The 2009 Best of Subsim Awards!

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Yep, "acceptance" usually comes from a proposed candidate: "I accept the nomination", or, as Lyndon Baines Johnson famously said, "If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve."

That was William T. Sherman that said that.
Unfortunately, you got stuck with LBJ. (Worste US President, IMO).
You probably served him, rather than he serve you.