President: McAttack
Texas: Abstain
President: McAttack
Texas: Abstain
My current AAR, A Welshman's Quest for Doritos. Fetch the doritos, and settle down to wathc my comedy of errors! On hiatus at the moment.
The President's 1836-1936: Potentially with more zombies.
John Sharp, Federal senator for Indiana in The Presidents, born 1882.
Formerly Eldud Walsh, former President in The Presidents. Then George Walsh, Democratic Senator for Virginia.
FNT Candidate for President David Bevan, born 1857 in the Shadow of the Andes. Come and join the fun!
As my possibly last act in the Congress of our great nation, I must say that Texas should be admitted as a free state. Has the people already stated that they are okay with giving up slavery? If the Texans themselves are willing to do so, then I don't understand how the Democrats belive they are protecting their "right" to bound another human into forced labor. Make Texas free!
President: King ((Onviouslly)
Texas: Free
The admittance of Texas as a free state seems appealing. However, we must consider the consequences of such an action. The South will feel bordered on all sides by what they call the oppressive Yankee North. We MUST keep this country united above all costs, and to do that we must sometimes bow to the pressures of our minority groups. What are laws in a democracy if not to protect the minorities (in this case the South). We must act with restraint and gradual sanctions against slavery, not with outright hostility. We have recently admitted Maine as a free state, and so we must balance with a slave held Texas!
President: King
Texas: Slave
(Honestly, the game will play out so much more interesting with a strong South come the Civil War).
((Ya, I was actually half-tempted to vote for a Slave-State Texas for that very reasonOriginally Posted by zagoroth
I like a-historically strong CSAs.))
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Lord Without Rings - a Middle-Earth faction game
State President Koos de la Rey of the Republic of South Africa
World in Revolution: 1900
Pastor Sven Hendrikson
A Union Divided
I shall also vote for the admission of Texas as a Slave state. Whilst doing so may grate with some of my personal beliefs on the issue I cannot put my beliefs above the need to hold together the Union and refuse to force them upon other peoples as the Whigs would.
Texas: Slave State
*Presidential Vote edited away at Bob's request*
Last edited by ATTACK77; 14-04-2011 at 18:20.
President: Thomas McAttack
Texas: Slave
"The good gentlemen of texas, who are akin to us southerners, should be able to keep thier slaves namely on the ground that releasing millions of dollars in property without compensation would devastate the local economy. Having fought for thier rights, is it ours to reward them by taking thier most valuble possesions?"
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Unreconstructed and Nationalist Southern Intellectual
Descendant of James Clarke Taylor, Who's 11th Georgia Regiment was sacrificed in vain by General Pemberton in an attempt to slow the Northern Armies
A believer in that faint glimmer of hope that we Southerners will not fall into the dustbin of history and may one day have our own Country Again
Avid reader and student of Faulkner
Expert on North Korea and lover of History in General
Permenant Fan (And within Paradox Games, Player) of Lost Causes
Student of International Affairs
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Okay. Candidates, voting for yourselves is still not possible. Could you please remove that vote from your ballots to avoid confusion.
Currently the Presidential stands at:
McAttack: 5
King: 4
And Texas as so (slave/free/abstain): 6/3/2
Sir Robert, OLIR, Sovereign of the Order of the Large and Intimidating Robert
Knights of the Order: TemplarComander, loki100, Enewald, Chris Taylor, Nathan Madien, Svip, Slan, (Mr.) Capiatlist, LeCare, Redandwhite, ThunderHawk3
Ever wanted to become President? Now you have the chance in The Presidents: 1836 - 1936 - An Interactive US AAR!
Current President: Calvin Emerson (L)
Current V-President: Robert Horshington (L)
Joseph Henry Harrison (1903 - 19??), Second-in-Command, NATO Europe
My Inkwell
Why can't candidates vote for themselves?
Because it's rather unorthodox to be allowed to vote for yourself, as both candidates are going to. Also, these votes don't really make a difference, as they cross each other out.Why can't candidates vote for themselves?
You could vote for yourself, but it wouldn't really matter as the other side's candidate will also vote for himself. It's just simpler to not vote at all.
Sir Robert, OLIR, Sovereign of the Order of the Large and Intimidating Robert
Knights of the Order: TemplarComander, loki100, Enewald, Chris Taylor, Nathan Madien, Svip, Slan, (Mr.) Capiatlist, LeCare, Redandwhite, ThunderHawk3
Ever wanted to become President? Now you have the chance in The Presidents: 1836 - 1936 - An Interactive US AAR!
Current President: Calvin Emerson (L)
Current V-President: Robert Horshington (L)
Joseph Henry Harrison (1903 - 19??), Second-in-Command, NATO Europe
My Inkwell
President: Thomas McAttack
Texas: Slave state
Well, I'm turning in for the night. Election stands at McAttack 6 and King 4.
PS. Come on guys, I know AARland can do better than 12 votes in 24 hours.
Sir Robert, OLIR, Sovereign of the Order of the Large and Intimidating Robert
Knights of the Order: TemplarComander, loki100, Enewald, Chris Taylor, Nathan Madien, Svip, Slan, (Mr.) Capiatlist, LeCare, Redandwhite, ThunderHawk3
Ever wanted to become President? Now you have the chance in The Presidents: 1836 - 1936 - An Interactive US AAR!
Current President: Calvin Emerson (L)
Current V-President: Robert Horshington (L)
Joseph Henry Harrison (1903 - 19??), Second-in-Command, NATO Europe
My Inkwell
((Perhaps the other pAARticipants in this AAR are all grounded like myself and thus unable to write except in secret))Well, I'm turning in for the night. Election stands at McAttack 6 and King 4.
PS. Come on guys, I know AARland can do better than 12 votes in 24 hours.
1st Knight and Grandmaster of the Order of Southern Paradoxians
Unreconstructed and Nationalist Southern Intellectual
Descendant of James Clarke Taylor, Who's 11th Georgia Regiment was sacrificed in vain by General Pemberton in an attempt to slow the Northern Armies
A believer in that faint glimmer of hope that we Southerners will not fall into the dustbin of history and may one day have our own Country Again
Avid reader and student of Faulkner
Expert on North Korea and lover of History in General
Permenant Fan (And within Paradox Games, Player) of Lost Causes
Student of International Affairs
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Presidential Candidate: King
Texas: Free
Torch of the Mediterranean, a Kaiserreich-DH AAR, Weekly AAR Winner 6/19/11, Character Writer of the Week 2/26/12
A SHADOWY CABAL OF EVIL.
This is where I put some quotes
Texas: Free
Presidental vote?
Ezekiel Brass, b. 1776 in New Hampshire, patriarch of the New York-based newspaper The Sentry.
Gentlemen, I cast my vote for Mr.King.
Presidential Vote: King
Texas: Free
Dio Guerrero from Arica (b. 1836), Communist, democrat, Resistance fighter in ThunderHawk's "Shadow of the Andes" AAR
Liberal philosopher and Nantucket native Prof. Simon Firefly in BBB's "The Presidents" Interactive AAR
There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests up on them. - William Jennings Bryan (1896)
what did you say we were gona do in the event of a tie bbb?
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Major General Richard Montgomery of the New York Militia in bakerydog's [Forum Game] All Men Created Equal
President Juan Bolivar of the New Mexican Republic in nachopontmercy's FALLOUT: WAR NEVER CHANGES, a Wastelands Faction Game
His Most Faithful Majesty, The King of Portugal and the Algarves, Dom Luís I in Frymonmon's [Forum Game] - World in Revolution: 1861 Mk. II
Jonathan Nightmoore born 1789, junior Congressman from Massachussets (independent)
Presidential Vote: King
Texas: Free
That's the biggest problem right now.
yourworstnightm's vote has given King a one vote lead, but a draw is still very much a possibility.
Solutions I have are:
A) I act as tie-breaker. Simple, but way too dictatorial.
B) We have a 3-member group, who would make a mini-election in case of a draw, but that too would seem to defeat the point of the original election.
C) A super-neutral person, who pledges to always cast the last vote, unless their vote would make it a draw, in which case they'd refrain from voting. A person like that though, is very hard to find.
D) ATTACK77's Golden Vote idea (below). I like this most, and it's probably the one we'll use.
Tell me what you think of these, and please, ideas for how to avoid draws are always welcome.
PS. Gloa's idea on how to stop draws in primaries has now been put in the rules.
Last edited by BigBadBob; 15-04-2011 at 15:38.
Sir Robert, OLIR, Sovereign of the Order of the Large and Intimidating Robert
Knights of the Order: TemplarComander, loki100, Enewald, Chris Taylor, Nathan Madien, Svip, Slan, (Mr.) Capiatlist, LeCare, Redandwhite, ThunderHawk3
Ever wanted to become President? Now you have the chance in The Presidents: 1836 - 1936 - An Interactive US AAR!
Current President: Calvin Emerson (L)
Current V-President: Robert Horshington (L)
Joseph Henry Harrison (1903 - 19??), Second-in-Command, NATO Europe
My Inkwell
If there is a draw at your deadline Bob, I'd suggest just saying ''next vote wins''. Simple and fair.
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