PiT/HappyWarrior for President June '09

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Maintain the regional election of Senators. What are your feelings on the issue if I may ask?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Emphasis on the "regional" part. I don't think anyone thinks that we should abolish the Senate.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     That's my goal. Helps that I'm running in the most conservative region.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I plan to listen to my constituents whenever they feel like they should offer advice. I think the Senate works best as a representative body.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     RPP vice-chairman PiT greets supporters within view of the capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia.

     I greet you all today to tell every one of you what I find to be an important issue for Senators to take a stand on. That is, wasteful spending.

     I'm not calling out any bills in particular, but I believe it to be important to rein in government spending. If we increase our expenditures, we must either tax ourselves, or we must tax our descendents. Everyone here who has or will have children probably doesn't want to put the load of our own expenditures on those children. At the same time, they might not have the means to take on the load themselves. As such, I will take a stand against wasteful government spending.

     When a bill calls for increased spending, the burden of proof will be on its supporters that it is truly a necessity for me to support it. At the same time, I will keep my eyes peeled to try to find wasteful bills that can be repealed. By bringing government spending under control, I seek to keep your assets in your hands & the size of the federal government under control! After all, we all deserve the right to kick back & take five without footing the bill for the wastes of big government.

     My ultimate point being that I will stand for the principles of fiscal conservatism, & we need great men who will join me in doing likewise as our Senators. The government that governs best governs least, in the words of the great Henry David Thoreau. We need to keep our government small, so that we may keep it accountable, & free from bureaucracy.

     Good night, & Dave bless Atlasia!

[Associate Justice PiT]

     For the record, I don't think negative advertising is really a necessity in this case. I believe that both my opponent & I have easily quantifiable merits & demerits. I need to campaign vigorously to educate the public on mine, but I think that they're plenty aware of where my opponent stands, given that he has been their Senator for the last couple of months.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Why? You don't want the chance to directly vote no?

I don't want the federalists to use a slight numbers advantage to disenfranchise the rest of us

So you admit your cause is unviable? It takes more than a slight majority to pass an amendment 'round these parts.

It takes four votes

     Actually, it can take less, depending on where those votes are. I mean, it is possible, though unlikely, for an amendment to pass with a majority of voters voting nay.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Care for a debate, PiT?

     Sure. Like Obama though, I'm not as good a debater as one might think.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Candidate for Senate PiT appears to address voters before the old capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

     I come before you in my campaign for Senate. Lately, Puerto Rico has been relatively ignored in the affairs of the Southeast. However, if I am to be your Senator, it is my firm belief that I should make my case to you too.

     I've talked about how I will help families by reducing the involvement of the federal government, but I intend to go into more depth in that regard, so that you may consider the impact that electing me would have on your day-to-day life.

     If elected, I will help introduce incentives to homeschool your children, & spend more time with them. I will also work to open more vocational schools. If you know what job you want to work, a vocational school can get you into the workforce just as efficiently as a four-year college can, & quicker to boot. I will also fight for a reduction of spending combined with smarter spending for the military to save families money. I will fight for the legalization of many drugs, as well as privatizing prisons where non-violent offenders are held, also in the name of reducing the size of government & returning money to families.

     There are other things that could be done, but it is difficult to balance the interests of everyone. Senator is a hard job, but rest assured that if you elect me, I'll do my best to discharge the duties of the office.

     Good evening, & Dave bless Atlasia!

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I've been on the campaign trail ever since the last elections wrapped up.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I understand the feeling. I want to see what Gporter will say in the debates.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Candidate for Senate PiT appears, greeting voters in downtown Miami, Florida.

     As our future Lt. Governor Daniel Adams told you already, I stand before you today in the interest of supporting the powers of our region. While Senator Bacon King does share my interest in supporting the rights of the regions to self-govern, I also fear that he is too willing to place the fate of our self-governance in the hands of other regions.

     This is the principle reason that I seek to become your next Senator. There are other reasons that I have detailed, such as restricting the power of the government. However, there is a reason that I have not talked about. That reason regards our military.

     The other day, I was sitting in a restaurant, eating beef & okra, when I was accosted by a veteran of the Vietnam War. He told me that he had become alienated from the military because they were forced to do battle in a losing war, for bureaucratic greed, alienating them from the public.

     I have far too much repsect for our men & women in uniform to suffer the same fates as the veterans of the Vietnam War. If elected Senator, I will push to weaken the national army, & likewise push for greatly strengthened regional militias. As such, the federal government, if found to be acting in a way counterproductive to the war effort, can risk having its army withdrawn from the fields of battle.

     After all, to begin a war without the intention of winning it is a terrible injustice to the soldiers who fight it. A president who would condone such actions is not fit to hold the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

     If you elect me Senator, I will push for the suggested Council of Governors to have the power to, with a 3/5 majority, put before the Senate a war resolution. If the Senate refuses, the Governors should have the power to, if said country is in poor standing with the Republic of Atlasia, unilaterally engage their regional militias in battle against that nation.

     Good evening, & Dave bless Atlasia!

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'm not going to comment on "stupid wars." It's not as if there is an objective measure by which to determine a war is stupid, though I do oppose wars that I consider to be stupid.

     The point I'm making is that it is terrible for us to fight wars if we aren't trying to win them. If you start a war, the only responsible thing to do is to try to win it. That didn't happen with Vietnam.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It was the war that he happened to have fought in, & was a war derailed by the problems that I promise to rally against. If we had fought to win, we could have ended the war sooner & saved lives.

     How would you feel if he had been a World War II vet instead of a Vietnam vet?

[Associate Justice PiT]

Senate candidate PiT appears to greet voters in front of a really tall monument in Birmingham, Alabama.

     As DWTL pointed out, Hashemite was suffice it to say, not courteous in his dissent towards us when we threatened to secede. Despite his efforts to decrease the level of political discourse by referring to the leaders of the secessionist movement as "fascist dictators," he has been elected Mideastern Assemblyman & now affirmed as Secretary of External Affairs. Perhaps if I run over to the Northeast & call Lief & Rocky fascists it will boost my political career.

     Nevertheless, people that I've encountered in the streets have told me that they like me, but they view my party as being rather extreme. One of them was the grandson of a Civil War vet. He told me that he didn't think secession was in the vogue anymore.

     Needless to say, if elected, I plan to be a voice for Southeastern conservatism, & will work to dispel the rumors of my party's extremism, as far as I can without compromising my devotion to the pursuit of the rights of regions or of smaller, more accountable federal government.

    Good day, & Dave bless Atlasia!

[Associate Justice PiT]

     To look non-extreme? I plan to consult my constituents on many votes & to search for compromises wherever feasible.

[Associate Justice PiT]

That's what matters to you? Really? I'd love to see you defend that law. I don't think even Porce would now.

But I actually have been called that off the forum, because it happens to be homophonous with the first syllable of my last name.

     It's called being sarcastic and/or antagonistic. Truth be told, it's humorous to have a candidate called Chode, & unless you can demonstrate that it costs you votes, there's really no harm done.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     DWTL is the Dear Leader now? I've never heard anyone call him that one.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     DWTL is the Dear Leader now? I've never heard anyone call him that one.

Do you have a better one?

     I would go for something that encapsulates his hatred of France. Towards that end, "fish," "Algerian," or "kraut" might be appropriate. That's just me though.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Indeed, I am a little shocked that there is such a willingness to spend more money on foreign aid in such trying times. We need to be spending less money, not more.

     I would like to see the foreign aid budget eliminated, with a handsome sum of money (say, 40% of the current foreign aid budget) being donated to charities. This would help avoid lining the pockets of dictators while making sure that the money is in the hands of people who know how to get it to the kids that need it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I've already visited Georgia, but you can speak at my stop in Mississippi. It'll be tomorrow or the next day.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I've already visited Georgia, but you can speak at my stop in Mississippi. It'll be tomorrow or the next day.

Thank you for the invitation. I will speak provided I have an opportunity.

     It's not a problem. At some point over the weekend, if we're both online at the same time, I'll send you a PM.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Senate candidate PiT gives a speech in front of the courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi.

     Greetings everybody. It is my pleasure to appear before you all here. Recently, certain people have suggested that I am a mere running dog of the "DWTL establishment" (rest assured, the RPP is much greater than a mere personality cult). Though I consider him & SPC to be good friends, I must beg to differ.

     For one, I am not in anyway an anarcho-capitalist. Though I have an economic PM score of +9, I do not trust the free market to solve all problems & I do not view the government as an inherent threat to the integrity of the economy. I merely think that people need to be self-sufficient.

     For another, I respect the right of the state of Israel to exist. It was founded on stolen land, but now that it's there, I oppose the land being taken away. I do however think that Israel should be held to account for their treatment of the Palestinians.

     Furthermore, I support the United States entering World War II. Had we not assisted England & the Soviet Union in fighting Germany, the Axis Powers would most likely have prevailed, with the whole continent of Europe being reduced to a suzerain state of Germany.

     I also think that Abraham Lincoln, though he did many ignoble things, was also a capable leader who succeeded in what he set out to do. Though I wouldn't call him the greatest president ever, I do respect him for accomplishing what he set out to do & for accelerating the end of slavery.

     Needless to say, though I am good friends with DWTL & SPC & Duke & I agree with them on many issues, I also have my own views. If elected Senator, I will not be afraid to take a different position from DWTL where I disagree with him. At the same time, I will be equally unafraid to take his side where I agree with him. However, I resent the idea that I will be an ideological clone. We agree on many issues, but we also have disagreements, some of which I've enumerated.

     The RPP is a party composed of fiercely independent people with widely divergent views. We consist of libertarians, conservatives, populists, & liberals who have come together for a simple reason; that being that we believe that it is not in the best interests of Atlasia that our government move from its current federal system to a more unitary one.

     Good evening, & Dave bless Atlasia!

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Thank you. I just felt like I should respond to recent attacks by Jas & Sensei suggesting that I am winning just because I parrot DWTL's ideas.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The whole point of my speech was to say that it's not a cult.