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So is anyone here actually planning on going into politics?

If so, what do expect to do?


I would love to be a North Carolina state senator. But as I refuse to cut my hair, and I have libertarian ideals, it would never happen. Therefore I'll stay with doing my movies.

I have been told by many of my friends and family that I should go into politics. However, I keep telling them that I would never win. I tend to speak in a somewhat elevated manor and I refuse to lower myself to an intellectual level on par with most Americans.

Well, I'm not a crazy, deceitful, authoritarian bastard, and I'd base my policies on what I think would actually benefit the country. Therefore I won't get any votes and it's pointless even trying.

I suspect that any political aspirations I have will be shortlived. Once the photos and videos come to light... well, let's just say that I've lived an interesting life. :p

I considered running for office, but the media tends to crucify ex-drunks.

Of course, there is Ted Kennedy... so I might have a chance. ;) ...although I'd have to run as a Democrat. :headbang:

my ideals are too extreme for mainstream politics :(

besides i'm not sure if i'd want to go into a profession so riddled with corruption & backstabbing scum ;)

I considered running for office, but the media tends to crucify ex-drunks.

Of course, there is Ted Kennedy... so I might have a chance. ;) ...although I'd have to run as a Democrat. :headbang:

Run for Mayor of Washington D.C. If a convicted crackhead can get re-elected, anybody has a chance. :p

I do, however plan to start a new political party that isn't as extreme as the Libertarian party, and is somewhat of a new idea. I'll start a thread on it sometime.

I plan to be a judge in the UK which sorta precludes political ambitions.

Well, I'm not a crazy, deceitful, authoritarian bastard, and I'd base my policies on what I think would actually benefit the country. Therefore I won't get any votes and it's pointless even trying.

Plus I'd have to create my own political party, so that makes it even harder to get voted in.

Run for Mayor of Washington D.C. If a convicted crackhead can get re-elected, anybody has a chance. :p
That's funny... because I'm moving to DC in just over a week. :eek:

the UDCP is planning on making a micronation related to our policies.... but i gues virtual politics doesn't count ;)

Yes. I am currently a militant on the Portuguese Socialist Party.

Ill be elected to a municipal assembly in our municipal elections in october... the people willing :D

So is anyone here actually planning on going into politics?

If so, what do expect to do?


I would love to be a North Carolina state senator. But as I refuse to cut my hair, and I have libertarian ideals, it would never happen. Therefore I'll stay with doing my movies.

Hahahah, and lie all the time? I don't think so, i'd have to do enough of that becoming a lawyer, i hope i don't have to, but i probably will.

After I became rich, I would certainly like to. Once you have a lot of money, votes don't really matter anymore anyways...

the UDCP is planning on making a micronation related to our policies.... but i gues virtual politics doesn't count ;)

You could make it into a non-profit organization.

Politics - maybe.

If I stay in the US though, I would probably be stoned to death for my ideals, but I have thought of emmigrating to a European nation. If I did that, then yes, after I've made a successful life for myself, I might consider politics with the local Social-Democratic party.

I considered running for office, but the media tends to crucify ex-drunks.

What about Bush?

Ugh! Who would WANT to? What a pain in the ass. All of it. If I went into politics, I would be honest, and therefore not be elected. "We have to raise taxes if you want these services/programs/infrastructures, or we have to reduce services/programs/infrastructure." Everyone knows that's the truth.

And then there are the skeletons in the closet... ;)

What about Bush?
The media went after him pretty heavily about his drinking past and DWI (alleged?). That's why I said I'd have to run as a Democrat. The media gives ol' Teddy boy a free pass.

And then there are the skeletons in the closet... ;)
Darlin', you'd probably have nothing to worry about. *I* on the other hand...

*closes the gate on my hidden graveyard*

:p

Yeah, I want to go into politics, but it'll be difficult. Who cares, I'm going to try anyway.

The only question is, do I join one of the big three parties, whose views I don't hold fully, though I can side agree with them quite strongly, or one of the smaller ones whose views even more closely align with my own? Who can tell.

Darlin', you'd probably have nothing to worry about. *I* on the other hand...

*closes the gate on my hidden graveyard*

:p


You have NO IDEA! I bet I have more bones than you do! :p Seriously though!

It would be interesting. I don't think I'm quite suited for large-scale politics though. Too many things that other people would latch right on to and wreck me with.

If I get involved, it'll end up being on a more local level.

Yeah, I want to go into politics, but it'll be difficult. Who cares, I'm going to try anyway.

The only question is, do I join one of the big three parties, whose views I don't hold fully, though I can side agree with them quite strongly, or one of the smaller ones whose views even more closely align with my own? Who can tell.

Well you have a lot of options to choose from. We have a lot of different parties.

The media went after him pretty heavily about his drinking past and DWI (alleged?). That's why I said I'd have to run as a Democrat. The media gives ol' Teddy boy a free pass.

The main-stream media may have gone after him, but whose party is in power? :D

You have NO IDEA! I bet I have more bones than you do! :p Seriously though!
I would bet some SERIOUS dough that you don't. ;)

I have been told by many of my friends and family that I should go into politics. However, I keep telling them that I would never win. I tend to speak in a somewhat elevated manor and I refuse to lower myself to an intellectual level on par with most Americans.

You believe that most Americans are intellectually inferior to you?! Wait a minute, I speak the same way.

It is said that to be universally understood, one must speak and write at the 6th grade level. Bush seems to do it well. :p

It is said that to be universally understood, one must speak and write at the 6th grade level. Bush seems to do it well. :p

Hey, he surpassed it. He's at 3rd grade!

I would bet some SERIOUS dough that you don't. ;)


And I would take that bet! However, I am unwilling to dig up the bones for anyone. People get the wrong impression of me when they hear about some of my past. :p

Hey, he surpassed it. He's at 3rd grade!

Pretty good for a man with a single digit IQ! :p

And I would take that bet! However, I am unwilling to dig up the bones for anyone. People get the wrong impression of me when they hear about some of my past. :p
Same here, for the most part. I accidentally let just a FEW of my skeletons out of my closet on another board and became the target of endless ridicule. It got to the point where I had to leave the board. I shudder to think if even those few were dragged out during an election. :eek:

I have been told by many of my friends and family that I should go into politics. However, I keep telling them that I would never win. I tend to speak in a somewhat elevated manor and I refuse to lower myself to an intellectual level on par with most Americans.

Okay, right there you can stop being full of yourself. We are all equal and just because you try to act intellectually challenged like it is so tough being intelligent and it is only possible for the best people to achieve such greatness. To be a politician you have to be able to influence people with speeches and you need to be able to have a good debate with the opposing side. Now I could be a politician because I can do that but I choose not to lie to the people, because that is what politicians do, lie.

Undelia's intellectuality, from what I've seen, mainly concentrates on:
-spouting nationalistic opinions at people in an insulting manner
-quoting supply-side economics (a branch of economics that has long been left by the wayside by the profession and only politicians still use)
-and generally being uncooperative when it comes to discussions.

I reckon he would be a very good US-President.

I'm planning on it, but we'll see.

The media went after him pretty heavily about his drinking past and DWI (alleged?). That's why I said I'd have to run as a Democrat. The media gives ol' Teddy boy a free pass.

:rolleyes:

Um, Bush's DUI is not just alleged. clicky (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html) and clicky (http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/02/bush.dui/) And many think he was treaty very lightly by the press.

Ted Kennedy has been savaged for his drinking and for his accident at Chappaquiddick, particularly when he ran for President.

Dick Cheney has two DUIs (from when he was 20 and 21). Most people have never even heard that.

Undelia's intellectuality, from what I've seen, mainly concentrates on:
-spouting nationalistic opinions at people in an insulting manner
-quoting supply-side economics (a branch of economics that has long been left by the wayside by the profession and only politicians still use)
-and generally being uncooperative when it comes to discussions.

I reckon he would be a very good US-President.

Maybe so but you still don't go around and act like you're better than anyone else.

:rolleyes:

Um, Bush's DUI is not just alleged. clicky (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html) and clicky (http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/02/bush.dui/) And many think he was treaty very lightly by the press.

Ted Kennedy has been savaged for his drinking and for his accident at Chappaquiddick, particularly when he ran for President.

Dick Cheney has two DUIs (from when he was 20 and 21). Most people have never even heard that.

I don't think it matters. We all have things like this that tarnish our reputations. The media simply blows it out of proportion.

After I've gotten some work experience, I may consider it....

After all, Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown was a philo major too. So I guess it ain't hopeless. :)

I've already had some success in local and congressional elections, in the Riverside/San Bernadino Country area, though I'd probably have to move to a less "blue" state to go national. ;)

I'd love to. But I don't have a chance of getting elected. I'd want to be honest, direct and independent - I just wouldn't fit in in.

Yup, but Canadian politics is rather simple to get into.

I want to get a master's degree, get a decent living, and when I'm 40 and looking for something new, I'll use my having-been-a-member-of-the-Liberal-Party-since-age-18 thing and try to win a small region in Ontario, thus getting me a seat as an MP and a six-figure salary. If my run is only 4 years, so be it, but I have rather good oratory skills and a *very* centrist mind, so I should be a rather valuable member of the party if I don't stand in the sidelines.

All I need to do is play my cards right. It all hinges on be allowed to represent the Liberals in a region. I figure a part of my home-city should do just fine, or perhaps a region just north of it, and play the 'homegirl' card, as I have just moved here. *grin* I have such boring expectations of my life.

That and I love the backstabbing and scheming that is the game of politics. I have no problems with the amount of lying and manipulating in the government, at all.

I would love to go into politics, but I wont be able to, really.

I'm planning on becoming POTUS. And then taking over the world.

I'm planning on becoming POTUS. And then taking over the world.

sounds like a full proof plan

I'm planning on becoming POTUS. And then taking over the world.

I can be court/cabinet/whatever keeper of the old stories, ey? I'll give you Britain without a fight :D (well, maybe only a wee one then.)

All I want is everything I want, and I'll stay out of everyones way.

Deal? Go on....

:rolleyes:

Um, Bush's DUI is not just alleged. clicky (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html) and clicky (http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/02/bush.dui/) And many think he was treaty very lightly by the press.

Ted Kennedy has been savaged for his drinking and for his accident at Chappaquiddick, particularly when he ran for President.

Dick Cheney has two DUIs (from when he was 20 and 21). Most people have never even heard that.

To be fair to all three of them, drinking and driving back then did not have the degree of moral opprobrium that it does today. Quite the opposite in fact. So actually understand how it could have happened to all of them.

I plan to make politics my profession. I plan to be a political whore.

I can be court/cabinet/whatever keeper of the old stories, ey? I'll give you Britain without a fight :D (well, maybe only a wee one then.)

All I want is everything I want, and I'll stay out of everyones way.

Deal? Go on....


Hey, for that bargain, I'll give you Britain to administer. As long as I get a nice house there. . .always loved the Brits.

sounds like a full proof plan
you mean fool proof?

And yes, it is.

I would never be an actual candidate-the media fishbowl, they call it, because no matter where you go you're under scrutiny.

However, what I've been planning for a while is to be an advisor, an expert of some area of policy. The power-behind-the-throne idea. Nobody goes after you, it's always your "boss" (who usually does what you say anyways.)

So is anyone here actually planning on going into politics?

If so, what do expect to do?


I would love to be a North Carolina state senator. But as I refuse to cut my hair, and I have libertarian ideals, it would never happen. Therefore I'll stay with doing my movies.



I'm back (guess who my former nation was). Anyways, you should run. I'm a Libertarian myself and plan to run in Canada, although likely under one of the main parties.

Okay, right there you can stop being full of yourself. We are all equal and just because you try to act intellectually challenged like it is so tough being intelligent and it is only possible for the best people to achieve such greatness. To be a politician you have to be able to influence people with speeches and you need to be able to have a good debate with the opposing side. Now I could be a politician because I can do that but I choose not to lie to the people, because that is what politicians do, lie.

I did not say I was better than anyone. All I said was that I was more intelligent than the average American. That doesn’t make me better than them, it just makes me an unrealistic political candidate, unless I am willing to pretend to be dimmer than I am. Bush has taken this strategy and I find it repulsive.

I would love to go into politics, although given the demographics of my area I can't see myself getting elected...

Oh well I'll just stick to political music for now.

Eh, If I got enough publicity, I would not get elected, but hell, I would make a good campaign.

"Yes, well, we all did it back then. I admit it. I can face my past, unlike my opposition" about some random crap that is 100% legal, then having it misplaced.

"I have guts. You can see them on this x-ray. My opponent refuses to show x-rays proving he has guts, so my claim is possible." *hands out cartoon x-ray*

"I say that you sir, are a genius. I am more of one however." During the debate

"This is not a day for soundbites"

"Yes, I borrowed the quote. But you, the media, did your thing of removing it from the context, where I critized hypocritical politicians"

"This Nation is not controlled by politics, nor by corporations. It is not controlled by the people, nor the freemasons. It is under the new media."
Plus I would make up scandels, confess to them, then say that I can face myself, unlike my opposition.

I would be forever banned from politics, however. but we would live on in legend.

I currently intern for the party in my state, I'd like to work for the state department but from the conversations I've had with people who work there it sounds like you'd be put in alot of compromising situtations, I'd have no problem standing my ground in those situations but it'd probably get me fired

If I went into politics, I would be honest, and therefore not be elected. "We have to raise taxes if you want these services/programs/infrastructures, or we have to reduce services/programs/infrastructure." Everyone knows that's the truth.


Hey, if you went into politics and actually promised to raise taxes to fund public services and such, I would be so delighted to hear someone say it at last that you would probably get my vote. :)

Except that we don't live in the same country...

Okay, right there you can stop being full of yourself. We are all equal and just because you try to act intellectually challenged like it is so tough being intelligent and it is only possible for the best people to achieve such greatness.

Are you seriously saying that all people are intellectually equal?

Anyway, I've vaguely toyed with the idea of going into politics on a local level, maybe start a party with some friends and have one of us run for mayor, just to get some of our ideas across to the public and see how many people would actually vote for us, but I don't suppose I'll ever do it...

Of course, as PM said, we'll be doing a micronation for the UDCP's ideals. :)

i am currently majoring in polical science with a minor in middle easter studies and plan on working for the CIA or NSA

I'm doing my degree in politcs looking into beoming a diplomat