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For those that are unaware
Liquid HOMICIDE came out last night and announced his endorsement for 
Pfeiffer . You know, there are only a handful of people in this game I truly respect, and LO is one of them, the man has earned my respect, and he is certainly entitled to his opinion, but, frankly, he's wrong.
I respect LH (LO to those that maybe frequent IRC, come join us there btw) because he is the man that turned this country around. He is the one that truly rebuilt America and turned it into the powerful country you see today. However, I am sure that even he would agree this is not something that he accomplished alone, he did it with the help of people that truly care about America, people that gave a ton of time and energy to his cabinet to truly help build America. You know what Pfeiffer was doing during this time? He was hanging out in the UK. This is surprisingly fitting on this day, on the 4th of July, while America was in shambles
Feefaroni and 
Wreckbeard were playing pivotal roles in helping Liquid rebuild America. They were logging in day after day and giving their time and energy to doing the dirty work, the HARD work of rebuilding this country, while Pfeiffer sat back in the UK, completely detached from the struggles of America.
Maybe this means nothing, hey he joined the game with the referral code of a person from the UK, but you know what dammit, this is AMERICA, and this means something to me. I can't speak for everyone, but in America we FIGHT to build ourselves up, we dust off our bootstraps and we FIGHT against our oppressors, we don't hang out in England and wait until things get good. And frankly, that's exactly what he did, he came to America AFTER the other candidates had busted their behinds to rebuild this country, and turn us into something to be proud of, he wanted the spoils of victory without the hard work. That is NOT the American way.
Let's focus on the issues though, at the end of the day it SHOULD come down to the issues. Pfeiffer does in fact have some thoughts about retention, maybe you think they're good. He wants to spam the shout box, sure, let's get a bunch of government articles in there to push out anything the common man might have to say, let's fill it up with DoD Orders, Project Cornucopia, random spam, that's a great way to include the regular American, by pushing their shouts out of the box. But hey, maybe it'll work, and that's not his only idea, he also wants to get people posting in the forums, about nothing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Seinfeld show as much as the next man, but honestly, I don't need it rehashed, I don't need a bunch of forum posts about nothing, give me something fun, give me something of substance, don't just expect to respond positively to a ton of spam, because I won't do it, I have no interest in hearing how someone had a good day because they went to the beach, I do NOT care.
However retention is just one of many issues facing America. We need to keep these new players involved, but more importantly we need to expand, we need to grow, us and our allies. In the debate the candidates were asked about South America. Feefaroni responded that it needed to be monitored because of Brazils President declaring war on Portugal, a long time ally of theirs. Pfeiffer was quick to react, to point out Congress shot him down and it wasn't serious. If you don’t believe me then please, take a look at logs of the Debate and see how quick Pfeiffer was to respond about how wrong she was, and yet, here we are today watching Portugal attack Brazil, despite their supposed "closeness" is it possible that this man that was SO sure of the current situation in the world was, dare I say it, wrong? Maybe, just maybe.
Ultimately, we need to look at accomplishments, Fionia and Wreckbeard have spent the past 4+ months serving diligently in America, Pfeiffer kicked back in the UK, then came here to run for Congress and make a couple minor adjustments to the Congressional by-Laws. I was in Congress when he was first nominated Speaker of the House, frankly, the entire Congress was moving along well, engaged in a variety of discussions about things, and the moment he took over Speakership everything came to a screeching halt. The man is divisive, he shuts people down, he is quick to call anyone that disagrees with him a moron, that is NOT what I want from a President, maybe you do. He also speaks of his time as Deputy Secretary General of Sigma, and the great strides he made in expanding the alliance. Last time I checked though nothing changed that entire month, the status quo reigned supreme. It wasn't until after him and
Lilith of Apollyon were replaced that the alliance grew. Portugal was added LONG after he was removed from his post. Perhaps that attitude of his had a way of turning people off at the time? We'll never know, what we do know though is that the alliance certainly did not grow under his watch.
At the end of the day though you'll vote for who you want, I assume everyone has made up their mind at this point and an article by me isn't going to change that, but I'm not going to sit by and let people believe he is qualified due to some garbage articles with nothing of substance, and based on a couple months where he accomplished nothing. If you want to vote for him go nuts, don't be shocked though if we have another month where nothing changes other than his divisiveness alienating us from a number of our close friends.
Good luck voting today America, on the day we celebrate liberating ourselves from the UK, and keep that in mind when you vote.
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