WEEK 029 / 583 — The Ledger of War
DECEMBER 31, 2015. THE YEAR OF THE DESCENT DIES IN FIRE OVER THE TOWER. HE GREETS THE NEW ONE AS A COMMANDER GREETS A CAMPAIGN SEASON.
“I would like to wish everyone A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO, FINALLY, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN AND GREAT AGAIN!”
THE LEDGER OF WAR IS READ ALOUD. THE HEIR-KNIGHT'S GOLD IS ASH; THE FRONT-RUNNER'S CHEST IS STILL FULL.
So, I have spent almost nothing on my run for president and am in 1st place. Jeb Bush has spent $59 million & done. Run country my way!
My campaign for president is $35,000,000 under budget, I have spent very little (and am in 1st place).Now I will spend big in Iowa/N.H./S.C.
“Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!”
The person that Hillary Clinton least wants to run against is, by far, me. It will be the largest voter turnout ever - she will be swamped!
JANUARY 4, 2016. LOWELL, ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER. THE HALLS CAN NO LONGER HOLD WHAT IS COMING. IOWA IS FOUR WEEKS AWAY.
“The rally in Lowell, Massachusetts, was amazing. 10,000 people going wild. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
TO BE CONTINUED →
This week in the saga
The year turns in fire over the tower, and he greets it not with rest but with a ledger: almost nothing spent, first place held, while the heir-knight's fifty-nine million lies in ash. For the first time the war chest opens, aimed at the three states where the winter will be decided. Across the gulf he taunts the final general's own armored guard, and in Lowell ten thousand overflow the hall.
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