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Good afternoon,

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this club. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest.

In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the club. Throughout the long and difficult period, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.

In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the club (thanks traitors) to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.

But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interest of the club must always come before any personal considerations.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interest of SAU-VIC first. SAU-VIC needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.

To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Jamezilla (aka James Ward ) will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.

As I recall the high hopes for SAU-VIC with which we began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next years. But in turning over direction of the Government to Jamezilla, I know, as I told the club when I nominated him for that office 10 months ago, that the leadership of SAU-VIC will be in good hands.

In passing this office to Jamezilla, I also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow and, therefore, of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all sau members.

As he assumes that responsibility, he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. As we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this club, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us, and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people.

By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in SAU-VIC.

I regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my Judgments were wrong, and some were wrong, they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the club.

To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months days, to my family, my friends, to many others who joined in supporting my cause because they believed it was right, I will be eternally grateful for your support.

And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us, in the final analysis, have been concerned with the good of the club, however our judgments might differ.

So, let us all now join together in affirming that common commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the benefit of all sau-vic members.

I shall leave this office with regret at not completing my term, but with gratitude for the privilege of serving as your President for the past years days. These yearsdays have been a momentous time in the history of our club and the world. They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the Administration, the Congress, and the people.

But the challenges ahead are equally great, and they, too, will require the support and the efforts of the Congress and the people working in cooperation with the new Administration.

This, more than anything, is what I hoped to achieve when I sought the Presidency. This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every member. In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

Regards

Patrick

Good afternoon,

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this club. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest.

In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the club. Throughout the long and difficult period, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.

In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the club (thanks traitors) to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.

But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interest of the club must always come before any personal considerations.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interest of SAU-VIC first. SAU-VIC needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.

To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Jamezilla (aka James Ward ) will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.

As I recall the high hopes for SAU-VIC with which we began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next years. But in turning over direction of the Government to Jamezilla, I know, as I told the club when I nominated him for that office 10 months ago, that the leadership of SAU-VIC will be in good hands.

In passing this office to Jamezilla, I also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow and, therefore, of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all sau members.

As he assumes that responsibility, he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. As we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this club, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us, and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people.

By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in SAU-VIC.

I regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my Judgments were wrong, and some were wrong, they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the club.

To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months days, to my family, my friends, to many others who joined in supporting my cause because they believed it was right, I will be eternally grateful for your support.

And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us, in the final analysis, have been concerned with the good of the club, however our judgments might differ.

So, let us all now join together in affirming that common commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the benefit of all sau-vic members.

I shall leave this office with regret at not completing my term, but with gratitude for the privilege of serving as your President for the past years days. These yearsdays have been a momentous time in the history of our club and the world. They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the Administration, the Congress, and the people.

But the challenges ahead are equally great, and they, too, will require the support and the efforts of the Congress and the people working in cooperation with the new Administration.

This, more than anything, is what I hoped to achieve when I sought the Presidency. This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every member. In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

Regards

Patrick

:woot:

Viva la resistance.

Except for the part my gtr keys were requested.......you'll have to catch me in your R32 first.

And you know your chances :laugh::wub: none.....

I am defecting to the new Forum I have just elected myself PRESIDENT in.....callled.............wait for it...Former SAU Club of the World....

So good bye to you all....unless you are looking at defecting with me.....c...u...there.

Signed

Tekin...o...

Former....SAU Club of the World.

Long live Richard Nixon

clever are we haha :woot:

Okay...

So, ah - I guess things are back to normal then?

vader_pres_220.jpg

I may have been re-located to the bottom of the sau food chain, but once the exec's slip up i shall regain my former status once again :wub:

if you know how to use fast+part search look here :laugh:http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=143978

Good afternoon,

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this club. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest.

In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the club. Throughout the long and difficult period, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.

In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the club (thanks traitors) to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.

But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interest of the club must always come before any personal considerations.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interest of SAU-VIC first. SAU-VIC needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.

To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Jamezilla (aka James Ward ) will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.

As I recall the high hopes for SAU-VIC with which we began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next years. But in turning over direction of the Government to Jamezilla, I know, as I told the club when I nominated him for that office 10 months ago, that the leadership of SAU-VIC will be in good hands.

In passing this office to Jamezilla, I also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow and, therefore, of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all sau members.

As he assumes that responsibility, he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. As we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this club, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us, and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people.

By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in SAU-VIC.

I regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my Judgments were wrong, and some were wrong, they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the club.

To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months days, to my family, my friends, to many others who joined in supporting my cause because they believed it was right, I will be eternally grateful for your support.

And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us, in the final analysis, have been concerned with the good of the club, however our judgments might differ.

So, let us all now join together in affirming that common commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the benefit of all sau-vic members.

I shall leave this office with regret at not completing my term, but with gratitude for the privilege of serving as your President for the past years days. These yearsdays have been a momentous time in the history of our club and the world. They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the Administration, the Congress, and the people.

But the challenges ahead are equally great, and they, too, will require the support and the efforts of the Congress and the people working in cooperation with the new Administration.

This, more than anything, is what I hoped to achieve when I sought the Presidency. This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every member. In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

Regards

Patrick

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