[ARAMEC] You Should Have Seen This Coming

Day 2,291, 13:34 • Published in USA USA • by Aeriadne

For the listeners.
February 23rd, 2014

I'm Running for Country President
I had a vision, of this month without me running for POTUS. Tyler and Gnilraps campaigned quaintly and the dwindling public gradually was swayed one way or another, one article at a time. And it was so... boring. I've had a change of heart. I don't want this month to be boring. And I know what I said, Gnil and Ty. I really do. But eNASA and eNPR? Really? Those are the best bones either of you could throw me? I appreciate the offers, and I blame it on both of you assuming I'd still be running.

And who am I to ever deny a threeway?


Sorry, boys!

The Man
Hi! My name is Aramec. Some of you may remember me as a troublesome little halfling who served a grand total of eight terms as Secretary of Media. Others may still yet be familiar with me from my two terms as Minister of Foreign Affairs under NewAzazel. Still others of you may recall that I was Chief of Staff under WildOwl, and briefly Secretary of the Interior.

If you want a more in depth examination, I'll give it to you: classically trained in SEES and deconstructed in the UIP, I've served six times in four different parties as President. Most of them was back in a time when that meant something, back when parties had funds and ad wars were rampant. Back when Congress wasn't about seeing which party got a bigger percentage of seats, but rather which congress hopeful could be the best person in their district and which party would wait until the last moment at midnight to snipe votes from others. I was grown and manufactured in a very different era of eRepublik, one that I think doesn't need to be entirely dead.

And that's all grand. I can tout out my experiences with this country like I built mountains and bridged foreign affairs gaps where no others could, but that isn't the truth. When I served as MoFA, I learned the best. I learned from Artela, and she along with Josh Frost drove our winter schedule with foreign affairs. I was just a pretty face who was still getting used to the ropes.

I thank them both for that experience, as it was the most engaging, most education, and funnest I've had playing this game in my five years of doing so. NewAzazel bet on me as no one else had, and I ran with it.

And Emericka? I want to do that for you.


The Plan
Gnilraps is running as a visionary, a guy with a goal who wants to see it through. His vision of our country is psychological, insofar as in if you smile enough, even when you're feeling down and blue, the sheer act of smiling will release endorphins and thus cause you to be happier.

Tyler's scheme is more hardline. What he's selling you is a club of personality that you are cordially invited to. It's different sort of fun from Gnilraps' brand, and I can only assume that with a TB Presidency we're gonna get a lot more sexy images of Will Ferrel. As to the cabinet I can't speak to that yet, but the shape of his presidency is obviously different already than that of Gnilraps.

So what do I have to offer, you may be wondering expectantly, hoping beyond all hope that I will answer that precious question which you have sought the answer for since you first knew what this article was about.

And that answer is simple: realism.


Were you expecting something more... flamboyant?

Mask parties are fun! I like them! And with Gnilraps that would be a grand ball to attend. But it's inherently fake. And I can't pass of my credentials like they mean something: the presidency will be as much of a learning experience for me as anything I have ever done in this game. But I'm a very good learner.

So let's cut to the chase. My offer?

1. Learning opportunities.
My cabinet will be comprised of a very few select people. It's not gonna be big, and in fact I think you'll notice some positions are missing. We live in a time where we can compact responsibilities, and allow more people to learn. So along with the very select few I choose to be in charge of things, I'll be instituting a variety of mentorship programming, wherein each Secretary will be in charge of producing their own deputies. I will of course have a bit of say in recommending people to them, but ultimately the secretaries will run show and teach the future their delightful skills.

2. Continuity.
I know what brand of Foreign Affairs we're running right now. I saw built up by Artela with Naz, and continue running it's course under WildOwl. I, more than either Gnilraps or Tyler, know what we can do in that department. But even more than that, I know how other departments are supposed to go. I know what Media we thirst for, what Interior programs can continue to stabilize. So if you want to keep supping on sweet Canadian tears and tearing through opponents to secure out 10/10, you know where to find me.

3. Baby boom.
This is the big one, and it's the one I will personally oversee. We need it, and I will do everything within my power to make it happen.

The Bottom Line
I like you guys.

Totally in that way.

And I want as much as anyone for us all to keep having fun. Last year sucked, I'll say it. We lost a lot of good people to the amazingly poor state we were in, that state being none, cus we were wiped. This year is off to a really grand start, and you have the administrations of the past two Presidents to thank for that. They, along with really quality people, secured a great start to the year for us.

So here's what I ask: join me. Get behind. I promise you it'll be a hot time in more ways than one. Because electing me to POTUS means that, for a month, the right people will run FA to the best of their abilities, the nation will learn and grow our youngers, and I will be spending hours of each day fighting to get us new people.

I'm Aramec. Watch me dance.


More to come, more to read. But first, here's Susan. She's what you really only care about with my articles anyhow. And she can rock a catsuit too.