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You're Running for Political Office...

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Kaiser, May 7, 2015.

  1. Kaiser

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    ... what is your campaign slogan? What are your core issues? What color scheme are you rocking? What kind of campaign would you run?

    Most importantly though, what scandal would plague your campaign? Hookers? Intelligence failure? Those Spring Break pictures nobody should have seen? LOL.

    All of the political threads are to blame for inspiring this. Also, I'm in the mood for political satire and witty commentary. I know we have some comedians here, as well as some compassionate hearts.
     
  2. dano218

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    I wanna have fun with this. My slogan is Get with the Gays or go home! My issues are let people be left alone as long as they are not harming anyone or their property and that is that. I wanna bright rainbow colors around the my stage platforms and every person must submit to the gay agenda or face the consequences. A scandal that would plaque my campaign would be I am the supreme leader of the gay mafia and a rumor that goes out is any person that disagrees with me would be killed by the gay mafia. But I win the election and wear a pink suit to my inauguration and arrive in a pink limousine. Than I would get sworn into office by a drag queen and have the best drag show ever at my ball. Than I would drape the white house for eight years in bright colors and have sex with closeted republicans and than out to the Washington Post. The title would be one bigot got put in his place by the president this week and so on. Oh my I went too fair!
     
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    Now this is my kind of thread!

    Campaign Slogan - Prosperity, Unity, Rationality, Equality.

    Core Issues - Progressive tax reform (raise taxes on top two tax brackets and cut taxes for lower class families and small businesses), Minimum wage increase (and equal pay for women for the same work), LGBTQ inclusiveness in education and nondiscrimination/Civil Rights laws, Woman's Right to Choose, No Jab No Pay; No Jab No Play (pro-vaccination), and Drug Policy Reform would be some of my top issues, but I would definitely stay balanced and focus on all the needs of my constituents.

    Colour Scheme - My colour scheme would definitely come from Pantone's colours of the year. I'd go with a nice blue and a nice red, to show bipartisanship and unity.

    What kind of campaign would I run - I'd run a clean campaign, but I wouldn't be above telling it like it is if my opponent tries to slander me.

    What scandal would effect my campaign - Probably being considered a Democratic Socialist would be the biggest thing.
     
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    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    That gave me a good laugh
     
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    When I'm running for office, my campaign advertising can be described in three words: "I hate Republicans."

    Core issues would be gay rights, universal health care, and mostly being a royal pain in the ass to the religious right.

    The scandal that would sink me? Probably some of the messing around I did before I met my boyfriend.
     
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    On the lighter side...

    Slogan: "Anyone can grow up to be President, as BMC77 shows!"

    Core values: do nothing while in office. While no problems get solved, at least things don't get worse.

    Scandal: While this would never happen, a scandal that grabs my imagination is: "Today, gay President BMC77 was caught having sex with a woman!" :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
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    Campaign Slogan: You've tried 'em all, now try Jellal

    Core Issues: There aren't enough Pikmin games, the newest installment was sorely lacking in dungeon crawling content, and the character "Alph" needs to be removed from the franchise

    Color Scheme: Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, White

    Campaign: Multiplayer, it's about damn time I got to play story mode with some friends

    Scandal: forcing my legion of bodyguards to wear color-coded gimp suits
     
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    Green Party :grin: ftw (!) (!) (!)
     
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    My slogan will be "Less bitching, more fixing!" I'm not going to be terribly serious...

    I'll hunt down all my anti-LGBT opponents and host a messed-up (?) show on live TV. There will be interviews about their plans/policies/bullshit. I'll cut off one of their fingers, each time they evade my questions.

    I don't expect our contestants to cooperate easily. I'll make an example of the first unlucky son of a bitch, in order to let others know it's real and happening, despite my playful approach.

    After several minutes, I would ask the public to vote, to decide on the less than pleasant fate of the politician.

    I reckon after I finish several politicians, they'd work out that I lied about their opportunity to survive. So we'll just have a fun little archery competition or something like that.

    That doubles as the scandal. I might be here all day, if I tried to decide on a colour scheme. I don't think I'm cut out to be a politician. I'd probably give that job, to somebody more capable. Especially because today; I'm just oozing with compassion. It might not seem funny, until you know I often mix up compassion and generosity.
     
  10. Slogan: A third way is the best way.

    Core Issues: Audit the Federal Reserve and possibly end it, bring all the troops home, make abortion safe, legal, and rare; make immigration much easier, gay rights, and environmental reform.

    Color: Green

    Scandals: Can't think of any...
     
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    Well I'm gonna go a different route to you all.

    Slogan: Revolution for the people

    Core Issues: We focus on issues that affect minority groups over the majority groups, like Equality for everyone(no matter the race, orientation or gender and even religion). no death penalty, anti gun laws (or extensive gun training for all members of society), Financial reform (upping the minimum wage for the average American citizen to help with living costs).

    Theme: The main theme for the presidential campaign is my replacement for the colour scheme, as we have Revolution for the People as a slogan, the main campaign logo will consist of two men, a African American man and a Mexican Man holding hands, Over a picture of the USA) below the picture is saying, This is the Future. The idea being of course to promote freedom to the people who have been ostracised from society for too long.

    Scandals: I guess the slogan is also a scandal in its self as it says Revolution to the People and may be taken by the media and twisted to mean that I may be trying to start a Revolution against the White American in a effort to get patriotism from the average American and to vote for a Republican to keep the freedoms of the White Man. Racists will target my campaign easily and attack it. So the main scandal is the Slogan and what it represents.
     
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    Yeah, forget the Asians!






    I'm totally not being serious, so relax.
     
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    So this is kinda serious and now I can do a satirical one.

    Slogan: Kill or be Killed

    Core Issues: To create Chaos in the world, to release the zombie virus and to create the perfect genocidal monster.

    Colour Scheme: Red

    Scandal: Everything would be a scandal, especially as I pretty much plan to be a villainous leader. They would be like "Do not vote this man for his idea of a great government is to help lower the population of humanity by causing widespread chaos and civil war in our country in fact here is an ad. (Plays the entire Purge movie) Do you want every night to be like this vote Justinian20 right now cause he'll be giving you the freedom to assassinate him and fight others. I would also hide the gay population in an underground city and just let all the homophobes and evil people kill each other.
     
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    Slogan: "let's be real here"
    Core issues: devolution of federal powers to the states, promotion of individual freedoms, legalize gay marriage everywhere "full faith and credit clause", flat tax, work to clean up the deficit/debt (that'll be a mess) for future generations, less foreign aid/overseas involvement, lobby to adjust our education system. Legalize marijuana. Once debt is clean, probs not going to have time, end corporate bailouts and have a less regulated economy.

    Colors: dark red, white, gold

    Scandal: "oh shit, a more conservative queer is running for office" lol
     
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    Equality party party.

    Red and orange.

    Focuses on promoting equality. Includes making LGBT humans equal in law, promoting compulsory SRE which includes factually accurate, unbiased information on contraception, abortion, sexuality, gender identity, porn healthy/abusive relationships, CONSENT and maybe some other stuff. Enforcing equality laws is another priority. We support high spending and high taxes. We support the environment and rehabilitative punishment.
     
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    Since I'm Korean I'll take it on the perspective of Korea's position in the world... (or at least try to :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:)

    Name of Party: Republican Party of the Union

    Slogan: Let the Phoenix Rise Again! (Korea's old Joseon Kingdom used the term 'Phoenix Throne' to refer to the King)

    Colour: Red, White, Blue

    Core Issues:
    Second Treaty of Normalisation with Japan (seriously, stop hating Japan)
    Further development of South Korea's AEGIS missile defence systems
    Abolition of conscription and a move from military with manpower to military technology
    Nuclear Weapons Technology Development
    Nuking Kim Jong's private estate (cuz we can) and Korean Unification (someone's gonna be publicly executed
    Legalisation of tattoos for tattoo parlours (tattoos can only be done by medical professionals in Korea)
    Legalisation of weed
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    Marriage equality
    Open up immigration by a bit

    Biggest Scandal(s):
    Normalisation with Japan
    People finding out I'm gay
    Nuking North Korea and developing nuclear weapons facility without US permission
    Mixing sushi with kimchi
     
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    Alright, time to get serious.


    Colors: ALL ZE COLORS! Let's get some rainbow up in here!
    Party affiliation: Who gives a flying flip-nugget? The party of awesome stuff!
    Slogan: "You get a cookie and you get a cookie and you get a cookie.....EVERYONE GETS A COOKIE!"

    Goals:
    Goals are for soccer, we have cookies so screw that ish.
     
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    Slogan: "Not Just Another Candidate"

    Colors: Green, pink, and white--like the old Newfoundland flag. The Rose would be my symbol.

    I would stress: Pro-environmentalism, anti-fracking, pro-alternative energy, pro-electric cars, drip irrigation, I would stress that global warming is not a myth...I would be staunchly pro-gay, Civil Rights would be expanded to include gender identity and orientation, and I would support a "U.S. out of Everywhere" policy :wink:

    Scandals: Colombian prostitutes, Oval Office hanky panky, and I'd create traffic jams on purpose for fun :slight_smile:
     
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    Campaign Slogan: "Small government, big freedom."

    Core Issues: Immigration policy, LGBT protection, drug legalization, stem cell research, same-sex marriage.

    Colors: Green and yellow. Green because I like green, yellow because I'm a libertarian.

    My Scandal (thank you for making this part of it haha): I would sleep with Natalia Poklonskaya. Because hot damn.
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    Slogan:"Give me liberty or give me death. " Once in office, "Your first libertarian President, deal with it. You all will hate me, but that's your problem."

    Colors: Baby Blue or just standard libertarian party colors

    Platforms: Propose and coerce both legislatures to pass a national anti-lgbt rights bill that would recognize protections for all regardless of sexual orientation and legalize same sex marriage.
    Raise taxes on big businesses. I support making it difficult for billionaires to hide assets in overseas areas. Encourage individual states to limit tax abatements to entice big businesses.
    Cut foreign aid by 50%.
    Reduce the military budget by 35% in my first term with 20% in my first year. Re-assign overseas troops to protect our airports and fire the TSA.
    Repeal the Patriot Act.
    Affirm legislation that would strengthen the 4th amendment in this country and lessen the powers of spy agencies. The NSA would need a warrant from a judge to listen in or monitor someone. Its budget would be extremely curtailed.
    Expand offshore drilling but with strict penalties for any type of oil spills.
    Provide incentives for small businesses by increasing economic revenue sharing to individual states but with clear transparency of how money is used.
    Promote safe sex in schools along with abstinence education.
    Support gun rights but with background checks with no loopholes.
    Ban federal funding of abortion services. Ban partial-birth abortions outright.
    Support farm subsidies for small farms. Ban all subsidies to GMO production to companies like Monsanto.
    Scale down the drug war but not end it. Encourage states to pass medical marijuana laws.
    End most policies like No Child Left Behind. Encourage schools to be more job-centric in the education of high schoolers. Place less emphasis on tests for younger children. Make the NEA more transparent with lots of reform.
    Quit picking winners and losers in regards to alternative energy options. Encourage the Keystone Pipeline but pay residents affected by it.
    End NAFTA and CAFTA.
    Encourage states to introduce Medicaid systems similar to those in MI to help the unemployed poor and working poor.
    The Presidency must gain the support of Congress before declaring war. War is a last resort.
    Penalize companies that hire illegal immigrants and also make the pathway to citizenship much easier for those wanting to come here for the first time. This would expand the tax base.
    As Social Security will be broke by 2030, encourage a plan to migrate to a privatized system.
    Scandals: My own "Cuban missile crisis" and "fun with Cuban cigars like Clinton, except on the back side."

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    Wow. She's hot.