Pantocratoria
23-09-2008, 01:50
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Pantocratorian Socialist Alliance Advertisement (2007 National Election)
A repost from last year...
12:20am 9 November 2007 (election night),
Demetriopolis Football Stadium
The official coalition after-party was a jubilant affair by the time the news coverage joined it to see the official acceptance speech. The excited crowd was gathered around a stage with a huge "THIBAULT DRAPEUR: Le Leadership Authentique" billboard, flanked by a sign bearing the Pantocratorian Socialist Alliance's logo on one side, and the Constantinople Party's logo on the other. In the middle of the stage was a podium with the "Authentic Leadership" slogan produced in both French and Greek on it, behind which the Deputy Chancellor and Leader of the Constantinople Party was standing with a broad smile on his face. The Constantinople Party supporters gathered nearer the stage were chanting "Spiro! Spiro! Spiro!" at the Deputy Chancellor.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Spiro Bolkus began in Greek. "To all of you here tonight, all of our supporters around the nation watching on the television, and to all the people of our fatherland, Greek speakers and French speakers, it gives me very great pleasure to introduce to you the first RE-ELECTED Imperial Chancellor in twenty-seven years, a great man, a great friend, and a great leader, Doctor Thibault Drapeur!"
The huge crowd gathered at the stadium roared its approval as the Socialist campaign song ("A la volonté du peuple" from the French version of Les Misérables the musical) began to play through the PA system, heralding the entrance of the Imperial Chancellor. Thibault Drapeur emerged from behind the "Authentic Leadership" sign on the stage and waved to the euphoric crowd for a few moments as Spiro Bolkus moved over to the Chancellor. The two men shook hands and posed for photographs before they walked back to the podium, with Drapeur assuming the position behind the microphone. The crowd chanted Drapeur's name over and over again. Drapeur smiled, touched by their enthusiasm as he had been so often in the past three years. The adulation of people who had suffered or been forgotten or oppressed by the governments which had preceded his always made public life worthwhile to Drapeur, even when he felt old and tired and sick of politics. He wiped a tear from his eyes and then addressed the people.
"Nearly an hour ago now Sir Thierry del Moray called me and congratulated all of us on the re-election of the Imperial Government." Drapeur began. "I thanked Sir Thierry and congratulated him on a hard fought campaign, and told him that I looked forward to working with the Opposition on finding real solutions to the problems which face Pantocratoria. My friends, colleagues, and dare I say comrades, that is what this campaign was all about - real leadership. Real leadership is inclusive. It is willing to listen to every point of view, from friend or foe. It is non-ideological in the best sense of the term - it doesn't prejudge advice before it is offered because of party or background. The Government which it has been my privilege to head for the past three years, and which I am very privileged to continue to head into the future after tonight's result, has exercised real leadership. By its very nature, our coalition brings together the interest of groups in our society which until three years ago, might have been thought to lack any common ground whatsoever. But we have found the common ground which binds all of us together - Pantocratoria!"
"Together we have built a new Pantocratoria. It has not been easy, and tonight we are forced to recognise that some Pantocratorians have felt left behind by our reform agenda." Drapeur said. "I am unapologetic about the need for change, but I do sincerely regret that some of our fellow citizens feel alienated by our reforms. Tonight's result is a mandate for us to continue to reform, rebuild and improve Pantocratoria, but it is also a powerful message for us - that some Pantocratorians feel left behind or excluded, and that we must do all we can to make sure that they can find their place in the new Pantocratoria as well. I make this commitment tonight on behalf of our Government - we will reach out to every Pantocratorian, and we won't leave anybody behind."
The crowd cheered and Drapeur moved on to thanking the dozens of people he felt the need to thank for their contribution to the campaign, starting with Spiro Bolkus and moving his way through both the Socialist and Constantinople Party ranks.
Pantocratorian Socialist Alliance Advertisement (2007 National Election)
A repost from last year...
12:20am 9 November 2007 (election night),
Demetriopolis Football Stadium
The official coalition after-party was a jubilant affair by the time the news coverage joined it to see the official acceptance speech. The excited crowd was gathered around a stage with a huge "THIBAULT DRAPEUR: Le Leadership Authentique" billboard, flanked by a sign bearing the Pantocratorian Socialist Alliance's logo on one side, and the Constantinople Party's logo on the other. In the middle of the stage was a podium with the "Authentic Leadership" slogan produced in both French and Greek on it, behind which the Deputy Chancellor and Leader of the Constantinople Party was standing with a broad smile on his face. The Constantinople Party supporters gathered nearer the stage were chanting "Spiro! Spiro! Spiro!" at the Deputy Chancellor.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Spiro Bolkus began in Greek. "To all of you here tonight, all of our supporters around the nation watching on the television, and to all the people of our fatherland, Greek speakers and French speakers, it gives me very great pleasure to introduce to you the first RE-ELECTED Imperial Chancellor in twenty-seven years, a great man, a great friend, and a great leader, Doctor Thibault Drapeur!"
The huge crowd gathered at the stadium roared its approval as the Socialist campaign song ("A la volonté du peuple" from the French version of Les Misérables the musical) began to play through the PA system, heralding the entrance of the Imperial Chancellor. Thibault Drapeur emerged from behind the "Authentic Leadership" sign on the stage and waved to the euphoric crowd for a few moments as Spiro Bolkus moved over to the Chancellor. The two men shook hands and posed for photographs before they walked back to the podium, with Drapeur assuming the position behind the microphone. The crowd chanted Drapeur's name over and over again. Drapeur smiled, touched by their enthusiasm as he had been so often in the past three years. The adulation of people who had suffered or been forgotten or oppressed by the governments which had preceded his always made public life worthwhile to Drapeur, even when he felt old and tired and sick of politics. He wiped a tear from his eyes and then addressed the people.
"Nearly an hour ago now Sir Thierry del Moray called me and congratulated all of us on the re-election of the Imperial Government." Drapeur began. "I thanked Sir Thierry and congratulated him on a hard fought campaign, and told him that I looked forward to working with the Opposition on finding real solutions to the problems which face Pantocratoria. My friends, colleagues, and dare I say comrades, that is what this campaign was all about - real leadership. Real leadership is inclusive. It is willing to listen to every point of view, from friend or foe. It is non-ideological in the best sense of the term - it doesn't prejudge advice before it is offered because of party or background. The Government which it has been my privilege to head for the past three years, and which I am very privileged to continue to head into the future after tonight's result, has exercised real leadership. By its very nature, our coalition brings together the interest of groups in our society which until three years ago, might have been thought to lack any common ground whatsoever. But we have found the common ground which binds all of us together - Pantocratoria!"
"Together we have built a new Pantocratoria. It has not been easy, and tonight we are forced to recognise that some Pantocratorians have felt left behind by our reform agenda." Drapeur said. "I am unapologetic about the need for change, but I do sincerely regret that some of our fellow citizens feel alienated by our reforms. Tonight's result is a mandate for us to continue to reform, rebuild and improve Pantocratoria, but it is also a powerful message for us - that some Pantocratorians feel left behind or excluded, and that we must do all we can to make sure that they can find their place in the new Pantocratoria as well. I make this commitment tonight on behalf of our Government - we will reach out to every Pantocratorian, and we won't leave anybody behind."
The crowd cheered and Drapeur moved on to thanking the dozens of people he felt the need to thank for their contribution to the campaign, starting with Spiro Bolkus and moving his way through both the Socialist and Constantinople Party ranks.