Hamlet Linden in search of a few good Red State Bush supporters

Since the Off-Topic forum is probably the most active place in SL for real world political debate, I thought I'd cross-post this request here:

I'm putting together a NWN event where I'll invite 5 Red State/Bush supporters on stage with 5 Blue State/Bush opponents, and moderate a (hopefully) polite and productive conversation on the presidential election, and why they supported/opposed the President's re-election. So far, I've got more than enough Blue State/Bush opponents to join this panel, but I'm still in need of a few more Red State candidates. If you're interested, IM me this information:

- Tell me what state you're from (will be kept confidential)

- why you supported/voted for Bush

- and/or why you voted against Kerry

IM me ASAP, as I'd like to run this later next week or the week after. Further info here:

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Now that we have enough Red state/Bush supporters, the event will be this Thursday at 7pm PST. And now here's an opportunity for the politically engaged, pro-Bush, anti-Bush, and everything in between. Read on:

A Political Expression Contest!
Put your opinions in 3D for publicity and fabulous prizes (and oh yeah, to be part of the democratic conversation.)

The area behind the event site stage (Wengen 75, 24 is now open for building political sculpture pertaining to the election. In the upcoming related NWN entry, I will try to feature screenshots of all these entries, with credits to all builders. And at the end of the Thursday event, I'll be awarding L$1000 to up to three of the most striking builds, in three categories:

- anti-Kerry/pro-Bush
- anti-Bush/pro-Kerry
- General, Non-Partisan Current Events, pertaining to news of the last four years that has impacted the last presidential election.

- All sculptures must be the resident's own work and PG. Entries that violate either standard may be deleted.

The selectees will be based on my own personal judgement, but here's the general principles I'll make the selections on:

- Originality.

- Humor, dramatic, and/or intellectual impact.

- Preference for 3D and/or scripted and/or graphic expression, over 2D expression. (I.E., I'm more likely to give the award to an evocative sculpture, as opposed to a text-only billboard.)

- Adherence to the spirit of the event. (I.E., no personal attacks, unsupported assertions, or extreme political statements. General rule of thumb: at least somewhat to the left of Ann Coulter and at least somewhat to the right of Michael Moore.)

Deadline for the building is this Thursday, 6:30pm PST! Any questions, post here, or IM me (Hamlet Linden).

Just to clarify, people can begin building political sculptures/signs right now. The building site is Wengen (24, 222 or thereabouts) and is cleverly entitled "Rezzing area". No need to check with me, no need to describe your plans-- just check the guidelines, and start your rezzing!

What about anti-bush&kerry / pro-independent?

Hmm, that's a doozy, Jack. For the purpose of this event, I guess I'd classify an equally anti-Bush/anti-Kerry sculpture in the non-partisan currents category.

Speaking of which...

The political sculptures are going up! Currently we have two non-partisan current events sculptures, and two I'm classifying as anti-Bush sculptures, but no pro-Bush sculptures, so I'm cordially inviting any Bush supporters to help balanced out the 3D debate. Remember, L$1000 is going to one selectee in each category. 4 more hours left to do so!