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[IA] Presidential candidate - April 2012

Day 1,596, 03:53 • Published in South Africa

• by mulderpf

So it appears that the IA is the only party supporting a presidential candidate this month.

After Wincenty1's announcement that the SADP will be supporting Belea and his questioning of what makes up an active citizen, he withdrew his candidacy for the new president of eSouth Africa.

This is completely and utterly disappointing that there's only a single candidate this month. It makes my e-life as party president and Minister of Security absolutely a walk in the park, but as a citizen of eSouth Africa, this is just crappy.

Is it that Steven Bosch is such an outstanding candidate for the presidency that other parties just couldn't find someone to compete with, or is it that the other parties are sleeping and just didn't actually bother about it. I think it's the second, because other than the IA, nobody else is supporting any candidates (you don't have to support candidates in your own party only - you could have also supported Mr Kitty).

Wake up - boring party politics is boring. The IA is the only party out there that tries and after the dismal results of the congress elections and the non-supporting of presidential candidates, this goes to prove it yet again. Come on OOPS, and Patriots and Unions something or the other party - you are neck-on-neck on becoming the official opposition party, but you couldn't even muster up a suitable candidate, not even between the three of you.

So onto more positive things, our Mr Kitty (Steven Bosch):

Since he is the only candidate, I don't have to do much to convince you to vote for him, but I thought I'd just point out some great things about him any way...

* He is diplomacy personified.
* He is exceptionally active and his cool and calm spirit influences those around him
* His medals also prove his activity: 20x hard worker; 15x congress; 3x country president; 26x super soldier
* He has been with the country through thick and thin only has the country's best interests at heart.

I can't even say good luck Steven Bosch, but I can say you definitely deserve it.

Here's to another term with an IA president!!

mulderpf

Comments

Vanessa1309 Day 1,596, 04:20

I know Steven will continue to do a fantastic job, IA FTW

Would be nice to have some competition though

Gary Delange Day 1,596, 04:36

V + S

The.Raptor Day 1,596, 04:56

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/steven-bosh-aka-the-godfather-2000236/1/20
No disrespect Mulder

Miyagiyoda Day 1,596, 05:21

I will run to bring a dog to the kitty fight!

Or not.

mulderpf Day 1,596, 05:30

@The.Raptor - I only see a single party's name under "Supporting Parties" for Steven Bosch. Your party should have shown the support then...

Woulda, coulda, shoulda...

Enriche2Ribeiro Day 1,596, 06:44

@mulder we did not support anyone as it was not totally agreed on and decided on a non support rather. Personally I agree with you that we do need to have competition, when I ran for president I actually challenged other people to run against me and dared them to beat me. I also tried to get people to run but Mr Kitty is a good candidate so no one was prepared to run maybe next election.

@The.Raptor nice to see you stand up for our party. UP all the way

Nickerball Day 1,596, 07:12

Well all I can add is : IA is the best, no wonder we have so many ex CP's in our party, and still many more where they came form. IA The party for the future

Braamn Day 1,596, 08:09

IA all the way baby!
Good article Mulder!

The Hermit Day 1,596, 09:00

"The IA is the only party out there that tries ..."
What utter nonsense and a typical political statement

UP has discussed the proposal of a candidate in depth
UP also strongly supports getting new players into congress and makes a great effort at it.

Plus you just stated yourself: "you don't have to support candidates in your own party only "...
Exactly - and that is what was decided.. If we are happy with the status quo, then there is no need for another candidate proposal.

And it is not a question of whether IA is the "best". You simply have the numbers.
There is a big difference between being "the best" and simply being the biggest
Ask the eANC

I am proud of UP's efforts of helping new players to achieve Congress instead of just the same old players in other parties always selfishly getting all the votes.

NoRealityLife Day 1,596, 10:44

As a former member of 3 different parties now, I have found a home in UP. The party cares. Every member is included, new members are not shunned, but rather helped. I spent a year and a half essentially 2-clicking and voting who I was told to. Joining the UP not only helped me join Congress (2ce now) but helped me become an active member. (If only it didn't take half of each term to be allowed access to the part of the forums I was supposed to be in.

I have an inbox full of messages with our discussions. 3 Candidates have resigned as candidates because they do not want to go against Steven.

Politics can be fun with campaigning though, so your point isn't lost on me.

mulderpf Day 1,596, 11:28

@El Fidel - you guys need to show it then next time - there's a "choose candidate" list that your party president can choose. You could have advertised your party's logo on election day. Instead it's only IA who gets to flaunt it 🙂

And then, I'm not saying we're the best because we have the numbers - I'm saying we're the best, because we have the best people in the e-world!! Even if we were number 6 in terms of ranking, we're still without a doubt the best party out there.

Rexdeus Day 1,596, 11:35

The people have spoken and is happy with the status quo, Steven Bosch is the now and the future!!

SB 4 CP !!

IA FTW!!

Damien Wolf Day 1,596, 11:51

Well honestly if you didnt think your party was the best i'd be worried, i mean why else would you stay?

For me OOPS is the best party, its going through a lot of transformation lately, and while we dont flaunt it around we have made big leaps and you'll be seeing it sooner rather than later. There were discussions about CP, but with all thats happening, we agreed that steven was the right choice, however becoming a supporting party doesnt really make a difference in the election now does it? he would've still been unopposed.

And i think UP is a great party as well, no other party helps new players like them, and its exactly what the parties should be like.

I wouldnt have worded the article like you did, but your point is a fair one. Next term onwards we'll remember to show it aswell. And honestly i am very thankful for [url=]Zag[/url] because unlike parties that have articles out only during elections he takes the time to write an article "just like that".

And to be honest, IA is the biggest party in eSA and its a great party, i'll agree to that, but to me it isnt the best, if i thought it was i'd be in IA instead of OOPS. But if i chant OOPS is the best, its not really going to make anything better now is it? whoever is in OOPS knows its the best.

This isnt an official statement from OOPS, or anything personal, but just my thoughts. Your articles are as engaging as always.

I hate these long comments >.>

Damien Wolf Day 1,596, 11:53

forgot to fill the url it was supposed to be Zag*

kuckuck Day 1,596, 11:57

The kitty did a good job and I'm happy to see it's recognised and respected. In that case, other's party's support would have been nice for all, even it doesn't change things.

kuckuck Day 1,596, 11:59

We have many best parties, good, that'll keep politics alive

mulderpf Day 1,596, 12:27

* mulderpf thinks Damien should move over to the IA

Then you'd be in the best party in SA 🙂