[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl

After a quarter century divergence, there really is no way of telling who would be where though. You can take any yahoo and put them in office, but it is meaningless really because it is just speculation. With that much divergence, anyone's parents could have ended up as President.

Joe Walsh - singer and guitarist for the Eagles as well as a successful solo career - ran for President one year. Maybe he'd run again after 2000 and get a better showing . . . .

Originally Posted by whswhs

Yes, and so your picking those three yahoos, instead of some entirely different ones, unavoidably suggests political sentiments that not everyone in your potential audience can be expected to share. I think that's an artistic weakness. It certainly limits your audience appeal; for me, for one, the fact that I can see an obvious political agenda makes me think that your potential campaign would constantly be pushing political ideas at me that I'm opposed to and would be constantly tempted to argue with, as I am here.

I've succeeded in running a series of campaigns for players who've been loyal, sometimes, for decades, despite their mostly being California progressives who know that I oppose much of what they believe, because I don't push my political sympathies at them. I recommend that practice to GMs.

Likewise, although I mostly agree with the overall premise (faster space progress), though I disagree with many of the methods involved (which I will not get into at the moment), the lack and even dismissal of the opposing viewpoint is probably as jarring to me as it is to Bill. I would not want to game in this setting because it's trying too hard to be "perfect" according to one corner of the political square.

Originally Posted by whswhs

If you gotta message, call Western Union.

Truer words have rarely been spoken. :)