Term 8 President Election

[Arnelos]

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Do you value your freedoms? Your liberty? Your right to your private property?

Well, my opponents, the religious lunatic and the communist insurgent, both want to threaten those things which you hold most dear!

The religious lunatic and his fellow lunatics have created an entire platform based upon FEAR and intimidation and the general destruction of all the great freedoms that have made this country great and powerful. These lunatics even commit blasphemy against the Great Banana by suggesting that the Great Banana and the g0dZ wish us to do away with the very democracy that THEY GAVE US in their infinite grace and wisdom!

Surely you see that such religious lunatics should not be trusted with positions in government.

As for the communist insurgents, they wish to obtain control of as many government posts as they can in order to lead our great and democratic nation into communism and despair!

If you do not believe this, go read their own pamphlets and party propaganda calling for the destruction of property and violent revolution by the workers! These insurgents must be prevented from having power in our government.

If you value your freedom and, most importantly, YOUR MONEY, you will vote Arnelos rather than for those ALP communists and their candidate Aro!

For Freedom.
For Liberty.
and for the Right to Private Property and for each one of you to become filthy rich!

Vote for the only candidate who supports the democracy and capitalism you hold dear - Arnelos.

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[Aro]

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Just for the records, I am not religious and lunatic; I'm communist and insurgent... No, wait... I'm communist and lunatic! Hmmm… let me see… maybe I'm religious and insurgent... Hey, I found it! I’m insurgent and expansionist! Anyway, I need to RTFM again…
Now you confused me, Arn...


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[Meshelic]

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Don't be fooled by our President Arnelos, or his pompous, fear-driven statements. Such accusations against the ALP, labeling us merely as "communists" are absurd. For so-called freedom, liberty and the right to private property he blasts his opponents, seeking to dissuade the people into believing that he is the one who will save Apolyton from the so-called communist threat, a threat which only exists in the mind of our obviously insecure President....

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Coming from the man who, in fear of the formation of such a Labor Party, shamelessly denounced the laborers and the rightful gathering of The People. Who, in a moment of nervous terror, begged the ALP to merge with his populist DIA Party!

*gasp* The crowd goes deathly silent

I encourage you all to not pay heed to his self-absorbed rants. How can the People, of sound mind and spirit, feel morally inclined to vote for Arnelos when from his very own tongue has sought to squash the rightful gathering of the masses?

I urge all to think on these things, and do what you know is right. Do it for yourselves, your family, your friends,......your nation.

Thank you,

Meshelic
Chairman of the Labor Party, the party of the People

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[mrmitchell]

heh. you're all excellent, (*splat* *splat*) but seeing that Aggie and Arnie are really throwing the mud around (*splat* *splat*) I think I'll (*splat*) vote for A--(*splat* *splat* *splat*)ro.

*splat*

Okay. (*splat*) Vote Aro, as he (*splat* *splat*) does not degrade himself to (*splat*) mud-throwing.

[Arnelos]

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What Meshelic of the Communists tells are lies.

I did not ask for a merger with the Communist Party. Rather, because at least these Communists rightly believe in the abolition of slavery unlike the barbaric religious lunatics, I sought an alliance on that issue only.

Perhaps the Communists, knowing that the Communist government they seek will be nothing more than the slavery of the entire nation, have changed their minds about being against slavery?

In fact, I spoke AGAINST the suggestion (by others within my party) that we might absorb these malcontents into our party. The communists have no place in a party which wishes to defend our democracy.

That Meshelic would wish to spread the idea that I wanted more than simply an alliance on the issue of the abolition of slavery is understandable, of course. His communist party desperately needs whatever form of legitimacy than can get their hands on, even if it be from lies and deceit.

I hope that you, the people of Apolytonia, are smarter than to fall for plots of the Communists.

With democracy and capitalism still the law of the land, you all stand to become rich beyond your wildest dreams! Why would you abandon that for misery and depravity under a foul communist system?

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[Arnelos]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Okay. (*splat*) Vote Aro, as he (*splat* *splat*) does not degrade himself to (*splat*) mud-throwing.

He also hasn't posted any reason for you to vote FOR him or why anyone (him included) should care.

One of the only things he did post concerning the position was that he'd have difficulty being able to run any turnchats.

Nothing else has been heard out of him concerning turnchats, national finances, national priorities, or anything else the President has to concern himself with while in office.

Unless Aro speaks up about what he's running for, voting for Aro is comparable to voting Banana.

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by Arnelos
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Perhaps the Communists, knowing that the Communist government they seek will be nothing more than the slavery of the entire nation, have changed their minds about being against slavery?

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Another set of baseless accusations! Have the ALP done anything but promote democracy while standing behind the rights of the common workers? Have the ALP pushed for a communist form of government, in any thread, anywhere? Have the ALP gone back on their vow to do everything in their power to release the slaves?

The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding is clean.

I challenge anyone, anywhere, to search the Labor Party threads, to find any mention of overthrowing the democracy and replace it with a communist government! I challenge anyone, anywhere also to search for any evidence that the ALP as a political entity have changed their minds regarding slavery?

You will find that no such discussions, talks, or conspiracies exist. I'd like to reiterate that all these supposed "facts" exist only in the mind of Arnelos, who has presented himself as nothing but a cauldron of paranoia and disinformation.

That Meshelic would wish to spread the idea that I wanted more than simply an alliance on the issue of the abolition of slavery is understandable, of course. His communist party desperately needs whatever form of legitimacy than can get their hands on, even if it be from lies and deceit.

Our "legitimacy" was established when the Labor Party first gathered, not to mention when the official Charter was published. Have you forgotten yourself Arnelos that you acknowledged the legitimacy of such a party by opposing it, not to mention by seeking an alliance concerning the slavery issue?

Is it required of any official party to be recognized by the DIA in order to be a party at all? Saying yes would incriminate yourself as in opposition to the will of the people, not to mention a blatant attempt to squelch the freedom of speech act.

Dear people of the nation, do not listen to this man's vile attempts to undermine the great Democracy which we are ALL representatives of! Hear his words! Are they not scornful, full of contempt?

Even by the declaring us "Communists" Arnelos has abridged the freedoms that hold dear and true in our hearts, for as Chairman I have constantly defended my small but proud Party time after time against the insurrectionist DIA forces. Count how many times I have denied being a communist, that my party is communist, that we seek to overthrow the democracy! Count them!

You will find more than enough proof that the ALP are not Communists. You will also find that I have spoken the truth here, and that my esteemed colleage, Arnelos, has manipulated and twisted the facts to his own mad design!

Look at that avatar! Is that not proof enough???

FOR the PEOPLE

Meshelic
Chairman of the Apolyton Labor Party

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[Thud]

I didn't know Meshelic was running for President.

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by Thud
I didn't know Meshelic was running for President.

Yes, I'm also running for FAM, SMC, and DM too!

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by Meshelic
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Have the ALP pushed for a communist form of government, in any thread, anywhere?

...

I challenge anyone, anywhere, to search the Labor Party threads, to find any mention of overthrowing the democracy and replace it with a communist government!

This is too easy, I didn't even have to look beyond the front page...

From the "Labor Party Charter & Home" Thread

Originally posted by Aro
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Btw, we aren't Trotskyites (the internationalist wing of the commies. Stalin killed him. Well done.) We are pure Stalinist folks and we gonna kill anyone who... Huh? Oh… Sorry, Meshelic... I don't do this anymore, I promise!
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Originally posted by Aro
Besides that, I'm the left-wing of my party.... A real commie!

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I could have looked further back into the public records to reference statements by Presidential Candidate Aro and ALP Chairman Meshelic regarding their support for communism, but the effort is unecessary. These statements were found within those public records available in their very own party headquaters!

It turns out that Aro, the candidate for the Communist Party, has said in his own words that he is a Commie and a member of the LEFT WING of even the Communist-leaning party!

You can vote for these communists or you can vote for us, the true defenders of democracy.

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Count how many times I have denied being a communist, that my party is communist, that we seek to overthrow the democracy! Count them!

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No matter how many times you say it, it still doesn't make it true.

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[Meshelic]

Originally posted by Arnelos

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It turns out that Aro, the candidate for the Communist Party, has said in his own words that he is a Commie and a member of the LEFT WING of even the Communist-leaning party!

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You yourself said in the turnchat thread that you can hardly base anything with an RP in front of it as true, or anything that you take seriously....but as all of this is RP anyways, it doesn't matter.

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No matter how many times you say it, it still doesn't make it true.

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The same can be said likewise of your own accusations Arnelos.

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[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Hot_Enamel

I have followed this game since 4000BC, and I have seen it getting bogged down by rules, constraints, polls and votes.

Ook! Ook! Couldn't have said it better myself. Someone else who maintains the spirit of the 3A2C3...

The only person who noticed was MWIA. So we replaced him with a below average intelligence monkey and he was still elected pres in term 5.

/me eats banana

Hmm. Me must vote for someone who not banana.

/me scratches head

Me be President again! Me come back and kick all non-monkey tushes. Me prove how good me am..
Ooh! What that over there?

/me goes to investigate

[jdjdjd]

I voted for Arnelos - but I have to say I love Brasil and hope that some day we have a Brasilian in the Off-White House.

[Aro]

Originally posted by jdjdjd
I voted for Arnelos - but I have to say I love Brasil and hope that some day we have a Brasilian in the Off-White House.

Oh... Too late... I was about to bribe you with two beatiful Ipanema girls from my own private harem, but now...

[mrmitchell]

Oh... Too late... I was about to bribe you with two beatiful Ipanema girls from my own private harem, but now...

LOL
There's a good reason to vote Aro

I can see the Jungle Gazette tomorrow:

"Apolyton Split! New President Backed by only 2/5ths of the People! Chaos Descends on the Nation!"