Fear and Loathing in Nixonland (Gameplay Thread)

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Muskie endorses anti-Vietnam slate in upcoming South Carolina Caucus

Senator former presidential candidate Edmund Muskie urges his supporters and sympathisants to back the anti-Vietnam, pro-civil rights slate in South Carolina. Muskie stated that voting for the slate gives voters the best chance for immediate withdrawal from Vietnam. Muskie also said that voting for the slate is the best chance to defeat president Nixon in november.

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Muskie will visit several universities in the country

Senator and former presidential candidate Edmund Muskie announced that he'll appear in several universities across the nation, most notably in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Massachussets and Wisconsin which will all hold primaries in the near future. Among the universities where Edmund Muskie will appear in front of a student crowd are the University of Wisconsin System, Indiana University System, Perdue University System, University System of Ohio, and several other universities in Pennsylvania and Massachussets. One of the more notable places where the senator will appear is Kent State University where two years ago a shooting committed by the national guard took place.

The senator is expected to raise the Vietnam issue, but will also talk about other issues and crisises that face students nowadays. He'll also take a moment to talk about the environment, an issue he deeply cares about.

Senator Muskie also did let know that he'll attend the commemoration in memory of the victims on May the fourth at the Kent State University.

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Muskie proposes plan to break deadlock in primaries

While awaiting to make an official endorsement in the campaign, Edmund Muskie is looking for the best anti-war candidate to become the nominee and to face incumbent president Nixon in november. At the moment i'm not very thrilled on the prospects of a Humphrey presidency. I believe he hasn't shown enough commitment to several key issues that the American voters care about, including Vietnam, but i'm also worried about the extensive amount of vote splitting that might eventually hurt the anti-war left in the primaries.

Therefore, my call would be to senator Hartke, former senator McCarthy and mayor Lindsay to work together. I believe mayor Lindsay currently is the best positioned in Wisconsin, senator Hartke in Pennsylvania, and former senator McCarthy in Massachussets. My proposal and my request is for the other candidates to drop out of the other primaries and focus on the primary they're most likely to win most. This would be Wisconsin for mayor Lindsay, Pennsylvania for senator Hartke and Massachussets for former senator McCarthy.

In the case, a deal will be reached, i'm available to show up with each of the three candidates on the campaign trails in their respective states. And I would also call on the voters of each of their respective candidates to back the candidate that has the best chance of success in those states, being Lindsay in Wisconsin, Hartke in Pennsylvania and McCarthy in Massachussets.

The last thing we should do is enable a Wallace win because candidates who agree on virtually everything refuse to coöperate together for the greater good. And we need to do everything to ensure that one of those eventually captures the nomination, and that's what I intend on doing.