Blood, Sweat, and Gore: A 2008 Election Game by Aaron and Dat

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I would like Russ Feingold, please

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I would like the endorsement of Rep. Bruce Braley, please. Also, ITTL Florida and Michigan had that conflict with the DNC which prevented them from participating in the convention vote too?

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Des Moines, Iowa

Crowd cheers - RUSS!

Hello, Des Moines! I am so excited to be here with you! I am sure that tonight, we will start a movement which will win the White House in 2008!

My fellow Americans, we need change in this country! Real, structural change. And I know what you will say. You will say that Democrats have been controlling the White House for 16 years. And that is true. But while I respect the service of Presidents Clinton and Gore, and I do not want to think what would have happened if one of the plutocrats nominated by the Republicans like Cheney or Bush Jr. would have won, I must say that we need to do more then they did. Because, right now, in America, 20 million people are uninsured, and tens of millions more are underinsured. Because, right now, as we speak, in America, thousands of people are going bankrupt because of the medical bills while all of those billionaires have so much money and they feel like exploiting loopholes in our tax code to save more money for themselves, instead of paying their fair share to fund education, Medicare, our veterans healthcare and yes, our troops, while the working people are paying so much that they can not put food on their table. We are paying more for the loopholes of those billionaires then we are paying for Pell Grants! Does that sound fair to you?

Back to healthcare. GoreCare is a nice plan, but it does not do enough. After we implement it, millions of people will still not have insurance. As such, I will come up with a plan which really does the job of providing everyone with healthcare, because quality healthcare should be a right for everyone, not just for those wealthy enough to afford it! Our manufacturing jobs are leaving, outsourced by big corporations, and this was made much easier by NAFTA! That deal has to be negotiated again, from the scratch, or our jobs will continue to leave! You know who will not do that? Hillary Clinton! Not only did she support NAFTA in the 1990s, but she also brought an office specialized in outsourcing to Brooklyn, so the jobs in the great state of New York could also be outsourced like those in Ohio and Michigan! She is a radical supporter of outsourcing, and with her in the Oval Office, our jobs will continue to magically disappear!

Our troops are absolutely amazing, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for their service! However, their Commanders still deploy them as if it was still the Cold War! For example, why are we having troops in Qatar? What are they doing there? Why are we having troops in Uganda? What are they doing there? Why are we having troops in Botswana? What are they doing there? We need to protect our country and our allies in a smart, effective way, not act like the guardian of the world. And if that was not enough, the corporate crooks ruling over the GOP want us to invade the Middle East! This would be insane, and it shows why the GOP can not win this election, or our working people will go through much suffering!

Thank you for coming and let 2008 be the year of the bold, progressive choices that will make America fairer and stronger then ever before! Let our journey begin! Thank you once again!

Crowd cheers - RUSS!

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Russ Feingold @RUSS

I am officially creating my Twitter account, so I can communicate directly with you, the people, unfiltered by the biases of the corporate media outlets like FOX News!

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You will be surprised

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Did CAFTA pass in this TL?

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Did CAFTA pass in this TL?

No, it did not.

Alright, I will modify my post then.

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anyone wanna make a guess on Trump's best states?

OK, TN, AL, MS.

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Also, I just forgot, any predictions for the 2008 electoral map with a Generic R v a Generic D v Trump so far?

Probably 284 Dem - 254 Rep. GOP wins all swing states outside of the Midwest but there Trump takes much support and the states stay blue except for Indiana probably.

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I know I'm not actively playing this game anymore, but I have to rather strongly object to Hillary presumably pulling a Vince Foster on a campaign rival.

She's not that power-hungry or stupid.

First of all, Clinton was never directly accused of anything. And there will be evidence which will show her innocence. Second of all, I am trying to make the game more interesting with this new plot idea (not necessarily a good one by any means) and given that you are no longer a part of it, I do not see why you are objecting (and strongly lol).