[DMJ4POTUS] Near and Far
dmjohnston
Mood Music: Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
This is shaping up to be a really fun election cycle. The months where only one really strong candidate runs gets fairly boring. I enjoy a challenge (I went into both my previous runs with the realistic outlook that I was tightly matched) and I see this month as no different. In both my previous campaigns, I was able to participate in debates, which I think really add an extra dynamic to a race. Unfortunately, my opponent has declined the opportunity to meet me in an eNPR debate leading up the election, despite two members of her own party serving has moderators.
Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of being endorsed by the Hot Wing Party. As such, all executive events in the month of April will feature all-you-can-eat Hot Wings!
In my last article, I outlined my domestic plans. Today I would remiss not to talk about how I plan to interact with our allies and enemies and how I’ll be filling out the rest of my cabinet.
State
By and large, our situation on the world stage is pretty good. The Iranian debacle has been a pock mark on an otherwise stable few months in foreign policy. Our alliance is effective at working together, our friends are reliable and our enemies are relatively few. The aptly named “Wild Owl Doctrine” has helped us maintain this status for some time now.
I mentioned in my announcement that I am certainly not a household name in foreign policy. However, in my previous terms as President, I helped grow Pacifica by adding Lativa and serving as Secretary General. I handled our then-new neighbors Cuba with diplomacy to our mutual benefit. I avoided a costly war with France through negotiations and being willing to make tough decisions.
I’m not an expert in foreign affairs, but I certainly hold my own, and the foreign entities I’ve interacted with know that I’m a competent communicator that they can deal with. Debacles like the Iranian Affair this month may be fun to write about and spur activity, but they also damage our reputation as a nation. Needlessly damaging relationships for the sake of fun is a net loss in my eyes.
Looking at the population of the eUS, few people match the expertise of Wild Owl when it comes to this arena. His foreign contacts and ability to interact and affect change are unmatched. That is why I have chosen him to serve as my Secretary of State.
Wild Owl - Secretary of State
National Security Council
In a throwback to my old approach to NSC, I’ve chosen two co-chairs that I think are going to be a perfect pairing to keep our country safe and informed. Something that has been lost from NSC lately is media. People like HeapSeppo or The Mike have published some great work over the years while serving on the National Security Council. I’ve asked my team to work on similar media this month. As I said in my last article, communication with the population is huge for our success. The NSC is a wealth of knowledge that we should be sharing so people understand why we do things the way we do.
I’m excited to watch Resoula and Yui kick major butt this month as they pair up as National Security Council Co-Chairs. They bring a ton of collective experience and are ready to keep up their past performance.
Resoula and Yui MHCP001 - National Security Council Co-Chairs
Treasury
The last department head I’m going to list here is without compare in the realm of money. He and I do a lot of analysis together and I know he’ll continue to help us find the best approach in our financial policies. I’m of course talking about Kemal Ergenekon.
Kemal Ergenekon - Secretary of Treasury
Executive Staff
In choosing my Vice President, my second in command, I had to look for someone I knew I could trust to carry on my legacy should the unthinkable happen (like my Internet going out or something). As we sat across from each other last week, eating the Obama Special at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles (the Obama Special is 3 chicken wings and a waffle; it’s freaking delicious), I asked him directly if he was up for the job. He accepted.
I’ve known this guy longer than I’ve known almost anyone still alive in eRepublik. From our days together back in the Training Corps, to the Air Force and WTP, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every opportunity to work with him. I give you, Disco Musolini.
Disco Musolini - Vice President
My selection for Chief of Staff was one of the first people to approach me after I announced that I was running. “Retirement is boring,” he said. “Give me something to do.” I had never served as Chief of Staff until the Great Blacklisting of 2015 when I stepped in to serve under Gnilraps in place of Tom Cauchon (welcome back to Tom). Keeping a cabinet full of squirrely secretaries in line and on task is not an easy job. Keeping them from killing each other is downright difficult. I trust that my Chief of Staff will be up for the task and keep our executive running like a well oiled machine. That’s why I’ve selected Orikfricai.
Orikfricai - Chief of Staff
You’ll notice that I haven’t listed any deputies in these departments. If you want to serve in the executive in any capacity, send a PM to either http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/messages-compose/2197383]me or the Secretary of that department. We want you to be involved. We need you to be involved. Contact my team today and be a part of the adventure.
Dio bless you, and Dio bless the eUnited States of America.
Comments
First for Hot Wings
Solid close out to a good team. Orik will be a good CoS, and yui has been great in the NSC.
Only concern is resoula, but he's done solid work before he ran away during his soh term, so hopefully he doesn't freak out and rage quit again.
Best of luck dmj o/
Oh don't worry. I never quit a job as NSC and never would. I may have been fired without warning in the middle of doing my job last time after I changed CS, but I assume that won't happen again since I have no plans to go anywhere anytime soon. 🙂
Werd fam. Best of luck then. And just know if you fuck up I will be there to shitpost about it 😃
I would expect nothing less.
Don't worry, I'll whip Resoula to the point of death just to make sure he does his work :>
That sounds....hot.
Not if I whip you first
An actual compliment from Tenshibo? This feels weird.
IKR?
I'm playing this game seriously for the first time in forever~~~
Be ready for new shit.
Tenshibo for President? #worst2first?
Soon fam, real soon.
Debacle? Even your definitions are messed up. Using a non-issue to score cheap political points. Just when I thought you couldn't get any lower.
I've described why it's not a "non-issue." You're welcome to disagree. Debacle is correct.
Poor English skills do not make anything correct. You are still wrong, but tell me - how do you plan to restore eAmerica's supposedly damaged reputation? Give the money back?
Debacle: A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco
Ignominious: deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Doesn't get much more accurate than that. My English skills are more than adequate, thank you.
At this point, I don't know that the damage can be undone. Congress would need to approve money if it were to be sent back, so that wouldn't really be in my hands to decide. I would certainly want to sit down with the Iranians and discuss the issue to see what can be done about it.
There was no failure to begin with, and therefore no cause for disgrace or shame. Seeing a failure where there is none does not make your English skills correct. Also, stop using American bastardised English definitions. The proper English can be had from the Oxford.
I did pull those from Oxford. I love that you're attacking my diction, though. Really shows substance to your complaints.
Wrong again sir. It shows that you are assigning the word for a failure to an instance that is not a failure, something that Ajay Bruno would do. If that is the depth of your analysis, then I would put your grasp of the issues on par with his. I cannot make it any simpler than that.
I stand behind my stance on this. You're certainly welcome to disagree, but this wasn't a smart move, in my opinion. I said what I meant and I meant what I said.
I don't feel a need to prove my intelligence to you.
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Your language teacher ripped you off, son
Lets look at the facts though, an Org and 3 million CC gained in a boring game. That seems like a win to me.
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There are not many differences in the teams, something usual in the recent months it seems 🙁
I was surprised to see it happen, honestly. I felt like I had picked some people that either hadn't been Secretaries before (Joey) or that hadn't in a couple (Resoula) months. It was strange to see such similar lists.
I picked one cabinet to be a part of because I didn't want there to be any conflicts of interest.
Here is another choice!
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/pp-for-dictator-2589986/1/20
#NeverDMJ
Finally mentioned! Huzzah
DIODIODIO
70% the same as Melissa Rose's cabinet.
for MR you only said 67% or somethin. WHICH IS IT MAN!?
Her cabinet is different so the numbers are also different haha
Like it or not we've gone from an active pool of thousands to a couple hundred. With so few to choose from there's going to be overlap.
I understand that, but 71% overlap from month to month? That's borderline absurd. There are more than 10 active people in the eUSA.
Your percentage keeps climbing.
Make me DepSex of State
please
im really quite good
Pro tip: Assign someone like the ass man or Custer as NSC media person.
I think I've been in the NSC for more than 12 successive months and I didn't even once consider to bother with articles.
I'll just say this: I'm a two-clicker and as a two-clicker I'm not overall impressed with either of the current candidates. The good thing of this type of playing is that I can say whatever I want without further political consequences or public lynching.
I had the opportunity to work with both in the past in different contexts and in terms of personality both can be somewhat condescending at times. It's not the type of quality I'd want in a CP but that is just my opinion. In terms of platforms, I'd go with MR but I would quite possibly question the feasibility of it with the community going down everyday and the eUS forums becoming a place where trolling breeds. Not to mention the fact USA has a really bad reputation, not just externally but also internally given what I previously said.
As for the cabinets of both candidates, I'm indifferent. It's basically the same so there's really no picking criteria.
Sounds like you have a case of the meta fever. And by that I mean you intelligently recognized that the meta has become a place where, as you so aptly put it, "trolling breeds". If you're interested in a candidate that represents a different platform, I'd highly suggest to check out PilotPhil's campaign. And if you're interested, SFP is always open to new players. Let me know if you have any questions, two-clickers are my favorite players to talk to!
DLS isn't exactly a new player Tom. He's a reroll. He's a good guy though.
I've been in both sides of the road Tom. I'm old around here, too old... Maybe not Pfeiffer old but still old enough to know how to stay away from certain parts of this game. The forums are acidic and I'd rather not have to go there, so I just 2-click, sometimes not even that.
I appreciate your thought, however, I don't feel like any of the current candidates has earned my vote yet and I'd rather not vote so I don't feel responsible for picking between two bad choices. I will however give the candidates all chances to prove me wrong until the day of the election.
Sup DLS, I was just talking about you the other day. How's life? Miss you brother.
I've been good man 😃 been lurking around mostly. How have you been brother?
I can't complain. I am glad you are at least lurking. Like I said I miss you.