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EP:59:08 : “Vote Coverage”
ERIA QUINT: Welcome back to a special edition of Showdown. I’m your host, Eria Quint, and as Citizens flock to polling places across the ’verse, we’re tackling the topic that’s on the mind of the entire Empire — Senator Polo’s initiative to cut military spending. The importance of this piece of legislature seems to have energized the voting public, and if initial returns from Goss are any indicator, we are expecting a much higher voter turnout than expected; almost double what we saw six years ago when the Dunkirk Initiative failed to pass. There are even reports of polling stations staying open late to accommodate long lines of voters. Currently only 2% of all districts have relayed returns, so we expect a long week ahead as results trickle in from the various systems to the Imperial Election Bureau in Moscow.

I’m sure many of you have already weighed in with your opinion by voting, but we want to hear from you too. Comm us here at Showdown with your thoughts on the Polo initiative and let us know what you think it means for the UEE. Will Citizens call for fiscal responsibility from all branches of government and insist on military cuts? Or do rising crime and Vanduul threats justify current military spending?

Providing us with their own unique insights are Arthur Warro, political attache to Senator Polo, and Gavin Vidyapith, noted author and spokesperson for “Safe & Strong,” a political activist group advocating for an increased military presence. Thanks to you both for joining us on what I can only assume will be a defining moment in the direction of this Empire and its people.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Thanks for having me on.

ARTHUR WARRO: My pleasure. Always happy to make time for you, Eria.

ERIA QUINT: So Arthur, early SRC exit polls have 65% of Terrans voting in favor of the initiative. That’s got to be pretty exciting for the Senator.

ARTHUR WARRO: I just saw that too. I wouldn’t be surprised if those numbers rise as more Citizens from Prime and New Austin head out to vote.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: No one would be surprised. Everyone knows that inner systems like Terra have less of an interest in securing our borders.

ARTHUR WARRO: People seem to think that a desire to make sure that defense spending is going to appropriate places is tantamount to serving us up to the Vanduul. Did spending billions on the failed Project Stormwatch do anything to protect our borders?

We believe that the Citizens understand the fiscal challenges the UEE is facing. Parents take their kids to schools that are in disrepair. Haulers get stuck in egregiously long customs lines because of staff shortages. The people of Fora struggle daily to have something to eat. These are big problems that can only be resolved through big action. The Polo Initiative is what the Empire needs and I’m positive that once all the votes are counted it will prove to be what the Empire wants.

ERIA QUINT: Gavin, what’s your take on the early results?

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Votes from the Empire’s outer systems are going to take longer to arrive in Moscow. I fully expect the lead the initiative has to be slowly whittled away as more and more of these systems report their votes.

ARTHUR WARRO: I’d like to remind Mr. Vidyapith that a high turnout rate in outer systems doesn’t mean all those votes are against the initiative. I spoke to many voters from Vega, Elysium and elsewhere who understand the need to balance military safety with financial security. Millions of Citizens who live in frontline systems believe that responsible military spending won’t leave them any less safe. The fact is, the military consumes a disproportionately large part of the budget when you compare it to what our Empire’s actual day-to-day needs are.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: There’s a phrase my mother taught me, “think universally, act locally,” and yeah, at the end of the day, people are most concerned about the problems at their front door, but what you have to remember is for a lot of people, the Vanduul are the problem at their front door. Not only that, but it has been shown time and again that this is more than just a frontier problem.

ERIA QUINT: Would you care to expand on that, Gavin?

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: The latest Stoddard Research Center poll showed that 51% of prospective voters wanted to maintain military spending and 25% were even willing to increase military spending. 50% of respondents claimed to be “very concerned” with the ongoing hostilities with the Vanduul. I think those numbers speak for themselves.

ERIA QUINT: How about it, Mr. Warro? Do those numbers worry you?

ARTHUR WARRO: The biggest thing we took away was that 41% of respondents were undecided on how they were going to vote. That’s why over the last few weeks of the campaign we worked really hard to get the word out on how the Polo initiative would create a better Empire without compromising its security. There are a lot of votes still on the table, and after our recent efforts, I’m expecting more and more of them to be coming in our direction.

ERIA QUINT: Let’s take a moment to see what our audience has to say about what’s going on. wonderCHIN wrote in and said, “The Polo Initiative is not just about reducing military spending, but more about spending money more efficiently on the military and other government institutions. Senator Polo for Imperator!”

ARTHUR WARRO: That’s great! Further proof that you have the best audience in the ’verse, Eria.

ERIA QUINT: Any truth to wonderCHIN’s last point? Does Senator Polo have any aspirations to higher office? He’s already achieved UEE-wide name recognition. If this initiative passes, there’s no doubt that it’ll be politically advantageous for him.

ARTHUR WARRO: I can guarantee that all Senator Polo is worried about right now is finding a solution to the fiscal problems plaguing our Empire. This isn’t a grand political stunt on his part. This is the action of a man who cares and is deeply worried about the future of our Empire.

ERIA QUINT: We have another comm here from Simon “Skykiller” Reach who believes that, “The Polo Initiative is as big a threat to the UEE and Humanity as the Vanduul are. The military should be more efficient, but any efficiency gains should be invested back into the military, not squandered away by some ridiculous bureaucrats.”

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Excellent suggestion, and one that I am happy to point out is something the military currently does. There are whole divisions of accountants who look at these numbers and decide where best to allocate funds. It seems absurd to think that an outside arbiter would know better than the military itself. Who are we to dictate to them?

ARTHUR WARRO: We are the Citizens of this Empire and the military is supposed to answer to us, or have you already forgotten what happens when it is the other way around?

GAVIN VINDYAPITH: I see what you did there, Arthur, and I won’t take the bait. All I’m going to say is that it takes a strong military to protect the freedom our Empire enjoys. No way around it.

ARTHUR WARRO: And how will that work if the Empire is drowning in debt?

ERIA QUINT: I am seeing that the Election Bureau is reporting new results from the Rhetor system. A perfect time for Showdown to take a quick break so our analysts and guests can dig into them. While we’re away, remember to send us your thoughts on this historic election. We’ll be back shortly with more special election coverage on Showdown!

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ERIA QUINT: Willkommen zurück zu einer Sonderausgabe von Showdown. Ich bin Ihr Gastgeber, Eria Quint, und während die Bürger zu den Wahllokalen über den Vers hinweg strömen, beschäftigen wir uns mit dem Thema, das das gesamte Imperium beschäftigt - der Initiative von Senator Polo zur Senkung der Militärausgaben. Die Bedeutung dieses Gesetzes scheint die stimmberechtigte Öffentlichkeit mit Energie versorgt zu haben, und wenn die ersten Renditen von Goss ein Indikator sind, erwarten wir eine viel höhere Wahlbeteiligung als erwartet; fast doppelt so viel wie vor sechs Jahren, als die Dünkircheninitiative nicht bestanden hat. Es gibt sogar Berichte über Wahllokale, die spät geöffnet bleiben, um lange Reihen von Wählern aufzunehmen. Derzeit haben nur 2% aller Bezirke Renditen weitergeleitet, so dass wir eine lange Woche im Voraus erwarten, da die Ergebnisse von den verschiedenen Systemen an das Imperial Election Bureau in Moskau weitergeleitet werden.

Ich bin sicher, dass viele von Ihnen bereits mit Ihrer Meinung durch Abstimmung gewogen haben, aber wir wollen auch von Ihnen hören. Komm uns hier im Showdown mit deinen Gedanken zur Polo-Initiative und lass uns wissen, was du denkst, was es für die UEE bedeutet. Werden die Bürgerinnen und Bürger von allen Regierungsbereichen fiskalische Verantwortung fordern und auf militärische Kürzungen bestehen? Oder rechtfertigen steigende Kriminalität und Vanduul-Drohungen die aktuellen Militärausgaben?

Arthur Warro, politischer Attaché von Senator Polo, und Gavin Vidyapith, bekannter Autor und Sprecher von "Safe & Strong", einer politischen Aktivistengruppe, die sich für eine verstärkte militärische Präsenz einsetzt, liefern uns ihre eigenen einzigartigen Erkenntnisse. Vielen Dank an euch beide, dass ihr euch uns angeschlossen habt, denn ich kann nur annehmen, dass dies ein entscheidender Moment in Richtung dieses Reiches und seines Volkes sein wird.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Danke, dass ich dabei sein darf.

ARTHUR WARRO: Mit Vergnügen. Ich nehme mir immer gerne Zeit für dich, Eria.

ERIA QUINT: Also Arthur, frühe SRC-Abschlussbefragungen haben 65% der Terraner für die Initiative gestimmt. Das muss ziemlich aufregend für den Senator sein.

ARTHUR WARRO: Das habe ich gerade auch gesehen. Ich wäre nicht überrascht, wenn diese Zahlen steigen würden, wenn mehr Bürger aus Prime und New Austin zur Wahl gehen.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Niemand würde überrascht sein. Jeder weiß, dass innere Systeme wie Terra weniger Interesse an der Sicherung unserer Grenzen haben.

ARTHUR WARRO: Die Leute scheinen zu denken, dass der Wunsch, sicherzustellen, dass die Verteidigungsausgaben an geeignete Orte gelangen, gleichbedeutend ist mit einem Dienst an uns bis zum Vanduul. Haben die Milliardenausgaben für das gescheiterte Projekt Sturmwatch etwas zum Schutz unserer Grenzen beigetragen?

Wir glauben, dass die Bürger die steuerlichen Herausforderungen, vor denen die UEE steht, verstehen. Eltern nehmen ihre Kinder mit in Schulen, die in Verfall geraten sind. Spediteure stecken aufgrund von Personalengpässen in enorm langen Zolllinien fest. Die Menschen in Fora kämpfen täglich darum, etwas zu essen zu haben. Das sind große Probleme, die nur durch große Maßnahmen gelöst werden können. Die Polo-Initiative ist das, was das Imperium braucht, und ich bin überzeugt, dass, wenn alle Stimmen gezählt sind, es sich als das erweisen wird, was das Imperium will.

ERIA QUINT: Gavin, was hältst du von den ersten Ergebnissen?

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Stimmen aus den äußeren Systemen des Imperiums werden länger brauchen, um in Moskau anzukommen. Ich gehe davon aus, dass die Führung der Initiative langsam abgebaut werden muss, da immer mehr dieser Systeme ihre Stimmen abgeben.

ARTHUR WARRO: Ich möchte Herrn Vidyapith daran erinnern, dass eine hohe Wahlbeteiligung in den äußeren Systemen nicht bedeutet, dass alle diese Stimmen gegen die Initiative sind. Ich habe mit vielen Wählern von Vega, Elysium und anderswo gesprochen, die die Notwendigkeit verstehen, militärische Sicherheit und finanzielle Sicherheit in Einklang zu bringen. Millionen von Bürgern, die in Frontline-Systemen leben, glauben, dass verantwortungsvolle Militärausgaben sie nicht weniger sicher machen werden. Tatsache ist, dass das Militär einen überproportional großen Teil des Budgets verbraucht, wenn man es mit den tatsächlichen täglichen Bedürfnissen unseres Reiches vergleicht.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Es gibt einen Satz, den meine Mutter mir beigebracht hat, "universell denken, lokal handeln", und ja, am Ende des Tages sind die Leute sehr besorgt über die Probleme an ihrer Haustür, aber was du dir merken musst, ist für viele Leute, die Vanduul sind das Problem an ihrer Haustür. Nicht nur das, sondern es hat sich immer wieder gezeigt, dass es sich hier um mehr als nur um ein Grenzproblem handelt.

ERIA QUINT: Möchtest du das näher erläutern, Gavin?

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Die neueste Umfrage des Stoddard Research Center ergab, dass 51% der potenziellen Wähler die Militärausgaben aufrechterhalten wollten und 25% sogar bereit waren, die Militärausgaben zu erhöhen. 50% der Befragten gaben an, "sehr besorgt" über die anhaltenden Feindseligkeiten gegen die Vanduul zu sein. Ich denke, diese Zahlen sprechen für sich.

ERIA QUINT: Wie sieht es aus, Mr. Warro? Machen dir diese Zahlen Sorgen?

ARTHUR WARRO: Das Größte, was wir mitgenommen haben, war, dass 41% der Befragten unentschlossen waren, wie sie wählen würden. Deshalb haben wir in den letzten Wochen der Kampagne sehr hart daran gearbeitet, die Botschaft zu verbreiten, wie die Polo-Initiative ein besseres Imperium schaffen würde, ohne seine Sicherheit zu gefährden. Es liegen noch viele Abstimmungen auf dem Tisch, und nach unseren jüngsten Bemühungen erwarte ich, dass immer mehr von ihnen in unsere Richtung kommen werden.

ERIA QUINT: Nehmen wir uns einen Moment Zeit, um zu sehen, was unser Publikum über das zu sagen hat, was vor sich geht. wonderCHIN schrieb und sagte: "Bei der Polo-Initiative geht es nicht nur darum, die Militärausgaben zu reduzieren, sondern auch darum, Geld effizienter für das Militär und andere staatliche Institutionen auszugeben. Senator Polo für Imperator!"

ARTHUR WARRO: Das ist großartig! Ein weiterer Beweis dafür, dass Sie das beste Publikum im Vers Eria haben.

ERIA QUINT: Irgendeine Wahrheit über den letzten Punkt von wonderCHIN? Hat Senator Polo irgendwelche Ambitionen auf ein höheres Amt? Er hat bereits einen UEE-weiten Bekanntheitsgrad erreicht. Wenn diese Initiative angenommen wird, besteht kein Zweifel daran, dass sie für ihn politisch von Vorteil sein wird.

ARTHUR WARRO: Ich kann garantieren, dass alle Senator Polo ist besorgt über im Moment ist die Suche nach einer Lösung für die steuerlichen Probleme, die unser Imperium. Das ist kein großer politischer Stunt von seiner Seite. Dies ist die Tat eines Mannes, der sich um die Zukunft unseres Reiches kümmert und sich große Sorgen macht.

ERIA QUINT: Wir haben hier eine weitere Mitteilung von Simon "Skykiller" Reach, der glaubt, dass "die Polo-Initiative eine ebenso große Bedrohung für die UEE und die Menschheit ist wie die Vanduul. Das Militär sollte effizienter sein, aber alle Effizienzgewinne sollten wieder in das Militär investiert und nicht von einigen lächerlichen Bürokraten verschwendet werden."

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Ausgezeichneter Vorschlag, und einer, den ich gerne hervorheben möchte, ist etwas, was das Militär derzeit tut. Es gibt ganze Abteilungen von Buchhaltern, die sich diese Zahlen ansehen und entscheiden, wo die Mittel am besten eingesetzt werden. Es erscheint absurd zu denken, dass ein externer Schiedsrichter es besser wissen würde als das Militär selbst. Wer sind wir, dass wir ihnen vorschreiben?

ARTHUR WARRO: Wir sind die Bürger dieses Reiches und das Militär soll sich vor uns verantworten, oder hast du schon vergessen, was passiert, wenn es umgekehrt ist?

GAVIN VINDYAPITH: Ich sehe, was du dort getan hast, Arthur, und ich werde den Köder nicht nehmen. Alles, was ich sagen werde, ist, dass es eines starken Militärs bedarf, um die Freiheit zu schützen, die unser Imperium genießt. Daran führt kein Weg vorbei.

ARTHUR WARRO: Und wie wird das funktionieren, wenn das Imperium in Schulden ertrinkt?

ERIA QUINT: Ich sehe, dass das Wahlbüro über neue Ergebnisse aus dem Rhetorensystem berichtet. Eine perfekte Zeit für Showdown, um eine kurze Pause einzulegen, damit sich unsere Analysten und Gäste in sie vertiefen können. Während wir weg sind, denken Sie daran, uns Ihre Gedanken zu dieser historischen Wahl zu schicken. Wir werden in Kürze mit weiteren speziellen Wahlberichten zu Showdown zurückkommen!

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EP:59:08 : “Vote Coverage”
ERIA QUINT: Welcome back to a special edition of Showdown. I’m your host, Eria Quint, and as Citizens flock to polling places across the ’verse, we’re tackling the topic that’s on the mind of the entire Empire — Senator Polo’s initiative to cut military spending. The importance of this piece of legislature seems to have energized the voting public, and if initial returns from Goss are any indicator, we are expecting a much higher voter turnout than expected; almost double what we saw six years ago when the Dunkirk Initiative failed to pass. There are even reports of polling stations staying open late to accommodate long lines of voters. Currently only 2% of all districts have relayed returns, so we expect a long week ahead as results trickle in from the various systems to the Imperial Election Bureau in Moscow.

I’m sure many of you have already weighed in with your opinion by voting, but we want to hear from you too. Comm us here at Showdown with your thoughts on the Polo initiative and let us know what you think it means for the UEE. Will Citizens call for fiscal responsibility from all branches of government and insist on military cuts? Or do rising crime and Vanduul threats justify current military spending?

Providing us with their own unique insights are Arthur Warro, political attache to Senator Polo, and Gavin Vidyapith, noted author and spokesperson for “Safe & Strong,” a political activist group advocating for an increased military presence. Thanks to you both for joining us on what I can only assume will be a defining moment in the direction of this Empire and its people.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Thanks for having me on.

ARTHUR WARRO: My pleasure. Always happy to make time for you, Eria.

ERIA QUINT: So Arthur, early SRC exit polls have 65% of Terrans voting in favor of the initiative. That’s got to be pretty exciting for the Senator.

ARTHUR WARRO: I just saw that too. I wouldn’t be surprised if those numbers rise as more Citizens from Prime and New Austin head out to vote.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: No one would be surprised. Everyone knows that inner systems like Terra have less of an interest in securing our borders.

ARTHUR WARRO: People seem to think that a desire to make sure that defense spending is going to appropriate places is tantamount to serving us up to the Vanduul. Did spending billions on the failed Project Stormwatch do anything to protect our borders?

We believe that the Citizens understand the fiscal challenges the UEE is facing. Parents take their kids to schools that are in disrepair. Haulers get stuck in egregiously long customs lines because of staff shortages. The people of Fora struggle daily to have something to eat. These are big problems that can only be resolved through big action. The Polo Initiative is what the Empire needs and I’m positive that once all the votes are counted it will prove to be what the Empire wants.

ERIA QUINT: Gavin, what’s your take on the early results?

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Votes from the Empire’s outer systems are going to take longer to arrive in Moscow. I fully expect the lead the initiative has to be slowly whittled away as more and more of these systems report their votes.

ARTHUR WARRO: I’d like to remind Mr. Vidyapith that a high turnout rate in outer systems doesn’t mean all those votes are against the initiative. I spoke to many voters from Vega, Elysium and elsewhere who understand the need to balance military safety with financial security. Millions of Citizens who live in frontline systems believe that responsible military spending won’t leave them any less safe. The fact is, the military consumes a disproportionately large part of the budget when you compare it to what our Empire’s actual day-to-day needs are.

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: There’s a phrase my mother taught me, “think universally, act locally,” and yeah, at the end of the day, people are most concerned about the problems at their front door, but what you have to remember is for a lot of people, the Vanduul are the problem at their front door. Not only that, but it has been shown time and again that this is more than just a frontier problem.

ERIA QUINT: Would you care to expand on that, Gavin?

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: The latest Stoddard Research Center poll showed that 51% of prospective voters wanted to maintain military spending and 25% were even willing to increase military spending. 50% of respondents claimed to be “very concerned” with the ongoing hostilities with the Vanduul. I think those numbers speak for themselves.

ERIA QUINT: How about it, Mr. Warro? Do those numbers worry you?

ARTHUR WARRO: The biggest thing we took away was that 41% of respondents were undecided on how they were going to vote. That’s why over the last few weeks of the campaign we worked really hard to get the word out on how the Polo initiative would create a better Empire without compromising its security. There are a lot of votes still on the table, and after our recent efforts, I’m expecting more and more of them to be coming in our direction.

ERIA QUINT: Let’s take a moment to see what our audience has to say about what’s going on. wonderCHIN wrote in and said, “The Polo Initiative is not just about reducing military spending, but more about spending money more efficiently on the military and other government institutions. Senator Polo for Imperator!”

ARTHUR WARRO: That’s great! Further proof that you have the best audience in the ’verse, Eria.

ERIA QUINT: Any truth to wonderCHIN’s last point? Does Senator Polo have any aspirations to higher office? He’s already achieved UEE-wide name recognition. If this initiative passes, there’s no doubt that it’ll be politically advantageous for him.

ARTHUR WARRO: I can guarantee that all Senator Polo is worried about right now is finding a solution to the fiscal problems plaguing our Empire. This isn’t a grand political stunt on his part. This is the action of a man who cares and is deeply worried about the future of our Empire.

ERIA QUINT: We have another comm here from Simon “Skykiller” Reach who believes that, “The Polo Initiative is as big a threat to the UEE and Humanity as the Vanduul are. The military should be more efficient, but any efficiency gains should be invested back into the military, not squandered away by some ridiculous bureaucrats.”

GAVIN VIDYAPITH: Excellent suggestion, and one that I am happy to point out is something the military currently does. There are whole divisions of accountants who look at these numbers and decide where best to allocate funds. It seems absurd to think that an outside arbiter would know better than the military itself. Who are we to dictate to them?

ARTHUR WARRO: We are the Citizens of this Empire and the military is supposed to answer to us, or have you already forgotten what happens when it is the other way around?

GAVIN VINDYAPITH: I see what you did there, Arthur, and I won’t take the bait. All I’m going to say is that it takes a strong military to protect the freedom our Empire enjoys. No way around it.

ARTHUR WARRO: And how will that work if the Empire is drowning in debt?

ERIA QUINT: I am seeing that the Election Bureau is reporting new results from the Rhetor system. A perfect time for Showdown to take a quick break so our analysts and guests can dig into them. While we’re away, remember to send us your thoughts on this historic election. We’ll be back shortly with more special election coverage on Showdown!

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