[Kaspar]

Yeah, I can't picture a coalition including the CA and SLD

I'm beginning to like the sounds of a PUC-CA-PNL coalition.

[Falx]

I'm beginning to like the sounds of a PUC-CA-PNL coalition.

A minority government is a really bad idea, that only has 41% of the current vote.

[Cartertonian]

At this rate, the misnomer we began with will prove to be prophetic

And another thing - it's curious how despite every online test I've ever done placing me 'centre/centre-left', when push comes to shove, I have (only marginally, mind) more stomach for a coalition with those to the right of me, than with those to the left of me.

Aaargghhh! - We must keep the Red Menace at bay!! *pauses for breath - wipes rabid spittle from quivering lips - takes another blood-pressure tablet*.

As you American fellows are fond of saying, I gather:

Go figure.

[Falx]

SN and CA...who do you pick?

SN in a heart beat.

[Cartertonian]

SN in a heart beat.

After the cataclysmic failures it wrought on peoples all over the world in the 20th Century, I see no place for the Marxist-Leninist stance favoured by SN anywhere in the 21st Century.

Haven't those left-wing lunatics done enough damage?

Or do you think they need another go - to try and get it right this time?

[Vladimir]

Perhaps you should actually consult our platform instead of thinking in terms of misnomers

[Falx]

Haven't the conservatives? They're ruined more countries than the Marxists have made, for the simple reason that you are stuck with an outdated morality. Mark my words, the fact that the US is not researching stem cells today will make it's citizens into second class human beings 50 years down the line when Singaporeans will be regrowing limbs, eyes, kidneys and everything in between for themselves. The US will have all of its god to thank for the miserable state it will be in.

[Fasces]

As of this moment a PUC-PNL-CA-POP coalition has 30/66 votes.

Some may find that interesting. As a show of good faith, we'll even let you choose one part of our platform you do not want, and will voluntarily forgo that issue in the interest of stopping a Marxist coalition from emerging.

[Cartertonian]

Perhaps you should actually consult our platform instead of thinking in terms of misnomers

Actually, I did. Did I read between the wrong lines?

The US will have all of its god to thank for the miserable state it will be in

And why should I give a toss what happens to the Septics?

[Demosthenes]

After the cataclysmic failures it wrought on peoples all over the world in the 20th Century, I see no place for the Marxist-Leninist stance favoured by SN anywhere in the 21st Century.

Haven't those left-wing lunatics done enough damage?

Or do you think they need another go - to try and get it right this time?

You have to be kidding me right? Talk about the victor writing the history...

Need I remind you of the number of "interventions" your side has perpetuated to STOP any far left governments? Do you actually have any clue at all what the US, for instance, has done while "intervening" in Colombia? (I won't mention that it nearly single-handedly created the false state of Panama). THe majority of the bloodshed in that nation happens because of the right-wing government, not the FARC which people like you demonize.

It's irresponsible statements like this that prove why the uninformed should not be allowed in government.

Perhaps if you were less busy demonizing and more busy looking for working solutions...
Bah...this is a waste of time isn't it?

[Vladimir]

Actually, I did. Did I read between the wrong lines?

sooo why are you then linking us with outdated bureaucratic dictatorships??

[HoniSoit]

You have to be kidding me right? Talk about the victor writing the history...

Need I remind you of the number of "interventions" your side has perpetuated to STOP any far left governments? Do you actually have any clue at all what the US, for instance, has done while "intervening" in Colombia? (I won't mention that it nearly single-handedly created the false state of Panama). THe majority of the bloodshed in that nation happens because of the right-wing government, not the FARC which people like you demonize.

It's irresponsible statements like this that prove why the uninformed should not be allowed in government.

Perhaps if you were less busy demonizing and more busy looking for working solutions...
Bah...this is a waste of time isn't it?

Demo - considering what you write here, I would have assumed you voted for SN or RF.

[Nets]

Demos is to the SLD like George Galloway was to Labor; sooner or later he'll quit or get kicked out.

[Demosthenes]

Demo - considering what you write here, I would have assumed you voted for SN or RF.

I haven't made any secret of late of my disdain for politics as usual. The SLD has a chance to break with that, but suitoring with more mainstream parties will force my hand. The outright demonization of the SN by members of the PUC is highly regrettable, and the noted desire of several respected SLD members to side with them, while I don't begrudge them this, frankly will be sending the SLD in a direction I can no longer go in good conscience.

[Nets]

Demos, there is no denying that you yourself are the originator of mudslinging and yellow journalism in this election cycle, you reap what you sow. You should just join the SN already and let the reasonable parties form a government already.

[Sephardi]

Nets, current numbers say that a Center-Right Coalition of PUC, CA, LC/FRP, POP, and PNL will get 53 seats, and this means that we can make a government that will not include SN, SLD, and RF. Think about it.

[Fasces]

The PoP will never coalition with libertarians.

[Sephardi]

The PoP will never coalition with libertarians.

Well if they're included they put that number above 50%. You'd rather have a Socialist government?

[HoniSoit]

Demos is to the SLD like George Galloway was to Labor; sooner or later he'll quit or get kicked out.

My impression also.

The question is - would the RF-SN be the Respect for Demo?

The SLD has a chance to break with [politics as usual]...

I agree with most of the SLD policies but I don't think those policies, as much as they sound good on paper, will be carried out in reality. The Democrats in the US, Labor Party in Britain and in Australia are just a few examples of how supposedly social democratic parties, once in power, move further to the right and abandon their social democratic programs in no time.

[Fasces]

Socialist parties cannot break 50%. There would be a minority government, and thus no need for a formal coalition. We will not establish a government with the libertarians.