Scrabman ... delivering on promises.
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by scrabman
When I assumed the Presidency I made a State of the Union address where I made 3 promises for my two week term as President.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-state-of-the-union-a-new-agenda-760403/1/all
1) Transparency of Government - I pushed Congress into taking back control of the people's money. Unlike Justin is trying to say, the money is protected in a out of game account where it is not subject to a Political Takeover (PTO)
2) War Games - I brought them ... and will keep bringing them 3 days a week until the first week of May.
3) The Federal Budget - this was a huge goal to tackle in a two week term but I have a competent person heading up the goal to design a Federal Budget and Ananias has made progress in this goal.
I would have planned more things if I had a whole month. I think achieving 2 and part of the 3rd is a pretty big accomplishment. Of course, I'm being attacked now left and right for not doing more and not answering all of the snipe questions that John Jay has been posing to me wrapped around his fists. As many citizens can tell you I have responded to more than 100 emails and PMs in the last two weeks from people who sincerely want to communicate with me or ask me serious questions and few of them have come at me with the vitriol that John Jay has shown to his Commander in Chief. He really worries me in that he seems to be pushing for some sort of coup d'etat by the military.
I've heard that I'm not an officially elected President or that the Congressional Impeachment of Sam was somehow illegal. I call that hogwash. I earned more than 500 votes last election and was the rightful runner-up in the event of impeachment which was not illegal as we have no clear guidelines to follow other than the game mechanics. I've heard that I'm barely involved in Congress even though I am all over the discussion threads where it is appropriate and was even more so when I was in Congress two weeks ago. Then there is the issue of IRC. I find it to be a colossal waste of time much the same way that my chief opponent finds the Forums to be a waste of time. The difference is that the Forums are the seat of Government in the eUSA and IRC is not.
So that's what I'm about. I will have more policies to implement as we get started into my first full term of office on Monday morning. You can look back at my platform from last election to see what I have on my mind ... I won't dump it all here again. My plan is to make things work better in eRep. I'm not in it for the money or the ego ... I'm here to see how to make things work. I have the intelligence, I have capable advisers, and I have the determination to see this through.
Vote Scrabman-Moishe if you want continued success that has been present over the last two weeks.
Vote Scrabman-Moishe if you're tired of the ego and personal glory in the Presidency and want a candidate who wants to make things work.
Vote Scrabman-Moishe because we're simply the best choice.
Here are some recent articles you may want to see.
Libertarians Endorse Scrabman-Moishe:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/and-the-candidate-is--769968/1/all
Winning eRepublik (Part 1)
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/winning-erepublik-part-1--769140/1/all
Winning eRepublik (Part 2)
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/winning-erepublik-part-2--769322/1/all
Building a Brighter Future
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/building-a-brighter-future-769731/1/all
Closing the Gap (by Moishe)
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/closing-the-gap-768462/1/all
In Response (by Moishe)
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/in-response-768580/1/all
A President Should Be (by Moishe)
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/a-president-should-be--769900/1/all
My Master (by Moishe)
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/my-master-769999/1/all
Vote Scrabman-Moishe April 5
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/vote-scrabman-moishe-on-april-5th--768156/1/all
Scrabman-Moishe Bring You War Games
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/scrabman-moishe-bring-you-war-games-769550/1/all
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you've got my vote. Best of luck to you in the election.
Vote John Jay!
"Vote Scrabman-Moishe if you're tired of the ego and personal glory in the Presidency and want a candidate who wants to make things work"
All we have seen from you is ego. Of course the public cant see it because you post on you hidden forums boards.
Forums are good if you need to get everyone together and can't get them all there at the same time. IRC is better if you need to get shit done quick. They both have their advantages and disadvantages.
I completely agree with what Desert just said. That is the reason many of the military people, including myself, push for more use of IRC from you. It would allow us a quick answer to the question of if we are getting funded or not for a battle, instead of having to tell the soldiers to wait for hours until someone with that power gets to the forums. Once an order is given on the IRC, we can also get the orders out to all soldiers much faster, especially if the 2 people that actually have access to the hidden parts of the forums aren't around at the time. If one of those people isn't around, you can easily pass the orders down to the next on the chain-of-command, and they can send out the orders in the President's name.
As much as I like you Scrab, You havent had my vote sense you started to claim the Wargames were your idea. We know before he got impeached (and rightly so) Sam was working on the Wargames issue with Mexico.
Let me ask you this. In your two weeks in office, with your wargames, Why has the National Guard only just recently received funding? Why does it sseem that despite your want for wargames, you dont want to support those who are supposed to be training via them? I mean it does the common NG footsoldier no good if the tanks get the funding or if we have to go through congressional probes to get funding so that we can level.
I also dislike how you call what John Jay is trying to do as a coup. He is trying to get elected, same as you.
I haven't claimed the war games were my idea. Never ever.
I'm not funding expensive weapons for training fights. Right now people don't have to buy things like high Q food, gifts, or houses so they can spend their own money if they want weapons and we can save our money for when we really need it. It's not the job of the government to fork over endless handfuls of cash to the military without good reason.
And I call them like I see them.
Stephen Colbert😛ure awesomeness. Just like me 😃
you got my vote scrabman. just keep those war games coming. however, i would like to have a Q5 hospital in New York.
@SayntJohn, One Eye runs the CBO. The large amount of USD in the CBO is to stabilize the value of the USD. It had been rising pretty fast in value due to the expanding population and the constant loss of USD from the money supply due to players going inactive.
Scrab came in as a crisis President. After Sam was elected, Scrab kept a relatively low profile as a Congressman from West Virginia. If you look back at his posts, he didn't dog the guy who won.
When the outrage of the American people finally became too much, Scrab put together a working cabinet and stepped into the void of leadership, amazingly fast. Not easy. Remember the chaos and division after the collapse of "Operation Taco Bell"?
As he points out above, he does not claim credit for the Mexican Treaty. But I doubt that the former administration would have had any credibility in delivering after the disaster that was "Operation Taco Bell". Scrabman's calm, considered leadership made it possible to seal the deal.
Wargames for a month? Even if you fight barehanded, you rank up! The US desperately needs more military experience.
I'd still like to see an eRepublik economist chart how the American economy has done since the beginning of the Baja wargames-- a noob who is able to show up at his workplace with wellness raised from 42 to 92 has to make a huge difference in productivity. Might even get a raise. Business owners and consumers have to look at this as a win.
The US is doing well now. The economy is starting to take off, citizens can get questions answered, we're finally getting our military organized, and the US has started to get some respect internationally.
I have to ask-- and I know it's an old chestnut-- are you better off than you were two weeks ago?
And whether or not, who do you really think has what it takes to make things even better, if not Scrabman/Moishe?
Straight the point, just what I like! I definetly know who I will be voting for tomorrow 😉
Lula, you still have no clue I am a presidential candidate do you Scrab. LMAO
Keep talking of your military coups, while I am winning an election on the merits...ya know, something you don't know how to do.
Cheers, Senor, Power-Hungry.
@John Jay:
I think you'd make more progress with voters if you would talk about how you would improve over what Scrabman has done in a time of crisis.
I see your posts everywhere, and they are snarky and borderline trollish.
Kind of disappointing. Looks a little desperate. Not really befitting an eRepublik citizen of your experience and distinguished service.
Jon: That's ALL I have tried to do....but I am dismissed as a coup leader. I am personally tired of it, and the gloves come off, today.
Gloves. LOL!
Yes scrab, gloves...lulz...you have pissed off a lot of people with your comments and egotistical rants. Guess what? YOU were never elected. After tomorrow, that streak will stay in tact.
VOTE JOHN JAY FOR A STRONGER, LESS EGOTISTICAL AMERICA!!!
As a capable good-government progressive who took the reins midway through a term and brought order to a state in chaos, Scrab undoubtedly merits a full term of his own.
If you think that progressive government is handing the military back to civilian hands where it was EPIC PHAIL in beta...then by all means, feel free to vote for scrab. I myself will not enjoy the military crumbling, but it will give me a reason to run next month 🙂
Dru: Progressive government is about moving forward, not taking steps backwards in this America. Scrab is the antithesis of progression, reverting all presidential responsibility and decision making to his subordinates. It is obvious what he is doing to this government, just a shame too many have their eyes closed.
VOTE JOHN JAY FOR A STRONGER AND LESS EGOTISTICAL AMERICA!!
@John: Continuously bashing the current president and acting like an ass-hat isn't the best way to get people to like you.
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Dylan: I think you should review your candidates egotistical campaign, where he refuses to address a valid presidential candidates questions, dismissing him as a troll....sorry, but asshattery is not a skill of mine, this is me fighting for the American people's voice. Scrabman has continuously dismissed me, the people of this country, and his own advisors. If some cannot handle the truth, feel free to vote for him. When your govt is in shambles and the military REALLY coups because of lack of funding and knowledgeable leadership, I will be happy to accept your vote next month. Sometimes people just need to see failure in action before responding. Oh and FYI, this is a campaign, one in which he has not answered any pertinent questions....kind of like Obama in RL.
Anytime I see an appeal against egotism, followed by a plea for a vote, all in bold, I HAVE TO WONDER!
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Exactly where are you seeing bold?
lulz.
JJ: you are right, and I was wrong.
It was not bold, it was merely all caps.
"VOTE JOHN JAY FOR A STRONGER AND LESS EGOTISTICAL AMERICA!!"
I stand corrected on this very important point. 😉
And in this discussion, you have made pretty clear whether you are egotistical or not.
Actually I was wondering, a couple of articles i have responded to said the same thing. I was not seeing it so I asked. I'm not sure how you equte that to ego, but feel free to...I guess.
And that is a campaign slogan, If it is that much of an issue I don't have to capitalize it. 🙂
Wow.. (not including this comment) JJ has 30.77% of all comments and 53.85% of the last half.
If you spend all of your time making someone else's campaign look bad, then it makes it look like you don't have anything good to say about yourself.
I have released many articles stating my campaign. It has been scrab and his goons that have forced me to comment to be heard.
I am an American making iron in Spain for exclusive sale to US weapons companies.
While I am a relative noob, I have managed to rank up to LT fighting for the US and ATLANTIS.
If that makes me a "Scrabman goon", I am proud to claim that moniker.
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Then be proud of the fact his plan is to drop you cold when elected. He has yet to admit that these were not his doing in the first place, and also, he has yet to tell his loving public the mexican rw's are almost over, and its really not solely up to us to continue them. Seeing his lack of communication in these areas, seems like someone is trying to slowly pull the wool over the american peoples eyes.
@JJ
Wow, those are some tough statements, but where's the proof? First thing you learn in debate class: "Support your arguments with proof".
WTF are you talking about? The War Games are approved through May 7th. That's more than a month of 6 chances to fight per week at 5 times a pop. Almost over? Huh? Do you actually read my articles? We also have an opportunity to extend the Treaty past May 7th.
Maybe what you meant to say was that if you are elected you will make the War Games short lived.
Proud to be a "Scrabman Goon"
JJ is desperately scrambling for an issue.
Sadly, he doesn't have one.
Scrabman came into a vacuum of leadership at a time when America had lost its' confidence. In only a few weeks, he and his team managed to turn that around.
He never claimed credit for starting the Mexican Treaty. He always gave credit to the cabinet ministers, his predecessors, and Congresspersons who laid the foundation. But he was the President who allowed it to be implemented. And frankly, given Mexican distrust of the prior administration, I don't think it would've happened without him. No President Scrab would have equaled no Baja wargames.
One of Scrabman's "goons",
JBB
Umm, I really don't know how to be a "goon". Is there goon practice after school or something?
GOONIES, GOONIER, and GOONIEST are all valid SCRABBLE words. I've played GOONIES a few times.
Will you support forming eMacedonia?
It's definitely more important to re-establish economic dominance rather than military. Without a surplus budget and responsible strong economy, the war machine runs on blood instead of gold. Scrabman ftw.
You got my luck, you did do your promises. Most of them, in your an over all good president.. so far.. Also, the part about answering questions are very true, when I first began. Which wasn't too long ago, I went to you and asked you my first question, and you replied, with more then just the answer to that question. To other things, showing me the meals on wheels, and etc.
I'm struggling quite a bit now between a vote for Scrabman and Desertfalcon. However, this article has helped me in eliminating John Jay from receiving my vote due to the fact I've seen nothing more than a bunch of mud slinging and petty name calling coming from his direction. In the end I want a candidate less focused on what others have done wrong and more focused on how they'll do the right thing for eAmerica!
"So that's what I'm about. I will have more policies to implement as we get started into my first full term of office on Monday morning. "
Really? This was written yesterday and you assumed you would win... Thats not cool to say even though the election didn't even start
Actually, I do have something that I think I should say. One of scrabman's boy toys said something to the effect that these WG's wouldn't be going on, and that he is the only person who could have dealt with the Mexicans properly.
I can only laugh and hope that people don't actually believe this. I know that you love the feeling of not thinking for yourself, but just try to see things through your own eyes. Just once. I know it hurts, but try it. Just a little.
Now that you're(perhaps) thinking for yourself, seriously think about it. We all know that wargames are great, and we all know that people want it, so don't you think that anybody would've kept them going? Of course, everybody would. It's silly to think that anyone besides scrab would have the SHEER NUMBER OF BALLNESS to keep them going.
Second, getting cooperation with the Mexicans was easy once we got Sam out of office. All the Mexicans needed to see was that there was some one new that thought that Sam was a retard. that's seriously all we needed. Just somebody competent. Scrab wasn't special, he got lucky.
All I'm saying is that his "greatness" is dumb luck. He's nothing special, and he doesn't have any great ideas. We need some one who is capable of more than egotistical competence.
Thank you all for your warm wishes and support. Especially you Emerick.
Good to see that lively and thoughtful political discourse is doing well in eAmerica. 🙂
Strange how people who have no ideas to offer but personal slurs can't get much above 15% of the vote...
How dare you ruin Colbert
John Jay, yes, it IS obvious what Scrab is doing to the government. He's reforming it! In every single reformation in history, there are dissenters, so I cannot fault you as a traitor but, please, for god's sake, think of the country and not how much power you can get your hands on!
Thanks for running such a civilized and mature campaign, Scrabman! Even though a couple of the other candidates spent two weeks insulting everyone and their mothers, you've come out ahead. Maybe we can all work together now, using the civility and maturity of your campaign as a template for better working together with people of all stripes in the future. Grats!
Nicely done.
John Winchester! The guy who got me into this game in the first place! 🙂
thx scrab for taking advantege of are last press, giving us wargames that he really brought about, and great job on taking credit for thinking them up, no it dosent matter that the last 4 US leaders started the idea it was all you. And dont say that you were the one to bring it about when they all failed becuse you didnt you only got there beacuse of Uncle Sam which is a hell of alot better then you
You know monkeyguy ... if you're going to troll you could at least read the other troll comments and be original. 🙂