The death of The USWP
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by tdwester
This is an article that I never thought I would be writing, but it has come down to this. I have been a member of the USWP since the beginning of my e-life and have meet some great people in this game because of the party. After the name change, it has become apparent that the new Party President is solely interested in helping Max build his new party and not in preserving the USWP.
As many of you know there was a back room deal made to "merge" the USWP into the APF (and yes it was a back room deal because the general membership was never given a voice or a choice on what they wanted to do).
There are so many people I would like to thank that have been members of the USWP. I would have never have stuck around as long has I have if it wasn't for these people:
Roby Petric: He was the President of the eUSA when I started and later became the US President and President of Croatia 2 times.
Peregrine: He understood how to play the game better then anyone I have meet in this game and gave me my first shot on the USWP Executive Board.
Rocco Baldelli: He was a great Party President and pissed off a lot of people in the government by taking stands that were not popular.
ProggyPop: He always stood by his beliefs and helped make the USWP the biggest party in the world at one time.
Scrabman: A great Party President and eUSA President, but never he could figure out how to vote during congressional elections.
Ananias: A great friend and the best writer the game has seen.
Josh Frost: Another great friend that has done a lot for this country.
Ian John Locke IV: The most hyper person I have ever seen in IRC and a great organizer.
Other thanks go out to: GoBucks, Inwegen, AidenAstrup, Panther, Cerb, Zcia, ligtreb, and Glados (yes he was USWP also at one time) I am probably forgetting a dozen more that deserve praise, especially newer members of the Executive Board who I'm sorry I never got to know better.
So where does this leave us? I don't know where we go from here, but with Max in control it looks like he will have a rubber stamp on anything that he wants to get done. I'm sure the APF will control over 75% percent of congress in one way or another so there is no way for him to be Impeached when he runs for President. He has final say on whoever runs for Congress and that gives us one party rule with only a token opposition. He will probably make the argument that is the reason he has given the USWP to SEES. Should any party be given to a group of people that have not put in the time or work to make it great? And why should we give him the power to decide what parties should be around and allowed to remain. If you read his article it looks more like a contract then an idea.
This does not mean I am quitting by a long shot, but for now I will go back into the wood work, fighting for this country as a member of the eUSMC until there is an issue I feel needs to be addressed.
I do know that by trying to keep the party together, I and my choices were not a popular with the newer powers that be and I hope I pissed off a lot of you off in the Grand Tradition of the USWP!
tdwester
former Secretary of Defense 2 1/2 terms
former Secretary of pissing off The Feds (yes it was a real cabinet position)
2 times mayor of Boise
8 times congressman from Idaho
USWP and proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Praise Alby $1=1 gold
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PP elections will come again next month
Ding dong the witch is dead!
Sorry, as one of the biggest USWP haters back in the day, it's still really sad to see this happen. I enjoy you guys and know you'll be back on May 15th.
This commie party shall be reborn again
USWP ;___;
USWP will not be forgotten. 🙁
The USWP is dead! Long live the USWP!
*this is the remix of the Serbian saying after the "May turnower":
"Kralj je mrtav! Zivio kralj"
"The king is dead! Long live the king"
Brauch ata Alby \o/
Join the Republican Party
;-; Some of my best memories from this game were made in USWP.
Roby Patric rocks !!!
politics in general suck
There's always a bigger fish.
Cool single-party system, bro. :/
😮
The USWP was the biggest party in the New World until PEACE destroyed 50 US regions.
USWP ;___;
Good article. When I was eAmerican (A LONG TIME AGO), I was in USWP. It was a decent party (for eUSA at least)
If you are of the left of politics come join the Socialist Freedom Party we are always looking for active members
I was USWP for a time. I'll miss them if they don't make a comeback on the 15th. Also, if what you say about the general membership of the party never getting a say about whether or not the party should be destroyed, that is kind of low.
I can't believe this happened. I have been out of the eUSA for almost 2 months, and I have been really inactive for the last 5 weeks. It's sad to see the party that many originated is now being dismembered by self promoting idiots. I know this was a backdoor deal, but how does this not benefit the APF or whatever they wish to call themselves. I don't see how this at all helps the country because it just creates one big superparty, who will dominate and take away from the idea of democracy.
It was fun while it lasted. Maybe one day, I hope May 15th, the USWP will get it's flicker back.
@NeilP99
Do parties of 1600 always ask their members before voting?
We are making the move to the American Progressive Front this term.
Some facts you should know:
1) We are running candidates under the APF this election (our USWP ones). If you remain in this party you will be voting for blockers.
2) SEES is going to PTO this party next cycle, make no mistake, they will succeed (they have over 350 mobile voters).
3) The USWP is not gone, we have simply integrated to protect other parties in the top 5, and run better candidates, for a better America.
Thank you for your time
-Walter J. Kovacs - Move to APF- Party President
Some further reading:
My article
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/united-states-workers-party-american-progressive-front-a-pp-perspective-1310402/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/unit[..]1/20
Fig Newton's article
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-411-on-the-super-party-1310117/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-[..]/1/20
Neil, that's what the EB does...
Sorry I can take potshot now that you're dead. But I hated the EB...
I am actually kind of sad to see the USWP fail due to wanna be eCelebs needing to boost their ego's.
I always hated the USWP when i was an eUS Citizen, I used to constantly troll Scrabman when he was president and made poor decisions.
However it is quite saddening to see that the party that once was dominate and alive has died a slow and strangled death at the hands of someone who will in all reality screw the eUS up more than it ever has been.
And to Walter Joseph Kovacs, You know I respect you but in this case, YES the USWP should have polled its members before cutting back room deals that sold the party down the river for one mans personal glory.
Wow did Scrabber or Ananias create the Fed hating cabinet position? LOL. That brought on be me, Gaius, or FG?
As a practically founder of USWP I am sad to see this day is coming.
But - Panta rhei - everything flows - and politics is place where everything is possible if necessary...
Greetings to all my dear old friends in USA 😉
Hey Roby. I killed USWP finally.
Hehe, I am glad you finally finished your eLife challenge🙂
@Relorian my old friend. That would have taken days, and the elections are around the corner. Vote was overwhelmingly in favor of this, including emeritus.