Populares Convention, June 2010

[SvenssonRS]

x SvenssonRS

[SvenssonRS]

Kindly stop trolling the convention, Kal.

[SvenssonRS]

Since I know how much of a zoo these conventions have a tendency to become, I'd like to at least try to give Dallas a break from sorting it out.

I nominate Han.

[SvenssonRS]

As long as Dallasfan is willing to chair this convention, I will not accept nominations.

Well, in that case, I nominate poor Dallas again.

[SvenssonRS]

I will not be running for reelection as Secretary. Instead, perhaps quixotically, I intend to challenge Libertas for the position of Whip.

[SvenssonRS]

Motives? Libertas, you make it sound as though I have some hidden sinister agenda. No, I simply want to help move the party forward, something I can barely do at all in my current post. I want to see the party succeed - nothing more, nothing less.

While it is true that Libertas has undeniable experience within this party, the Populares cannot rely on that forever. All things change, and parties such as ours must be one of them. The Popular Party must continually morph and adapt to be taken at all seriously by Atlasian voters, though that must never mean abandoning our belief in liberty.

I appreciate our current Whip's service to Atlasia and to the party; I honestly do, despite the countless disagreements we constantly have. However, I believe that Libertas' tenure has begun to create a particularly unfortunate face for the party. He is undeniably one of our most vocal members, and arguably one of the more aggressive as well. In my eyes, he displays a hostility and unwillingness to bend that reflects very poorly on the rest of our membership - I honestly feel that he has, unwittingly, made us all look like a fringe group of radicals. While the pursuit of liberty and freedom is a golden cause, and one that is eternally worth fighting for, there should be a very clear line drawn between passion and extremism.

I love this party and I stand for its beliefs, and yes, I will acknowledge that if not for Libertas, I would have never become active in our politics. But I believe it's time for a change - it is time to adapt, and progress. My challenge to him is in no way rooted in the undeniable tension the two of us may exhibit towards each other; it is based in a desire to see this party truly flourish, and to see our message be at least accepted by voters of all ideologies.

My fellow Populares, vote me in as your next Whip, and I will do all in my power to make this party truly shine.

[SvenssonRS]

Chairman

• Jbrase

[] None of the Above

Vice-Chairman

• Hantheguitarman

[]None of the Above

Whip
[] Libertas

• SvenssonRS

[] None of the Above

Secretary

• RosettaStoned

[] None of the Above

Chief Director

• redcommander

[] None of the Above

[SvenssonRS]

President

[X] RosettaStoned/useful idiot (POP/POP)
[] afleitch/Smid (DA/RPP)
[] Purple State/Marokai Blue (DA/JCP)

Northeast Senator

[X] Dallasfan65 (POP)
[] Eraserhead (JCP)
[] Winston D'israeli (SDP)

Mideast Senator

[X] Franzl (DA)
[] Inks.LWC (RPP)
[] Boris (JCP)
[] Al (Chartist)
[] Yougo (POP)

Southeast Senator

[X] North Carolina Yankee (RPP)
[] GPORTER (JCP)

Midwest Senator

[X] SvenssonRS (POP)
[] Franken (JCP)

Pacific Senator

[X] Bgwah (JCP)
[] Xahar (Chartist)

Northeast Governor

[X] Rowan Brandon (RPP)

Northeast Lieutenant Governor

[X] FezzyFestoon (RPP)