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The States 2: States Rights for Me But Not for Thee

Alaska Supreme Court rules that Dan Sullivan *is* allowed to be on the ballot to campaign against Dan Sullivan.

We're finally getting our political version of the Dan vs Dave moment that was robbed from us before the 1992 Summer Olympics!
 
aparch said:
Alaska Supreme Court rules that Dan Sullivan *is* allowed to be on the ballot to campaign against Dan Sullivan.

We're finally getting our political version of the Dan vs Dave moment that was robbed from us before the 1992 Summer Olympics!
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It was so stupid that the state had to hire an outside attorney from Colorado because no one at the state wanted to defend the case.
 
Here's the situation, the whole Reb army is up that road a ways waiting for us, so this is no time for an argument like this, I tell you. We could surely use you fellas; we're now well below half strength. Whether you fight or not, that's up to you, whether you come along is... well, you're coming.

You know who we are and what we are doing here, but if you are going to fight alongside us there are a few things I want you to know. This regiment was formed last summer, in Maine. There were a thousand of us then, there are less than 300 of us now. All of us volunteered to fight for the Union, just as you have. Some came mainly because we were bored at home, thought this looked like it might be fun. Some came because we were ashamed not to. Many of us came because it was the right thing to do. And all of us have seen men die.

This is a different kind of army. If you look back through history you will see men fighting for pay, for women, for some other kind of loot. They fight for land, power, because a king leads them, or just because they like killing. But we are here for something new; this has not happened much in the history of the world. We are an army out to set other men free. America should be free ground, all of it, not divided by a line between slave states and free - all the way from here to the Pacific Ocean. No man has to bow. No man born to royalty. Here we judge you by what you do, not by who your father was. Here you can be something. Here is the place to build a home. But it's not the land, there's always more land. It's the idea that we all have value - you and me. What we are fighting for, in the end, we're fighting for each other.

Sorry, I didn't mean to preach. You go ahead and you talk for a while. If you choose to join us and you want your muskets back you can have them - nothing more will be said by anyone anywhere. If you choose not to join us well then you can come along under guard and when this is all over I will do what I can to ensure you get a fair trial, but for now we're moving out.

Gentlemen, I think if we lose this fight we lose the war, so if you choose to join us I will be personally very grateful.
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"We'll have the advantage of moving down the hill."
 
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