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last monday as president ...
Well, today was my last Monday as the eUSA President. It was a strange feeling to think that my time is winding down. I went to both lunch and dinner with Hokiehigh today as we talked about the last 3.5 months of my office ... we also sent some funny messages to Harrison Richardson while goofing around. 
I've been a politician in this place for the last 7 of my 9 months of being part of eRep. It's going to be strange not seeing proposals show up in my alert box and not being able to see when Congressmen resign (as 2 did today). I've been voting on things since November and also unable to leave the country due to the restriction on Congressmen (4 terms), Party Presidents (2 terms), and Country Presidents (3.5 terms).
In a way it will be exciting as something new and different ... but it will be a little sad too. A lot of people have asked me what I will do when I'm no longer a politician and the only answer that I can come up with so far is "I'm taking a vacation" and I will ... I'll be going to the beach and trying not to think much about eRep for a little while. When I come back ... who knows?
I'll be looking forward to watching as new people take up the charge and run with it, hopefully for the betterment of the nation. I'll find somewhere to fit in and already have some ideas. I'm excited to see what develops and will be hoping to see Harrison Richardson take the big chair next. He's worked very hard in my administration and would be a great pick.
P.S. I had a great time working with so many great world leaders as well as our own great American leaders. Thank you to all of you ... you know who you are.
I've been a politician in this place for the last 7 of my 9 months of being part of eRep. It's going to be strange not seeing proposals show up in my alert box and not being able to see when Congressmen resign (as 2 did today). I've been voting on things since November and also unable to leave the country due to the restriction on Congressmen (4 terms), Party Presidents (2 terms), and Country Presidents (3.5 terms).
In a way it will be exciting as something new and different ... but it will be a little sad too. A lot of people have asked me what I will do when I'm no longer a politician and the only answer that I can come up with so far is "I'm taking a vacation" and I will ... I'll be going to the beach and trying not to think much about eRep for a little while. When I come back ... who knows?
I'll be looking forward to watching as new people take up the charge and run with it, hopefully for the betterment of the nation. I'll find somewhere to fit in and already have some ideas. I'm excited to see what develops and will be hoping to see Harrison Richardson take the big chair next. He's worked very hard in my administration and would be a great pick.
P.S. I had a great time working with so many great world leaders as well as our own great American leaders. Thank you to all of you ... you know who you are.
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Pertamaxx
You know your younger than I am, in eRep time, but you have accomplished more than I have, in the Political arena that is.
MARINES Ftw
Voted!....and vote Harrison Richardson on July 5th!
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Live long and prosper
OMG YOUR LAST MONDAY someone declare a national holiday, quick!
It was a pleasure working with you for several months Scrab
invade canada
do it
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You had a great run, Scrab. This country has really improved since you took the reins from Uncle Sam.
Oh yeah ... I had a great time working with so many great world leaders as well as our own great American leaders ... I'll update the article about that.
Vote !
You're the only president I have ever known. It's going to be odd to see what happens after this.
Excellent job in office and thanks for the many hours. Alot of slings and arrows go with the job as we've all seen.
Your recommendation to support Harrison Richardson as successor should help him win the seat and he'll get Alee's vote.
Enjoy the vacation Mr. President. You've earned it.
Sad to see you go Scrab
scrab, you aren't going to give us one of these every day this week, are you?
I'm sure we'll get one more article before you leave us, so I'll hold onto my nice comment until then
No more scrabman...
inconcievable
come back scrabman. don't leave us! You are the father of our motherland. How about running for president in eRomania?
Thanks Joe. I love to write. I'll find something to write about and have several more articles planned before I leave office. I'll also find something to write about afterwards ... perhaps a collection of the top ten most repeated emails I get ... maybe reflections from serving ... maybe something else.
You have done a great job, but I still think you should have apologized for fighting when you told your military not to. But that did not make you a bad ePresident. It showed me how weak you really are.
Take care scrabby!
All in all not bad
It's been great having you in the eWhite House, enjoy your time away.
(Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays)
Wow Beea, still hanging on to that after he apologized and removed the title.
This means you can have a Lazy Sunday and we will call you Aaron Burr by the way your dropping Hamiltons.
PEACE loves Scrabman and his work as president of US.I hope that the next president of US be so good as scrabman was.
Congratulations on 3.5 terms as president.
"The only safe ship in a storm is leadership."
Great work, scrab. Whoever wins will have big shoes to fill.
I'm looking forward to taking your old job. And you'll totally love the moving around thing. You're joining the Marines, right?
I'm still fairly new to the game but I can tell you've done a lot for this country. Thanks!
When you come out of vacation come join the military.
take care
Excellent work Scrab -- you deserve the vacation.
So are you going to take a two-click vacation?
A post-Scrab eUS is hard for me to imagine, as you've been President most of my e-life.
Kudos on a job well done. I only hope your successor leads as wisely.
Any idea where the Scrabman Presidential Library will be located?
Good luck!
Looks like your last days as president will prove to be quite expensive for the eUSA - you're tanking in eSerbia like the eWorld will end with your departure.
Don't you think it would be of great help for your successor if you stop wasting money on pointless battles and maybe leave a little gold in the treasury?!
Good riddance.
Just kidding, though, I am glad you aren't [even trying] to become president for another month.
Err, half a term.
It has been good to work with such a talented administration that you brought with you to lead this country. Thank you for trusting me as your White House Press Secretary for the last 2 terms. Enjoy a well-deserved vacation!
You did good, you left your mark on eHistory. Enjoy the vacation dude, you earned it.
Congradulations for your accoplishments in eRepublik and everything you have done for eUSA.
I hope you 'll be in shape (or rather mood) to join again the political arena soon enough
thanks god you're leaving.
enjoy the vacation
Good luck Scrab.
Vote Emerick the Great into office!
Congratulations on not getting impeached
Live long and prosper.
I'm tempted to become a Butthole Hater Troll for your last week, just because I think you need to be honored that way.
Pay no attention to the PEACE trolls. They are struggling with the idea of a post-Scrabman eUS. They know how great Emerick is, and they know the pictures Harrison shares, so they can't concieve of a way to troll either one of them.
I will remember you for helping me out when I was a new player, and for having all of those great war games. I love war games and hope the new president will try to have as many as you did. Also, you seemed to keep a cool head while everyone else was freaking out.
GTFO already.
- Harlot
Thanks Scrab! We'll miss your leadership! Have fun in whatever you do next.
Scrabman has 4 major achievements:
- setting a "longest time as ePOTUS" record
- not getting impeached after one of his bigger FAILs
- striving (and managing) to learn from his mistakes
- finally achieving a SPECTACULAR WIN for eUSA with the victory in Central Greece
However it seems you don't realize that while he looks good in comparison to (let's say) Uncle Sam, when judged on his own the eUSA owes him more thanks for not making more mistakes than he did rather than for performing any exceptional feats while in office
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"Looks like your last days as president will prove to be quite expensive for the eUSA - you're tanking in eSerbia like the eWorld will end with your departure.
Don't you think it would be of great help for your successor if you stop wasting money on pointless battles and maybe leave a little gold in the treasury?!"
I know this goes without saying given that it said by Grakalan, but this is completely false.
Says the guy whose organization - the eUSMC - profits the most from the crazy spending on tanking.
As a President, you've executed the position with aplomb and set the bar incredibly high for other players who may have Presidential aspirations. I'd like to hope that, regardless of who takes office next, the eCitizens will reject anyone who doesn't take the responsibility 100% seriously, or has less commitment to the job than you. Whether it's Harrison or Emerick that takes over in 592, they've got some mightily big shoes to fill.
No-one will ever agree 100% with the decisions a President makes - particularly when they flavour opinion with political disagreements (either in-game or RL), but I think the Scrabman presidency will be a benchmark in the way this game has evolved for the better, and has bred a generation of players who see and appreciate the vastness of this game. I think that right now, the majority of people the world over are judging it not as a "Civilisation" or "Sim City", or as a "pew pew pew all ur base r belongg 2 us lol", but as a game where subtlety and diplomacy gets results over the course of days and weeks.
Good luck!
The defense hero in the battle for Raska which ended yesterday is a member of the eUSMC:
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/6792" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show[..]/6792</a>
So how is my statement completely false? The eUSMC is in Croatia and tanking like crazy in a lost war which serves no meaningful purpose. Why would you do that ... other than taking advantage of the last days of Scrabman's presidency to funnel some more money into your pet project and your buddies' ranking?!
Your statement is completely false because no US government funds have been spent tanking in Croatia. Ergo, no US military soldiers are "tanking like crazy." If soldiers deployed to Croatia spend their own funds to chase medals or glory, that is their choice.
As for your claims regarding my corruption, I take them as proof that the strengthening US military causes you ever growing concerns. Therefore, I am pleased. Everytime to cower in your basement, pale and vitamin-D deprived, to spend your wasted days spouting your sadly ill-informed lies, I pity you the more.
COME TO CROATIA! WE OFFER YOU A JOB! Look <a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/dear-allies-do-you-need-a-job-choose-it-here--844215/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/dear[..]/1/20</a>
Take care scrabman. You and I rarely saw eye to eye on policies here, but nobody can say you didn't put a ton of effort into the eJob. Best of luck in the future.
Eugene, you start to sound bitter and burned out, maybe it's time to take a break
Take care Scrabman, you were my inspiration for becoming a politician, ever since you simply replied to my message, and showed me that this game isn't ran by snobby, egotistical, power hungry players, and you also sent me some wellness packages. Enjoy your break, and use those tips for your iPhone that we talked about!
GO EMERICK!
Congrats to you for the 7 of your 9 months of being politician in this New World.
And have fun in the sun.
waht emerik thinks abot gays? is he gay?
you where one of the best presidents eUSA has ever had.
It was an honour working with you in ATLANTIS!
Two congressman resigned today? WTF!
Who?
voted have a nice vacation
Word of advice while you're on vacation... If you want to get laid lose the Spock avatar. The again maybe once every seven years does it for you!
there is only one thing you can and should do... come to Singapore
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Tell your friends. Vote it up!