Presidential "Candidates"
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by Nave Saikiliah
As most of you know (or SHOULD know), the five most popular parties are represented by their respective leaders on the general election ballot every month. With the upcoming election looming around the corner -- and a largely unconvinced populace -- there needs to be a bit more excitement and enthusiasm.
Not by the citizens. It's okay for citizens to be apathetic towards politics. That's kind of the point of politics: to bore the general populace into a lull and consolidate power to the few. Trust me -- I would know -- I was a president for three terms.
But the point of party leaders, especially the main ones, is to represent their loyal followings. The United States Workers Party has over 450 members; their leader is throwing his support to Archibald.
Now, that would be borderline acceptable if Archibald was "The Man" (the way we refer to legends, not the way Jack Black refers to authority). If Archibald was a complete shoe-in for the election and the USWP mostly supported him, that would be fine. But Archibald is not exactly loved, and while he's not exactly hated either, he deserves some competition.
The other party leaders aren't too hot either. No one has riled his own party's base -- no one has attempted to sway the undecideds (there are a bunch of them, and Archibald will get them all in five days). No one is representing his party well, which is a travesty to e-American policies.
I will try to get back into the swing of things, either by starting a party or joining it and campaigning for the leader position. That way, next month, the election should be a bit more interesting. Even if Archibald wins his third term, he'll have to work a lot harder for it, which should lead to better results and a happier and more efficient country.
God bless America 🙂
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I agree, of course, but.. There\'s not much to debate right now, and it seems awkward to have four candidates anyway.
I hope your Party fails next month, by the way. >_>
I miss politicking.
lol I agree. I think this has some to deal with the Candidates themselves.
Archi :: never really (did or does) campaigns although he is \"always watching\" lol
and this is only his 2nd term if he wins this month 😉
Immuno :: lives in Europe IRL and is busy with government/party position and is normally to tied up to write compelling speeches. Immuno could also win solely on the fact that 90% of the nearly 500+ LiB party will vote Party Line REGARDLESS of what their Party President Says or is Doing (EG. See the last 3 elections when u weren\'t here lol 😁)
Peregrine :: is as you said giving his support blindly to archi in this election so we now have atleast 200voters (half of USWP i\'m estimating their activity rate) that could be persuaded against voting for archi (but i doubt it because of group think mentality)
Ron Paul :: Is running as my VP and is also just starting school.
Myself :: Well, I have yet to write anything more than my introductory speech because I saw after writing 10,000words last month (around 9,200 more than archi and tgm combined) that one single endorsement can sway the voters as well as the Debate (which i will be participating in this Saturday night :: btw its voice) I do hope to release some more articles this week, but as classes for college have started back up, its my gfs birthday on friday, and work is throwing my schedule around. Bad timing for an election campaign, but i feel most of my articles are still relevant.
Otherwise I hope to see you in the political landscape again soon Nave ^___^ you left before I had risen up in the game.
oh and UncleSam is also attempting to run :: if he can get 70+ members to his party he will be on the ballot and take archi\'s place... lol
I iz king politiks i just no getz teh votes
And by \'we\' I mean you politicians
@Justinious: You\'ve been one of the only active politicians in the last few months, but you\'re like Joseph Biden. You might be totally qualified and even good at speaking, but you just can\'t make it on your own. It\'s a shame because you really are more capable than pretty much every other politician out there right now. Unfortunately, you have nearly nothing to show for it (no offense, honestly).
I am surprised that no one did what I did months ago and took advantage of the relative lull in the political landscape.
I get the idea that if someone were to start campaigning again, the competition would be quick to keep up. It wouldn\'t stay a lull.
@ Nave
lol no offense taken, to be honest that was the nicest anyone has put it and its entirely true. All I have its lots of theory and practice. I have not been given any government positions to grow and prove what I have done and am never given the opportunity to show what I am capable of. I can show people that I run a great party that is growing stronger. I own a successful business and bank. I have my contacts in foreign countries and run my own agencies, but most of that isn\'t tangible enough for people and my party lacks the sheer activity and numbers that the other major parties have. I feel if i had decided to rise in the ranks of LiB for example my story might be different, but I appreciate the compliment in the begging of that comment ^__^
USWP is mind blowingly active. There\'s really no question that Arch will win. Nevertheless, I\'ll support Immun. He\'s shown that he actually is active on our party forums.....my only qualm with him is that he\'s never made a single political speech. If that changes, then I\'ll put everything into him
Justin: the LiBs aren\'t USWP. You actually have to prove something to them, not just tell them to vote for you
\"If that changes, then I\'ll put everything into him\"
Gay.
Only if the balls are touching
@ emerick lolololoolololo
sorry that made me rofl. you have to know why the libs are called the lolbertarians.
after giving Dia(inactive and might as well be dead party president) 80Votes and placing him in 2nd place behind dish in the june elections
and after Immuno getting 86 votes in the last General Election when he CLEARLY stated that he was NOT running. Makes everyone lack the actual listening power of the current Lib party body. I\'m not speaking for everyone just the 70-100 party line voters...
also USWP votes for who they are told, not just their PP. so yes USWP 😕= Lib lol
I don\'t find any of the Parties to be as active as they\'re made out to be...
@Justinious: I\'m glad you didn\'t take that the wrong way. I\'d totally make you my VP 😃
See, LiB\'s=free thinkers. They don\'t care whether you\'re running or not, they\'d rather have you as president
I love how four of us find this really interesting, and everyone else is either sleeping or unwilling to comment.
Apparently Dish was too good a President, then. He made it an easy job for Archi to finish up, and now the USA is simply in too good of a condition. No struggle left, no politics.
Notice how the discussion here is about a lull rather than politics itself. That\'s how boring we are.
ahahah Thanks Nave ^___^ I wouldn\'t mind being your VP and then from there its not a huge step to FINALLY being actually President.
@ Emerick
if
Lib Free Thinker == Brain Dead
then yes
the libs are HUGEEE free thinkers
lol i\'m just messing 😁
but seriously >__>
@nave Agreed... only 4 of us.. that is the US media atm, more comments will come tomorrow i\'m usre.
And inferno pretty much nailed it there
There\'s nothing to grow. We\'re at Q4 and everything runs very smoothly, even the multi Companies and foreign SOs.
What should we disagree with, to start on.
Secret plans and black ops, there\'s a start
Quite Emerick
those area all mine
and we can\'t have everyone knowing
aahhahaha
The More Pressing Matter to face ERepublik to date :: The GOONS
lol jk
@Inferno: How to deal with the GOONS, for example. I happen to think that we should fund them.
lolol fund the needless destruction of entire countries political identities?
Obviously you are out of the loop Nave. They also have(access) to more fund than even you have had at one point 😉 ((which is an accompliment :: although 900 + Citizens) yah its a lot of GOLD
Summary of my above comment :: Money, The goons dont need it.
I\'m pretty sure he was being facetious
Maybe not financially, but I think we should assist them. That\'s what I meant by it.
V1\'s going to be boring if all we do for months is fight for freedom.
I want America to be the number one country in erepublik. I\'ve always wanted that. That was why we invaded Canada. That was why my main goal was aggressive economic growth. Now that we have the population to actually make that a reachable goal, I think we should aim for it.
And if we have to support the GOONs to make it happen, so be it.
And also, Canada is going down.
aahahah inferno its going to happen
emerick i\'m not sure he was, but i\'m still going to hope so
if u mean \'assist\' as in destory them.. then yes
lol well the problem with the goons is they simply wanna piss people off and cause people to flip out. not to make The US a top country, but I think we are well on our way to that # 1 spot
yes Canada lolol
I don\'t see anyone achieving anything by joining with the GOONS.
there are always opportunities. i hear they want to get spain and sweden to fight each other. that would certainly be in our best interest.
Except for the fact that Sweden and Spain are both our allies in ATLANTIS and then we would be guilty of treason of our treaty by supporting them and also would be weakening ourselves from an attack from GPS
They want to take over both. That would not be in our interest.
By the way, we were discussing this a little bit over here. Portugal and Spain were both fighting Mexico over the same Region. What would happen if both Port and Spain won it?
Also, Global Positioning != Global Peace.
One nation at a time. Canada, Portugal, who?
lol
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BUNNY!!!
No bunnies...
My dogs name is Archibald (Archie for short). So I support the current president.
yeah, Nave how did you miss everything I\'ve already said?
I\'m making a good shot at the presidency, both of my articles are in the top media... COMMON!
anyways it\'s good to see you alive again, i was hoping we\'d see you for this election
well. ive been reading your comments if that counts as media activity. and I was wondering the same thing about Portugal...