Vote Purple State/Marokai Blue in June!

[Purple State]

The Purple State/Marokai Blue Platform

Game Reform: Streamlining Forum Affairs (4/29)

The 3-Pronged Attack on Unemployment (4/29)

Game Reform: What Wiki? (5/6)

Sustaining Employment (5/6)

And keep checking back for fresh proposals...


Who Has Endorsed Us? (in chronological order)
Antonio V; Kalwejt; Winston Disraeli; Badger; ilikeverin (ish?); Hans-im-Glück; Happy Warrior; benconstine; Lief; Giovanni; Bacon King; Vepres; hawkeye59; Barnes; oakvale; Sewer Socialist; RG Fritz

*Do you support the ticket but don't see your name here? Just post your endorsement in this thread and it will be added. Thanks!




Original Campaign Announcement

Fellow Citizens of Atlasia:

I write this open letter to you today to announce that I will be a candidate for President of Atlasia in the upcoming June election.

I have given great thought to this decision as I weighed the responsibilities of this office and the needs of Atlasia. As I thought back over my time here, to those presidents that served before, I saw those traits that set the great presidents apart from their peers: a firm investment in an active Atlasia and a willingness to work with friends and rivals to solve problems. I believe that I embody these two attributes.

Since discovering Atlasia, I have given my all to actively improve the game and build a better and more exciting environment for you. I joined Inks and Peter in the Mideast to rewrite the regional constitution; I implemented effective reform of the Office of the Game Moderator alongside Sen. North Carolina Yankee; I pushed for the spread of regional legislatures to inspire broader participation.

My experience spans nearly every level of government in Atlasia. I started in the Mideast Assembly where I took an active role and eventually became Speaker of the Assembly. While there, I passed comprehensive election and education reforms into law while providing for a free-flowing and non-partisan legislature.

Next I served in the Senate where I was part of some of the most productive Senates on record. I championed the cause of our veterans to ensure that our defenders receive a true hero's welcome when they return home. I wrote a workers' Bill of Rights to set forth a clear set of guidelines for employers and for unions and I created a viable workers' compensation and training statute. And each of those passed with resounding support from members of the  DA, RPP and JCP (the three parties in the Senate at the time).

And now I serve as the GM, where I have tried to revive a powerful and long-dormant position and build a strong foundation for future GMs. By providing regular analysis and news that provide neutral commentary on Atlasia, the regions and the world, I have done my best to promote an active government and citizenry.

Shortly, I will announce my running mate. Together we will roll out a comprehensive and game-oriented platform over the coming weeks to explain our vision for reenergizing Atlasia and building a more effective and participatory system. I hope you will join us in the cause.

Thank you all for your patience.

I would now like to introduce my running mate: Marokai Blue.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Hello everyone,

I'm probably just as surprised as you are to be here right now. When Purple State asked me to be his running mate, I was completely taken aback. I never considered running for office, really, and I never imagined running on the ticket of another party. After talking to him about it for awhile, he convinced me.

He told me that we're active. We're hard-working. We love Atlasia. That together, he and I would form a powerful team, each with long records, strong accomplishments, dedicated personalities, and a strong work ethic. We keep our promises, and we have a vision.

He won me over in no time at all.

You all know me by now. I've been Attorney General, Vice-Chair of the JCP, a Senator, PPT, authored a new Introduction to Atlasia thread, among many other things, and detailing my entire history in Atlasia would be too long for this post, but I'd like to list some of my accomplishments of note:

• As Senator, I authored legislation to cap credit card interest rates and ban payday lending.
• I fought hard for one of my most important issues, and wrote Atlasia's first national minimum wage.
• I took on the hefty task of crafting an economic recovery bill which, according to the Game Moderator, has spurred economic activity and is helping the recover chug along.
• I wrote legislation which radically restructured the Atlasian tax system to be more fair to the lower class and reduce our deficit.
• Domestic policy isn't all I've pushed for. No, I wrote and fought hard for a Constitutional Amendment which sensibly altered activity requirements, office-holding regulations, and voting rules.
• As Attorney General, I wrote a bill that my regional Senator introduced that allowed for the creation, after so long, of a new Introduction to Atlasia thread.

One thing that has guided my career in Atlasia is my fiery personality, and this will not change. I use my persistence to push hard for my goals, to whip people into shape, and to maintain the balance between hard work and partisan wrangling that really keeps Atlasia alive. And to those who say to me "Marokai, you're a Supreme Court Justice!" I say to you, yes, and it's been done before!

This is an important election. This election will have many clear choices, but this ticket is a team that will run to keep our promises, to institute new ideas, and fight for activity if it's the last thing we do. Atlasia, I'm running on this ticket because I know Purple State will keep his promises. I know I will keep my promises. I know that both of us can do the hard work that so many people talk about doing, but never do.

I'll close with something I was reminded of trying to come up with this opening speech of mine. Something Lief once said when he started his campaign for June of last year.

By refocusing the debate on real world economic and social issues and by working towards coherent policy, we will make the government side of the game more engaging; we will make campaigns more meaningful, shifting them away from personality contests or party-line votes to votes based on political and ideological issues; and we will spur greater political debate, as Senators and voters are forced to make real decisions.

I so strongly believe this election should be made about credentials. It should be made about who has the best ideas, and who can best achieve them based on the record. If this election is to be made on a personality contest, a contest of who can be the friendliest and nicest and who can charm there way to victory, I'm not your man for Vice President.

But if this election will be made on hard work, on who is more active, on which ticket has the best ideas, on which team can and has accomplished the most, then I believe Purple State is your man to be President, and I your man for the Vice Presidency.

And that is why I'm here. Let's get to it.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Well, this is one hell of a surprise.

[Хahar 🤔]

Over the past week or so, I've definitely come over to your side a lot. But I need certain assurances. What exactly will you do if elected?

[Purple State]

Over the past week or so, I've definitely come over to your side a lot. But I need certain assurances. What exactly will you do if elected?

We will be rolling out a pretty wide-ranging platform in the days and weeks ahead. It will address matters from policy proposals to game reforms to presidential actions. Keep an eye on this thread.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Over the past week or so, I've definitely come over to your side a lot. But I need certain assurances. What exactly will you do if elected?

We will be rolling out a pretty wide-ranging platform in the days and weeks ahead. It will address matters from policy proposals to game reforms to presidential actions. Keep an eye on this thread.

Yes, from domestic policy, to foreign policy, to game reform, we have a truly large list of things we will continue to bring up, develop, and refine. Over time, these will all be posted.

[Sewer]

If you win will you commute my sentence to time served?

[Associate Justice PiT]

Well, this is one hell of a surprise.

     ...It is?

[Purple State]

If you win will you commute my sentence to time served?

The President does not have that power per the decision in Xahar v. Lief.

No such luck.

[Sewer]

If you win will you commute my sentence to time served?

The President does not have that power per the decision in Xahar v. Lief.

No such luck.

That was for pardons, all I ask for is a commutation.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Endorsed.

[afleitch]

Good news I wish you both the best of luck. If something stirs, if you think you can seize the moment and make a difference then you should. I can't say anymore as I've not yet thought about what I'll be doing (depends on a few real life issues) come the next race.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Damn, another DA-er for President.

Damn, another unity ticker.

Endorsed of course

[Marokai Backbeat]

Damn, another DA-er for President.

Damn, another unity ticker.

Endorsed of course

And we appreciate it.

[k-onmmunist]

Endorsed

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Damn, another DA-er for President.

Damn, another unity ticker.

Endorsed of course

And we appreciate it.

So pray now Yank won't turn out to be better candidate and better statesman, so I'd have to endorse him

[Marokai Backbeat]

Damn, another DA-er for President.

Damn, another unity ticker.

Endorsed of course

And we appreciate it.

So pray now Yank won't turn out to be better candidate and better statesman, so I'd have to endorse him

If you voted for a right-winger over me I would be heartbroken!

Endorsed

Thanks We will make all those who endorse us truly proud of doing so.

[Rowan]

You had me until the running mate, sorry.

[Badger]

Endorsed totally. It'll be great to have a theroughly active executive.

And Brandon, what's the odds PS will die/disappear in office? Reasonable conservatives need to ask whether they prefer Blue as VP vs. on the Supreme Court.

[ilikeverin]

I refuse to endorse on the grounds that we will never, ever, ever again have a GM as active as you

[Hans-im-Glück]

Endorsed 

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Hmm, this is interesting. I shall have fun this afternoon.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Endorsed totally. It'll be great to have a theroughly active executive.

And Brandon, what's the odds PS will die/disappear in office? Reasonable conservatives need to ask whether they prefer Blue as VP vs. on the Supreme Court.

The problem is, whats the difference been Justice Marokai and Justice Bgwah, Justice Fritz or maybe Justice Badger .

[HappyWarrior]

Endorsed

[Filuwaúrdjan]

As a member of the current administration it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment much, though this certainly wouldn't be a bad ticket. I do, however, have some concerns; essentially, I'm not sure if it's appropriate for either of you to run for partisan office while remaining in your current - politically sensitive - posts. It is true that there's form for this sort of thing, but that was actually highly controversial. I'm not suggesting that you both resign immediately, but I do think that a timeframe of some kind would be advisible.