1.) I will continue to enforce the Monroe Doctrine by placing the Caribbean and South American nations into our Sphere of Influence. I shall also continue to move our interests into the Pacific and look to bring closer relations to the Island nation of Japan, as well as colonizing the unclaimed islands within the Pacific.
2.) Into the Pacific, yes. Into the Caribbean, maybe. If we do go to war with Spain, I would seek to have elections held within Cuba and any other territory we free from Spain, to ensure that the local inhabitants choose whether they wish to be a part of our great nation.
3.) The Central and South American nations are our allies and we will seek to ensure their independence is maintained, unless radical governments are put in place which oppress their own people, in which case Congress and our own People will decide our course of action.
4.) I would seek to remove the illegal ban on the ASDL Party, but also ensure that demonstrations by both sides remain civil and that any radical talk for revolution are unheard in our streets. We are a democracy, and we will never have to resort to a revolution.
Like Mr Wilkinson, I too would expand our education, but I would like to say something about my failure to uphold my policies of rebuilding the South. I have done the best that any man could have done given the situation. It is hard to bring peace and reconstruction to a war torn nation when the people we have liberated from rebels continue to defy us at every chance they get. I did not wish to use federal troops to restore order, but I had to inorder to prevent another rebellion and war, while the current war was still being mopped up. With the war finally over and peace finally starting to return, we may finally be able to bring in more lenient reconstruction policies. But the one things hindering us, is the rise of the KKK. If elected, I would establish a Federal Bureau of Investigation to combat the rise of this organization and prevent more people, both African-American and White, from being harmed. This should also allow Federal Troops to finally be withdrawn from the South and placed into their peace-time garrison duties and rotations.
As for Cuba, we must not give up on peaceful diplomatic talk with the Spanish. War should only be a last resort, and I would use it as such. But if war does come, I intend to use all the force we can muster to show the world that we will not allow fugitives from justice to escape into foreign territory. The United States of America is not weak, and I will ensure that it is not perceived as such.
With the emergence of a United Socialist Front, I would seek to undoe the illegal acts of President Williams and lift the ban on their parties and gatherings. This is America, and we have the freedom to support any political belief that we believe to be right. But, I will not let talk to revolution to be brought into the public ear. When the ban if lifted, it will be done so with the understanding of the Socialist leadership, that any talk of revolution be forbidden, they will run their candidates like everyother party, not seek to topple the current government.
I will continue to seek the Health Care reform that President Williams had sought to achieve his term. We must improve the living conditions of our people, and seek to improve safety in our factories and cities. I would also seek to bring about a shorter workday for the common man, allowing him to spend more time with his family, and purchase some of the new everday items available for all in our nation.
, and since the war is over can I switch (get elected) to Congress rather than be in the military?))
