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Hi, all.
I'd like to take a moment out from my busy Congress schedule to discuss our upcoming national election, the Presidential election. I was going to include this in my next tl;dr Congressional update, but decided it warranted its own brief article.
I've only seen two candidates write articles to declare their candidacy so far,
Uncle Sam and 
Sermokala ; feel free to mention any others you've seen, thanks. Now, about each candidate...
Uncle Sam :
I have been very impressed with his level of activity in Congress as a Congressman. He's showing himself to be a competent individual, which is of course the bare minimum requirement for any President. More than that, though, he's written detailed articles about his run for the Presidency, including naming his cabinent. I think some of the people on that list know I'm not a big fan of them due to anti-pony sentiments they've expressed in the past, but enough of the cabinent is made of people I do want in office to make up for it. In particular,
Lars Thunderfist , under his forum name of Devoid, has been pretty darn instrumental in Treasury matters and in dealing with Congress regarding such matters, so it's reassuring to know he'd be keeping his post under Uncle Sam 's regime. In short, this guy seems like a good guy to vote for, to me.
Sermokala :
As much as I doubt he's a serious candidate, I do feel the need to point out something that concerned me here. When I saw him declaring his intention to run for the Presidency, I immediately didn't like him. He had done something in the past to make me dislike him. Had it been expressing anti-pony sentiment? Whatever it was, I was determined to give him a chance, at least until I saw his comparatively weak articles.
Still, I didn't think much of him until, looking over some messages I'd sent to
Lord of the Blings , I saw the real reason I'd disliked Sermokala . This was back when Lord of the Blings was handling proto-FBI matters, before there was really an FBI established. Anyway, as it turned out, I had narc'd on, err, reported Sermokala for suspicious election activity.
Perhaps some of you who were around that day noticed someone offering $15 per vote so that he could win the election? Well, that was
Sermokala . So, putting any ethical concerns aside (as I know real-world ethics are often put aside in this game), this -- combined with the facts that no one took him up on his offer and he subsequently lost the election -- says to me that Sermokala lacks the vital relationships, political or otherwise, necessary to run our great sCountry.
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In conclusion, thanks for reading and I hope you vote for whomever you feel would be the best, most qualified President for our country. There's going to be a Rizon IRC Presidential Debate this Thursday, May 3rd (a.k.a. tomorrow) at around 9pm Eastern. Honestly, I was barely paying attention and don't remember what room the debate is in, but if you show up at 8pm Eastern in #PonyParty for the pre-debate party, I'm sure someone will let you know then. Or someone can note it in the comments below. Thanks! UPDATE: The debate will be here: #e-sim.debate
Until next time, sAmerica,
~Astra
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