The First RightCon

Day 516, 08:22 Published in USA USA by Cromstar

You may have noticed that today's eWorld if going through massive upheavals. Indonesia and Romania slug it out, there are a half dozen Resistance Wars going on simultaneously, and the European power blocs are smashing up against each other constantly. In the midst of all this, the United States and other nations are gearing up for Congressional elections on the 25th.

Last night, in a not-quite-so-secret meeting, the leaders of 4 parties (the Libertarian, Nationalist, Federalist, and American Right parties) and representatives from 2 or 3 other parties (Conservative Party because DF was unable to attend, UIP, and a smaller party or two) met for what we called RightCon, or the Right-side Convention.

What is RightCon? Well, as the name suggests, it is a convention of parties on the 'right' side of the eAmerican political spectrum, who gathered to discuss matters of importance in their minds. Now, don't mistake me. Just because its the 'right' side of politics doesn't mean we are going to fight a horribly partisan campaign and devolve into the muck-raking and mud-flinging that accompanies RL American politics. On the contrary, we were gathered to promote unity and cooperation. As a mater of fact, a number of UIP members attended the meeting as well. See? We aren't hateful people, mostly 😉

We discussed a great number of things, including upcoming Congressional elections and the state of Congress today. However, the most important part of the evening came when we began to talk about the May 5th Country President (CP) election.

As many of you are probably aware, in this month's CP election, incumbent Scrabman won by a landslide. At RightCon a number of members and PPs believed that he won due to a number of factors: first, his popularity is through the roof and that drew a lot of cross-party voters. Second, because the other, smaller parties each produced their own candidates, there was little organization among people running against Scrabman.

RightCon members want to see that changed. We, at our RightCon meeting, decided that in order to make eAmerican politics more competitive, more democratic, and more interesting, the right-sided parties should all try and support a single candidate to run against President Scrabman.

(Now, I'm going to go out on a small tangent here with two points. First, the RightCon endorsement is not an official mandate to the involved parties. They are not bound to support the RightCon candidate, though it is strongly recommended. Second, and I'm inserting this because I promised I would point this out, an endorsement from RightCon in no way implies that other candidates are unqualified. RightCon discussed a number of potential candidates before picking one, and all of them were strong candidates. We don't hate any of them, or any other candidate, including President Scrabman. We simply feel that by unifying a few parties, the political process is strengthened, and all eUS citizens benefit from a chance to consider at least two strong, potential candidates.)

Who did we endorse, you ask? After much deliberation and discussion, RightCon officially endorsed the current Speaker of the House, the Congressman from Indiana, Kyle321n!

As the Chair of RightCon, I strongly urge all members of the parties attending RightCon to support Kyle as your parties nominee! Let's make May the most memorable election in the history of eAmerican politics! RightCon asks all members to give Kyle fair consideration. We don't believe now is the time for divisive politics; now is the time for unity, strength, and democracy!

We wish good luck to all Congressional candidates, and to all Presidential candidates. RightCon looks forward to an engaging election cycle. May good fortune smile upon the eUSA!

Cromstar
PA Congressman (2nd term)
Chair, RightCon

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