MaxQue Office (At-large Senator)

[Franzl]

I don't live in your region...so I won't be able to vote for or against you...but if you don't mind, I'll kick off your campaign by asking the first question:

What is your opinion of Senator Torie's performance in the Senate....and in what ways will you be different?

[Franzl]

Yeah Max and Realisticidealist apparently have so much in common politically.....yeah right.

But I suppose the fact that Max is now a member of the JCP makes that alright....anything to gain power, eh Marokai?

(No offense to you Max....I think you'd make a good senator )

[Franzl]

Yeah Max and Realisticidealist apparently have so much in common politically.....yeah right.

But I suppose the fact that Max is now a member of the JCP makes that alright....anything to gain power, eh Marokai?

Yeah, well, it's not all about politics. I once said after being elected that if I felt that Max could do a better job, or at least if I didn't desire it anymore, that he was welcome to take my seat. I am fulfilling that promise.

I'm not blaming you at all...I hope that's not what it sounded like. My comment was directed at Marokai who tends to insult the DA for including people of various ideologies and supporting them. I was just pointing out that the JCP is doing exactly that by replacing you with Max, and that the very same people that voted almost unanimously for you last election (the JCP machine obviously rules the Pacific) will now happily cast their vote for Max because of his partisan affiliation. Still, I don't hear anything from Marokai about that.

I have an extremely high level of respect for you and your work in this Senate.

[Franzl]

Yeah Max and Realisticidealist apparently have so much in common politically.....yeah right.

But I suppose the fact that Max is now a member of the JCP makes that alright....anything to gain power, eh Marokai?

Yeah, well, it's not all about politics. I once said after being elected that if I felt that Max could do a better job, or at least if I didn't desire it anymore, that he was welcome to take my seat. I am fulfilling that promise.

I'm not blaming you at all...I hope that's not what it sounded like. My comment was directed at Marokai who tends to insult the DA for including people of various ideologies and supporting them. I was just pointing out that the JCP is doing exactly that by replacing you with Max, and that the very same people that voted almost unanimously for you last election (the JCP machine obviously rules the Pacific) will now happily cast their vote for Max because of his partisan affiliation. Still, I don't hear anything from Marokai about that.

I have an extremely high level of respect for you and your work in this Senate.

Party-politics I'm afraid, there's nothing I can do about that. Max though has been around for a very long time and has remained fairly active and interested in Atlasia the entire time.

They certainly have more in common than the protectionist and the libertarian.

I understand. I mean, it's good that the JCP is composed of social democrats, centrists and libertarian-lights, right?

Oh wait. Doesn't that mean the JCP doesn't have an "ideology"? Oops.

[Franzl]

I certainly have my criticisms of the JCP and the way it's run, Franzl. (However I do think Bgwah and Lunar are more left wing economically than their PM scores would suggest.)

Possibly, although I do wonder what led you to leave the SPD, Marokai. Was it maybe because the SPD wasn't politically viable, and you wanted to join a party that had some chance of winning elections?

I'm not criticizing that alone, I understand that the SPD wasn't going anywhere, no reason to be ashamed of that. I support electoral alliances that help people further their goals....I just think your double standard concerning the DA is quite hypocritical.

[Franzl]

It's not traditional in Atlasia that the President and VP share a common ideology, at least not necessarily. There's more to creating a ticket than just seeing which person might be closest on a political basis.

While I certainly agree that people such as.....Afleitch, myself...or as you mentioned, Hashemite, might be somewhat closer to PiT on various issues, we believe that Happy will ultimately serve Atlasia with his high level of interest, activity, and experience....and yes, obviously, I'll admit, our merger does seek to gain the most popular support possible, that's obvious, isn't it? Our primary goal is to reform Atlasia....especially regarding what we believe to be an ineffective and incompetent administration at present. We believe that the DA's solid majority in the Senate, combined with some conservative executive leadership, has the best chance of doing good work for Atlasia and balancing things out.

To your second point about the DA as a party....I believe you vastly overstate the differences among our members. I've said it before....I challenge you to find a single member that could be considered socially conservative. Even in economics....you can hardly find any member that doesn't support universal healthcare.....progressive taxation....or some level of free trade (yes, I'm aware that there's one major exception here ). The difference between "center-left" and "center-right" isn't what you try to portray it as within the Democratic Alliance.