on that argument, but that distracts from the substance at the core that DemPGH will be far more likely to sign off legislation that will defeat the principles spelled out in the Federalist Platform.

And I know my views as a Former Federalist Chairman doesn't mean jack anymore, but I think it would be harmful to the party as a whole if the party just backed the Labor candidate, especially when there is another candidate who far better represents what the party stands for.

I wouldn't ask the federalist party nomination if I believed that the Sirnick/Dallasfan ticket was a ticket that the Feds could easily support, Maxwell. And I believe that's not actually the case. The legalization of pornography made by Dallasfan for 5-years-old for instance .

The Federalists I know are not particularly inclined to support the TNF-Labor agenda, which you'll bow to once elected, and they also appreciate their right to free speech. Shouldn't you be busy defending your signature policy initiative in court?

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Pres.

[1] Sirnick
[2] None of the Above

NE Sen.

[1]Deus

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I could, as well.

Yank, would you like to appoint a Platform Committee? A member who represents each sort of interest group.

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We did that back in early 2010 for the RPP but it failed from lack of interest.

How many members would be best?

 I think that's just really dependent on interest and your discretion.

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Here's a starting point, back to the roots:

DRAFT PLATFORM

We, the members of the Communitarian Federalist Party, desirous of the advancement of the state of Atlasia, our country, and the preservation of its society, believe:

-That the foundation of a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous society is the family and community.
-That we simultaneously re-affirm the idea of personal responsibility, aided via the community.
-That the greatest long-term crisis facing Atlasia today is the decline of social capital and community, which shall eventually come to harm that democratic, peaceful, and prosperous society we enjoy.
-That greatest power in the land is not the State, whether Federal or Regional, but instead the community and the individual.

-That the government is not the arbiter nor origin of economic growth, but rather a force than can and should be used to assisted the marketplace in its growth, in the interests of community and the nation.
-That the model of free and unrestricted two-way trade is the optimal model for trade between nations
-That the government is, by nature, the power that can best provide certain resources and services to society.
-The government should regulate trade and industry to maximize social equity, while in a manner that does not impede the normal functioning of the economy
-That welfare is meant to temporarily assist, not provide for, the people

-That Atlasia must be mindful of its being the world's foremost power
-That military conflict, in general, is counter to the well-being of man and thus must be avoided unless necessary
-That diplomacy, not warfare, is the cornerstone of foreign relations
-That multilateralism and collective security- a community of nations- is the best way to advance Atlasia's interests abroad
-That the goals set out in foreign interventions must be achieved.

-That the maintenance of tradition is an integral part of society
-That the concepts of "rights" and "entitlements" must be balanced by an awareness of responsibilities and obligations to others
-That the life of all must be defended
-That the promotion of culture and science is an integral function of society and its organizations.

I really like this. But I would support changing the bolded part to:

-That our nation is threatened on both an economic and social front by the forces of socialism, communism, and a dangerous anti-society social philosophy.

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Aye!

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Aye

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Chairman:

[X] Senator North Carolina Yankee

Vice-Chairman

[X] Assemblyman JCL