Challenge #01408-C313: Razzle Dazzle
“Look! I don’t care how popular they are. I’m looking for a workhorse not a showpony.” – Anon Guest
Alas, Devin was the only one. The popular candidate won by a landslide. Well, sort of a landslide. The less popular candidate, the one who unfortunately told the truth about the sorry state that the nation was in, lost by a thin margin that was entirely taken up by the never-going-to-win third party candidate.
If only the voters had seen what Devin had seen.
There was a huge party, of course. And then the popular loudmouth actually attempted to fulfil his promises. He learned that he could not bully foreign nations as he bullied people. He could rattle his sabres all he liked, but the reality was more costly than the fantasy he projected.