A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the June 2013 Presidential Election

[Adam Griffin]

Thanks to NM-AM hero and IDS Legislator Hashemite for the inspiration behind this graphic story. With so many interesting events occurring in this recent Presidential election, it deserves a place in history – cemented via many, many GIFs, of course.

April 2013:

Federalist Party:





Labor Party:





Liberal Party:

When asked about their nominee's chances:

Laborites:





Federalists:





Liberals:





Here comes Xahar and Hash:

When it's realized the Federalists need a new candidate:

Federalists:





Laborites:




Liberals:

Matt from VT announces his candidacy:

Labor HQ:





Federalist HQ:

After the first round of polling:

Federalist HQ:





Labor HQ:





Liberal HQ:





NM-AM HQ:

Meanwhile, in the Pacific...

When Labor mentions the idea of merging with the Liberals:

Laborites:





Liberals:





Then Labor was all like:

When The Atlasian Laborinth says another Federalist will challenge Matt:

The Federalists said:

The next day, Oakvale announces:

Hagrid in public:





Hagrid in private:





The mood at Labor HQ:

Oakvale loses the Federalist primary:

At Labor HQ:





At Federalist HQ:





At Liberal HQ:

When Liberals start endorsing Matt:

Laborites:





Federalists:

When the final round of polling comes in:

Federalists:





Liberals:





Laborites:

Two days before the election, the country finds out about Operation Rimjob:

Liberals:





Laborites:





NM-AM:





Federalists:

ELECTION DAY - The polls open:

Just a few hours later, PMs go down:

Everyone is like:



A few hours after that @ Labor HQ:







Everywhere else:

When half the Liberal Party starts voting for Matt:

Laborites were like:



Federalists were like:



Liberals were like:

The next day, PMs come back online:

Labor:





Federalist:





Liberal:

Oh no! More defections from the Left:

Labor's response:

The final day! Matt takes the lead:

What the rest of the country thinks Labor feels like:





What Labor actually feels like:

3...2...1...

Labor:





Federalist:





Liberal:

Labor wins again (duh). Its response...

...to its supporters:





...to the Federalists:





...to the turncoat Liberals and other haters:

Labor's advice for Atlasia:

[Adam Griffin]

Love it!

Thanks!

[Adam Griffin]

Hey Adam! The Liberal Party suppose to be a moderate party after all, we are not supposed to vote for the Labor candidate every single time.

The crazy thing is that you have already won and now you are trying to make fun of those Liberals that voted on Matt!This is a silly action however; the Liberal Party usually is at the same side of the Labor Party. So why have you made a post dedicated to blame many of our members?

Nix is a moderate. Nix has plenty of experience and actually cares about this game. The fact that anyone besides the Liberaltarian wing of your party voted against him for a candidate who had a questionable amount of experience and was to the right of your party's values demonstrates the personality-based tactics that were clearly at play. Not all Liberals felt that way, thankfully, and we are grateful for their support.

The Liberal and Labor Parties are capable of working together on a variety of issues and have in the past. We have supported and endorsed Liberal candidates, even in this last election. We didn't threaten to withdraw our endorsements, nor did we threaten to sit out elections because a candidate from the Liberal Party was the front-runner. With a great party Chair like DemPGH and with the worst elements of your party formally gone, maybe the Liberal Party can rebuild itself once again into something that is respectable and that not a knee-jerk cult for some washed-up has-been. 

[Adam Griffin]

Strong words from a washed-up has-been.

Indeed. But hey, if you had been playing the same fantasy simulator for years, you'd probably feel the same way and have a hard time letting go, too.

[Adam Griffin]

Snowguy, that is clearly because you fail to grasp the full gravity of my advanced writing skills.

That might be funny if you had any clue at all what you're talking about.

Bold claims for someone who ends sentences with prepositions.

My Little Pony, invalidate

Childish morons, invalidate

Marcus Perv relius, invalidate

blowjob offers, invalidate

I love you.


I also love how much attention this thread continues to receive. Please, keep it up!

[Adam Griffin]

Clearly Winfield and I are the only ones fit to lead around here.

Maybe a herd of sheep.

[Adam Griffin]

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L tbh

I still think, for the most part - after all this time - that June '13 was the most exciting election I've ever seen in the game. I'm forgetting a couple of others right now that I know were fun, but this one was just awesome all the way through!

[Adam Griffin]

If you do another one, I will be very happy

Honestly they should have put me out to pasture years ago - I'm too low-energy these days to keep up with whatever is considered to be hoopla, because...

It's been one long decline from here

I know - SAD!