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Stuyvesant: Vermont in the American Republic
Vermont is unique among the States of the American Republic, as none of its parties are officially aligned with any of the three Electoral Alliances of the Unity Coalition, the Sovereignty Alliance, and the Front for Progress. However each of the State's three parties can typically be assumed to vote with each Alliance's New England parties. This is reflective of the state's self-dependent nature, and also one of the few states to have escaped the effects of the Second Civil War.
Firstly the Anti-Masonic Party, which is a spiritual successor to the 19th-Century Party of the same name, which achieved success as America's first third party to win electoral votes with William Wirt's candidacy in the 1832 Presidential Election. It was founded by reformist elements of the Opposition to Autocracy Party, which itself was the alliance of Anti-Pershing National Unionists and Anti-San Francisco Populists during the Interconstitutional Era, following the reinstatement of Federal Authority. Despite predating the Front for Progress by almost fifty years, it quickly aligned itself behind them following their meteoric rise during the 1984 Federal Election.
The Anti-Masons were embroiled in scandal when State Senate Leader Lebenstein made disparaging comments towards Jews in a speech on “Masonic abuse” in the banking industry. The Mountain Party was quick to use this to attack the Anti-Masons after they refused to eject him from the party for his remarks. The Union Party was predictably mum on the topic, which is consistent with their party's history with the notoriously anti-Semitic ARA.
The Mountain Party was formed as a splinter from the now-defunct Vermont branch of the Yankee Party, who believed the national party was not doing enough to protect the environment in the region. They are mainly in favor of greater funding for the rural regions of the State, which is usually enough to have the Union Party support them in limited supply agreements. They focus on the small-towns of Southern and Central Vermont, although they have made inroads to the rural north, traditional stronghold of the Anti-Masons.
Last but certainly not least, the Union Party, which was formed by remnants of Charles Lindbergh [Sr.]'s Patriotic Union militias in the dying days of the Second Civil War and the strife of the Interconstitutional Era. The Unionists dominate the North East Kingdom, as they allegedly take violent actions against outsiders, or anyone who vocally support any of the other parties. They have always skirted the law, with their party badge containing symbolism of the ARA that is technically banned, but they claim is only “Sticking up for their heritage”
Firstly the Anti-Masonic Party, which is a spiritual successor to the 19th-Century Party of the same name, which achieved success as America's first third party to win electoral votes with William Wirt's candidacy in the 1832 Presidential Election. It was founded by reformist elements of the Opposition to Autocracy Party, which itself was the alliance of Anti-Pershing National Unionists and Anti-San Francisco Populists during the Interconstitutional Era, following the reinstatement of Federal Authority. Despite predating the Front for Progress by almost fifty years, it quickly aligned itself behind them following their meteoric rise during the 1984 Federal Election.
The Anti-Masons were embroiled in scandal when State Senate Leader Lebenstein made disparaging comments towards Jews in a speech on “Masonic abuse” in the banking industry. The Mountain Party was quick to use this to attack the Anti-Masons after they refused to eject him from the party for his remarks. The Union Party was predictably mum on the topic, which is consistent with their party's history with the notoriously anti-Semitic ARA.
The Mountain Party was formed as a splinter from the now-defunct Vermont branch of the Yankee Party, who believed the national party was not doing enough to protect the environment in the region. They are mainly in favor of greater funding for the rural regions of the State, which is usually enough to have the Union Party support them in limited supply agreements. They focus on the small-towns of Southern and Central Vermont, although they have made inroads to the rural north, traditional stronghold of the Anti-Masons.
Last but certainly not least, the Union Party, which was formed by remnants of Charles Lindbergh [Sr.]'s Patriotic Union militias in the dying days of the Second Civil War and the strife of the Interconstitutional Era. The Unionists dominate the North East Kingdom, as they allegedly take violent actions against outsiders, or anyone who vocally support any of the other parties. They have always skirted the law, with their party badge containing symbolism of the ARA that is technically banned, but they claim is only “Sticking up for their heritage”
SoldierOfChrist: Norwood Mackie
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Norwood Mackie was a Texan Army officer, Jesuit chaplain, and statesman who served as the 31st President of the Republic of Texas from July 1954 until his assassination in 1969. In Texas, he is commonly referred to as Father Mackie, or by his initials, ANM.
Mackie was born in Benthuysen, Hunt County in 1916. He was the fourth son of Andrew Mackie, a clothier, and Marian Short Mackie, a midwife. Both his parents were devout Roman Catholics. His grandfather Thomas had migrated from Ulster to Texas in 1873 to work on the railroads. At age 17, Mackie graduated from Our Lady of the Assumption Seminary School in Bishop and joined the Society of Jesus. In 1935, he graduated Saint Paul Commissary College and was designated a chaplain in the Army of the Republic of Texas. From 1936 to 1938, he served military congregations in Nacogdoches and Bird’s Fort. Upon the outbreak of the Second Continental War, Mackie was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and sent to the Trans-Mississippi front to fight against the Anglo-Americans. He received 17 medals, decorations, and awards, including the Texas Valor Cross, and ended the war with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was promoted to full Colonel in 1946.
As Colonel, Mackie was the Deputy Director of Army Intelligence before transferring to the Quartermaster Department. In February 1948, Mackie was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Pensions by President Lazard. He was removed from his post May of that same year after being accused of Communist sympathies, and was recommended for ten-months instruction at l’École de guerre in Paris.
Mackie returned to Texas to find a greatly changed political environment. The reactionary Lazard had been ousted in favor of the much more amenable General Alphonse E. Ames, who promised an end to Old Guard paranoia in favor of “Honor, Progress, and Bread”. He restructured the steel and shipbuilding industries, raised wages for agrarian laborers, and formed a provisional committee for revisions to the Official Texas Bible. Selected by Ames as a potential protégé to cultivate, Mackie received the prestigious appointment of Provost of St. Paul Commissary College. Following the downfall of Ames ally James P. Thomas, Mackie ascended to the office of Secretary of State in 1953. He came to represent the conservative tendency in the military, and clashed frequently with the President.
In the end, Ames proved to be a bitter disappointment to both the political Catholic elite, who found him atrociously liberal and insufficiently pious, and the peasant-labor left, who resented his patrician roots and felt that he did not go far enough with his reforms, particularly land reform. Foreign perceptions were no more flattering; on a state visit to Houston-on-the-Brazos in May 1951, French Prime Minister Jeanneret derisively referred to Ames as a “sycophantic little gargoyle”. The officer corps quickly grew tired of their former hero’s chameleon antics, and talk of a coup was in the air as early as 1952. With no single faction detesting him enough to overthrow him, Ames clung to power for another two years before the pot boiled over.
The Texan coup d’état of 1954 was relatively bloodless, and Ames was placed under house arrest. Four hours later, Andrew Norwood Mackie was unanimously elected President by the State Council for Constitutional Reconstruction in the dining hall of the Presidential Palace.
Mackie was born in Benthuysen, Hunt County in 1916. He was the fourth son of Andrew Mackie, a clothier, and Marian Short Mackie, a midwife. Both his parents were devout Roman Catholics. His grandfather Thomas had migrated from Ulster to Texas in 1873 to work on the railroads. At age 17, Mackie graduated from Our Lady of the Assumption Seminary School in Bishop and joined the Society of Jesus. In 1935, he graduated Saint Paul Commissary College and was designated a chaplain in the Army of the Republic of Texas. From 1936 to 1938, he served military congregations in Nacogdoches and Bird’s Fort. Upon the outbreak of the Second Continental War, Mackie was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and sent to the Trans-Mississippi front to fight against the Anglo-Americans. He received 17 medals, decorations, and awards, including the Texas Valor Cross, and ended the war with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was promoted to full Colonel in 1946.
As Colonel, Mackie was the Deputy Director of Army Intelligence before transferring to the Quartermaster Department. In February 1948, Mackie was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Pensions by President Lazard. He was removed from his post May of that same year after being accused of Communist sympathies, and was recommended for ten-months instruction at l’École de guerre in Paris.
Mackie returned to Texas to find a greatly changed political environment. The reactionary Lazard had been ousted in favor of the much more amenable General Alphonse E. Ames, who promised an end to Old Guard paranoia in favor of “Honor, Progress, and Bread”. He restructured the steel and shipbuilding industries, raised wages for agrarian laborers, and formed a provisional committee for revisions to the Official Texas Bible. Selected by Ames as a potential protégé to cultivate, Mackie received the prestigious appointment of Provost of St. Paul Commissary College. Following the downfall of Ames ally James P. Thomas, Mackie ascended to the office of Secretary of State in 1953. He came to represent the conservative tendency in the military, and clashed frequently with the President.
In the end, Ames proved to be a bitter disappointment to both the political Catholic elite, who found him atrociously liberal and insufficiently pious, and the peasant-labor left, who resented his patrician roots and felt that he did not go far enough with his reforms, particularly land reform. Foreign perceptions were no more flattering; on a state visit to Houston-on-the-Brazos in May 1951, French Prime Minister Jeanneret derisively referred to Ames as a “sycophantic little gargoyle”. The officer corps quickly grew tired of their former hero’s chameleon antics, and talk of a coup was in the air as early as 1952. With no single faction detesting him enough to overthrow him, Ames clung to power for another two years before the pot boiled over.
The Texan coup d’état of 1954 was relatively bloodless, and Ames was placed under house arrest. Four hours later, Andrew Norwood Mackie was unanimously elected President by the State Council for Constitutional Reconstruction in the dining hall of the Presidential Palace.
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Chapman
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That's my mistake, forgot to note that the VP was vacant from 1978-1980 (as a result of RFK's suicide).
Chapman
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This is why I really should do footnotes
Basically the idea is that RFK gets entangled in the criminal activity going on within the Hoffa Administration, can't cope with the guilt and becomes an alcoholic/drug addict, alienates himself from his family, and ultimately shoots himself in the head (which is what causes President Hoffa's near-impeachment, and disappearance).That would be worst case scenario.This is why I really should do footnotes
Chapman
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True, this is all part of a larger story i'm writing. It's intended as a drama, more than realistic fiction, so a lot of "worst case scenario" stuff happens.
TheHolyInquisition
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Is the trend this thread gonna be entire wiki pages?
Because I am so for it.
Aww damn it! You beat me to it! I was gonna make a Cuban election map or something. Although this is really good though, maybe shouldn't have all 12 parties in that format of wikipedia infobox and instead use the one for proportional representation where there is usually up to 20 parties, for an example look at the dutch election wikipedia infoboxes for that format, they are usually without the picture of the party leader, so they can be lined up without taking up as much space.
Gentleman Biaggi
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Yeah, I had to go and use a different box for the bottom 3, so thanks for the advice!
InfernoMole: Bogdan Dimitrov
"Bogdan Dimitrov, born on April 11 of 2079, is one of the most influential figures in modern art. The sole child of two Orbital workers, Lara Chernenko and Stoyan Dimitrov, Bogdan Dimitrov has single-handedly created an entire new style, a whole new movement of art, directly tied to the unforgiving expanse of space and the issues Orbitals face while living on space stations. Dimitrov's work is characterized by heavy neo-chiaroscuro, combined with a refusal to use 'warm' or 'cold' color schemes, instead utilizing a 'light' or 'dark' color scheme, giving life to cold, empty chambers of space stations, cosmic objects or 'inner demons'..."
~ Excerpt from New Zealandian documentary Art Beyond Earth – Bogdan Dimitrov and the Movement of Orbitalism, dated July 2145
"This man [Dimitrov] is amazing. The bust [of Ramzan Kadyrov] that I commissioned, it's very accurate, distinctly classical in its depiction, incredibly Roman, incredibly monumental, but it has a tinge of modernity that makes it distinctly... you know, Dimitrov's."
~ Zurab Kadyrov, Governor of Chechnya, about the Bust of a Father, 12 September 2132
"Y'now, he was always a rather... detached man. Painfully so. I guess that's what surviving a dozen explosions, gas leaks and shots to the head does to a man. But, unlike most people I knew, Bogdan was pretty durable. Always came out on top, or so."
~ Leonid Sudakov about Bogdan Dimitrov, November 2143
"Bogdan Dimitrov was not just a man! He was the scion of the space stations that contained us, the father of Orbital independence! And those who killed him - the rotten corporate businessmen of the Three Worlds – will pay for this injustice!"
~ Excerpt from Guust Sartorij's speech during the Axion Protests, 17 July 2148
~ Excerpt from New Zealandian documentary Art Beyond Earth – Bogdan Dimitrov and the Movement of Orbitalism, dated July 2145
"This man [Dimitrov] is amazing. The bust [of Ramzan Kadyrov] that I commissioned, it's very accurate, distinctly classical in its depiction, incredibly Roman, incredibly monumental, but it has a tinge of modernity that makes it distinctly... you know, Dimitrov's."
~ Zurab Kadyrov, Governor of Chechnya, about the Bust of a Father, 12 September 2132
"Y'now, he was always a rather... detached man. Painfully so. I guess that's what surviving a dozen explosions, gas leaks and shots to the head does to a man. But, unlike most people I knew, Bogdan was pretty durable. Always came out on top, or so."
~ Leonid Sudakov about Bogdan Dimitrov, November 2143
"Bogdan Dimitrov was not just a man! He was the scion of the space stations that contained us, the father of Orbital independence! And those who killed him - the rotten corporate businessmen of the Three Worlds – will pay for this injustice!"
~ Excerpt from Guust Sartorij's speech during the Axion Protests, 17 July 2148
magicmikey: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Dwight Eisenhower replaces Nixon with Henry Cabot Lodge as his running mate in 1956. Lodge goes on to win the GOP's nomination in 1960 and wins a comeback victory against Senator John Kennedy in the general election.
SoldierOfChrist: Directorate of the Panoply of the State
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By the last decades of the 20th century, OGAS had assumed most major functions of the state economy in the various Union Republics. But the Glushkovites planned to go further still. From its inception, OGAS was envisioned as an all-encompassing utility in society, and breakthrough advances in the field of cybernetics and predictive modeling allowed the Politburo to fully explore its military and security applications. Collaborating with the Chinese State Planning Commission and their South American counterparts at Synco, the great minds of the Soviet Union constructed through socialist diligence and science the most advanced surveillance state in human history. What happened next seems inevitable now with the benefit of hindsight, but few could have predicted it at the time.
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