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Learning to be Free Again: Electoral Wackiness in Post-Communist America
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Aaaa, sorry! I've been consumed by modding for KR and EaW, and an election game in Shared Worlds, too. No, this TL is not dead, maybe on a small hiatus, but I will definitely find time for an update in the future.
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“One more term! One more term!”
Even before the Congressional elections of 2012, chants like these were popping in and out on the streets, and especially online.
Once again, Congress yielded a political rainbow fractured between several different factions - the rainbow acquired different colors since last time, however. Arguably, it can be said that House Speaker Tucker Carlson’s “Non-Partisan” Reform Bloc was the victory, despite being only two months old - it only acquired a slim plurality of the vote, however. With support from the McAfee’ites, Prohibition and Southern Morality, Carlson’s term as Speaker was renewed - but one should not confuse this endorsement for a stable coalition in Congress. While Prohibition and the Reform Bloc would generally work together to pass bills, the partners they would collect for necessary majorities would change every few months. The National Union was there, even if Edwards was not going to live over being shafted, so were the splinters of the former DRUSA, McAfee’s cult could dish out a few votes when needed, even the Red KKK got a chance to cooperate with this “coalition” when needed.
Clearly, Congress has failed. So you should look elsewhere, towards an anchor of stability in these trying times. That’s right, the welcoming embrace of mother Nancy. At least, that’s what mother Nancy would like you to believe.
The two term President of the United States made her opinion on the election clear in her State of the Union speech. Some of the Representatives and Senators elected to Congress are good people, well-natured, who hold only the best interests of the American people at heart - it wasn’t hard to guess which of the parties she was referring to, especially since just mentioning that caught Speaker Carlson’s glance. Unfortunately, it pains to witness that when America in the middle of a deep economic crisis, when the people are more divided than ever, that the elite would much rather spend their time engaging in pointless debates, filibustering bills and orders which should have no business be held up in session, while pocketing the taxes of the average man and woman for themselves. As much as she wants to see a fairer, prosperous America, she will have to painfully witness the... agonizing state of the government for the next four years. Clearly! You have to understand that it isn’t she who needs the office of President, it is America itself which needs her to be in the office of President - because who else will represent the wishes of the people in this swamp, infested by a yet another party cadre so eerily reminiscent of the corruption of the Communist era? Thankfully, she declared that she will fulfill this duty as long as she can, even if the difficulty of the task weighs down on her.
Yet another speech from the President, where she showed her teeth towards the political establishment and tried to muster populist resentment towards... Wait a minute. What does she mean by “as long as she can”? Doesn’t her term expire this year? Her second term, too?
The America before the revolution had a long standing tradition regarding the tenure of Presidents. Set in motion by one of its founding fathers and the first head of state, George Washington, the perception went that no President should be allowed to serve more than two terms, as the longer one person holds the reins of power, the closer they become to a tyrannical despot, or, God forbid, a monarch. While there were few subsequent Presidents who held ambition of staying around longer than eight years, they would always either abandon those ambitions or find themselves challenged by public resentment. As this tradition was never broken, there never came a need to codify it and make it into law, thus it remained just that, a tradition. Obviously, the Communist regime ignored it, as they did not bother working with the old Constitution in the first place and instead crafted their own, one which effectively granted all power to the General Secretary of the CPUSSA, who did not have any terms at all, and so could stay in power as long as they liked. And when that fell, making sure that no President serves more than two terms really wasn’t on anyone’s minds.
Nancy Pelosi announced her intention to stand as a candidate not long after the State of the Union speech, once again officially backed by no political party, not even her closest allies in the Non-Partisan Reform Bloc. This was not going to be like 2009, however. The political establishment was no longer united in favor of her Presidency, nor was the population. A growing segment of the population, concentrated around the liberal East Coast and California, were increasingly starting to see her not as an innocent harmless populist like all the others that came before her, but instead as a dictator in the making. For them, this election would be not just a change of government, but a defense of democracy. Either genuinely so, or because otherwise they would never be able to come to power themselves.
Almost entirely by accident, the National Union became the leading force behind opposition to Nancy Pelosi. Its chairman, John Edwards, and the rest of the leadership which still recounted the Columbia Movement days with nostalgia, had no problem with the President on principle - however, they and Pelosi simply failed to enter peace accords and a rift ended up between them thanks to Carlson’s Reform Bloc. This also marked a notable demographic shift in the party in the past few years. Before, the National Union were dismissed as political dinosaurs, composed of old men like Norman Mailer who have gone way past their prime and rely on a basis of anti-communist voters which is rapidly dying out. As soon as Edwards began to harness this accidental opposition to Pelosi, however, an influx of new activists and supporters flooded the party ranks. A new generation, to whom the Communist era is either a faint memory or entirely history, and who understandably had little sympathy for the period after an education about the evils and horrors of American communism, flocked under the wings of Father Edwards, and so when he declared his candidacy for the Presidential election of 2013, a grassroots movement came in support of him in the thousands. While they may have still called themselves “conservatives”, as the National Union generally labelled itself as, they were now “new” conservatives, were they not - and besides, is conservatism not a good thing in this day and age? After all, Eurasia has a conservative party and so do many Eastern states, and they are doing fine... As his party lacked a concrete enough ideology, Edwards was forced to compromise, taking notes from his fellow party leaders and activists on how to not alienate this current too much. Don’t mention social policies like women’s rights and LGBT too often and be abstract about it if you’re pressed. Don’t mention your history in the Communist Party and your past as a collective farm official. Always keep a smile on your face. Come on, you can do it.
Back in the South, away in the land of traitors, a new political titan was brewing. Jeb Bush was certainly a traitor to someone - to the National Union in particular. Back when he broke the southern wing of the National Union off from the real deal and ultimately marched it off into the so-called National Republicans, he forever became a villain in the eyes of the “conservatives” - even if he quickly lost control of the party to Lincoln Chaffee and then had to watch it train-wreck itself into 0.2% of the vote nothingness. No matter! Bush bided his time, moving into the increasingly powerless Senate as an independent candidate from Florida, waiting for the impact of 2000 to cease, and then suddenly declare his candidacy when the field was still rather open. The son of the South entered the field with a program detailing what he shall do in the first one hundred days as President of the United States. A pretty radical program, no joke - banning abortion nationwide one week and rapidly scaling up the income tax to pay for social welfare the other week - but it caught attention aplenty. Jeb understandably did not go so far as to declare himself a socialist - buuuut he suspiciously did not speak low on the Communist era and mentioned here and there that “suure, it was a terrible oppressive totalitarian regime, but we all had houses didn’t we?”. What was also suspiciously absent from his speeches and debates is any deep criticism of President Pelosi - some remarks here and there about things which could have been done better, but nothing which would seriously hamper her campaign, quite surprising considering how ham he went on Edwards, everything Edwards stood for, and how terrible of a President he would be. The gaffes certainly didn’t help - no candidate could seriously end his speech with “Please clap” if he wasn’t willingly sabotaging his campaign. Of course, this is surely just rumors without any basis behind them...
The two decades of terror upon serious politics in America led by the White Royal League has finally come to an end - for a decade, David Duke was reduced to a joke, called up by TV stations whenever they needed a slight boost in ratings by having him ramble about Communists, Jews, blacks and Eurasia on television, but it did not translate into electoral success, nor new party members, nor funding. Unfortunately, however, what collected the League’s niche was equally terrifying. As time went on, more and more members of Duke’s party began to think that... maybe Communism wasn’t that bad? After all, back when Communism was in power, America was powerful, it could compete with Eurasia, it flexed its military power in the Americas, Africa and Asia alike... and, more importantly, the white Americans were in charge. So clearly, it’s fitting with the ideas first purported by Duke - and hey, isn’t the office of General-Secretary of the Communist Party kind of a monarchy, too? This was a view purported by Sam Webb, the chairman of the so-called “Party for the Future of Socialism and White People”, more commonly just referred to as the Red KKK, often even officially. His appearance in the Presidential election of 2013 immediately solidified him as a successor to David Duke’s legacy when the first thing he called for was the creation of a “North American Union State” - a successor state to the USSA made up of the two “most loyal socialist republics”, America and Canada specifically. Of course, when he first declared it on the air, his debate opponents laughed the idea away. But it’s... not that bad of an idea, is it? At least, it should be kept in mind - after all, Canada has been very close to America for decades...
The election of 2013 was certainly a challenge to the President - but when it comes to her and getting a third term, nothing should be able to get in the way.
Even before the Congressional elections of 2012, chants like these were popping in and out on the streets, and especially online.
Once again, Congress yielded a political rainbow fractured between several different factions - the rainbow acquired different colors since last time, however. Arguably, it can be said that House Speaker Tucker Carlson’s “Non-Partisan” Reform Bloc was the victory, despite being only two months old - it only acquired a slim plurality of the vote, however. With support from the McAfee’ites, Prohibition and Southern Morality, Carlson’s term as Speaker was renewed - but one should not confuse this endorsement for a stable coalition in Congress. While Prohibition and the Reform Bloc would generally work together to pass bills, the partners they would collect for necessary majorities would change every few months. The National Union was there, even if Edwards was not going to live over being shafted, so were the splinters of the former DRUSA, McAfee’s cult could dish out a few votes when needed, even the Red KKK got a chance to cooperate with this “coalition” when needed.
Clearly, Congress has failed. So you should look elsewhere, towards an anchor of stability in these trying times. That’s right, the welcoming embrace of mother Nancy. At least, that’s what mother Nancy would like you to believe.
The two term President of the United States made her opinion on the election clear in her State of the Union speech. Some of the Representatives and Senators elected to Congress are good people, well-natured, who hold only the best interests of the American people at heart - it wasn’t hard to guess which of the parties she was referring to, especially since just mentioning that caught Speaker Carlson’s glance. Unfortunately, it pains to witness that when America in the middle of a deep economic crisis, when the people are more divided than ever, that the elite would much rather spend their time engaging in pointless debates, filibustering bills and orders which should have no business be held up in session, while pocketing the taxes of the average man and woman for themselves. As much as she wants to see a fairer, prosperous America, she will have to painfully witness the... agonizing state of the government for the next four years. Clearly! You have to understand that it isn’t she who needs the office of President, it is America itself which needs her to be in the office of President - because who else will represent the wishes of the people in this swamp, infested by a yet another party cadre so eerily reminiscent of the corruption of the Communist era? Thankfully, she declared that she will fulfill this duty as long as she can, even if the difficulty of the task weighs down on her.
Yet another speech from the President, where she showed her teeth towards the political establishment and tried to muster populist resentment towards... Wait a minute. What does she mean by “as long as she can”? Doesn’t her term expire this year? Her second term, too?
The America before the revolution had a long standing tradition regarding the tenure of Presidents. Set in motion by one of its founding fathers and the first head of state, George Washington, the perception went that no President should be allowed to serve more than two terms, as the longer one person holds the reins of power, the closer they become to a tyrannical despot, or, God forbid, a monarch. While there were few subsequent Presidents who held ambition of staying around longer than eight years, they would always either abandon those ambitions or find themselves challenged by public resentment. As this tradition was never broken, there never came a need to codify it and make it into law, thus it remained just that, a tradition. Obviously, the Communist regime ignored it, as they did not bother working with the old Constitution in the first place and instead crafted their own, one which effectively granted all power to the General Secretary of the CPUSSA, who did not have any terms at all, and so could stay in power as long as they liked. And when that fell, making sure that no President serves more than two terms really wasn’t on anyone’s minds.
Nancy Pelosi announced her intention to stand as a candidate not long after the State of the Union speech, once again officially backed by no political party, not even her closest allies in the Non-Partisan Reform Bloc. This was not going to be like 2009, however. The political establishment was no longer united in favor of her Presidency, nor was the population. A growing segment of the population, concentrated around the liberal East Coast and California, were increasingly starting to see her not as an innocent harmless populist like all the others that came before her, but instead as a dictator in the making. For them, this election would be not just a change of government, but a defense of democracy. Either genuinely so, or because otherwise they would never be able to come to power themselves.
Almost entirely by accident, the National Union became the leading force behind opposition to Nancy Pelosi. Its chairman, John Edwards, and the rest of the leadership which still recounted the Columbia Movement days with nostalgia, had no problem with the President on principle - however, they and Pelosi simply failed to enter peace accords and a rift ended up between them thanks to Carlson’s Reform Bloc. This also marked a notable demographic shift in the party in the past few years. Before, the National Union were dismissed as political dinosaurs, composed of old men like Norman Mailer who have gone way past their prime and rely on a basis of anti-communist voters which is rapidly dying out. As soon as Edwards began to harness this accidental opposition to Pelosi, however, an influx of new activists and supporters flooded the party ranks. A new generation, to whom the Communist era is either a faint memory or entirely history, and who understandably had little sympathy for the period after an education about the evils and horrors of American communism, flocked under the wings of Father Edwards, and so when he declared his candidacy for the Presidential election of 2013, a grassroots movement came in support of him in the thousands. While they may have still called themselves “conservatives”, as the National Union generally labelled itself as, they were now “new” conservatives, were they not - and besides, is conservatism not a good thing in this day and age? After all, Eurasia has a conservative party and so do many Eastern states, and they are doing fine... As his party lacked a concrete enough ideology, Edwards was forced to compromise, taking notes from his fellow party leaders and activists on how to not alienate this current too much. Don’t mention social policies like women’s rights and LGBT too often and be abstract about it if you’re pressed. Don’t mention your history in the Communist Party and your past as a collective farm official. Always keep a smile on your face. Come on, you can do it.
Back in the South, away in the land of traitors, a new political titan was brewing. Jeb Bush was certainly a traitor to someone - to the National Union in particular. Back when he broke the southern wing of the National Union off from the real deal and ultimately marched it off into the so-called National Republicans, he forever became a villain in the eyes of the “conservatives” - even if he quickly lost control of the party to Lincoln Chaffee and then had to watch it train-wreck itself into 0.2% of the vote nothingness. No matter! Bush bided his time, moving into the increasingly powerless Senate as an independent candidate from Florida, waiting for the impact of 2000 to cease, and then suddenly declare his candidacy when the field was still rather open. The son of the South entered the field with a program detailing what he shall do in the first one hundred days as President of the United States. A pretty radical program, no joke - banning abortion nationwide one week and rapidly scaling up the income tax to pay for social welfare the other week - but it caught attention aplenty. Jeb understandably did not go so far as to declare himself a socialist - buuuut he suspiciously did not speak low on the Communist era and mentioned here and there that “suure, it was a terrible oppressive totalitarian regime, but we all had houses didn’t we?”. What was also suspiciously absent from his speeches and debates is any deep criticism of President Pelosi - some remarks here and there about things which could have been done better, but nothing which would seriously hamper her campaign, quite surprising considering how ham he went on Edwards, everything Edwards stood for, and how terrible of a President he would be. The gaffes certainly didn’t help - no candidate could seriously end his speech with “Please clap” if he wasn’t willingly sabotaging his campaign. Of course, this is surely just rumors without any basis behind them...
The two decades of terror upon serious politics in America led by the White Royal League has finally come to an end - for a decade, David Duke was reduced to a joke, called up by TV stations whenever they needed a slight boost in ratings by having him ramble about Communists, Jews, blacks and Eurasia on television, but it did not translate into electoral success, nor new party members, nor funding. Unfortunately, however, what collected the League’s niche was equally terrifying. As time went on, more and more members of Duke’s party began to think that... maybe Communism wasn’t that bad? After all, back when Communism was in power, America was powerful, it could compete with Eurasia, it flexed its military power in the Americas, Africa and Asia alike... and, more importantly, the white Americans were in charge. So clearly, it’s fitting with the ideas first purported by Duke - and hey, isn’t the office of General-Secretary of the Communist Party kind of a monarchy, too? This was a view purported by Sam Webb, the chairman of the so-called “Party for the Future of Socialism and White People”, more commonly just referred to as the Red KKK, often even officially. His appearance in the Presidential election of 2013 immediately solidified him as a successor to David Duke’s legacy when the first thing he called for was the creation of a “North American Union State” - a successor state to the USSA made up of the two “most loyal socialist republics”, America and Canada specifically. Of course, when he first declared it on the air, his debate opponents laughed the idea away. But it’s... not that bad of an idea, is it? At least, it should be kept in mind - after all, Canada has been very close to America for decades...
The election of 2013 was certainly a challenge to the President - but when it comes to her and getting a third term, nothing should be able to get in the way.
Richard Drummond
Banned
Mother Pelosi does it again. I wonder if Tucker will challenge her for the Presidency next.
Slow and will take a long time for me to get the motivation and/or time to finish. If it happens, there will be an alert anyway.