ANYONE EVER RUN FOR OFFICE

[04YellowGT]

Kind of random but is anyone in politics or ran for office? If so what did you run for and how did you get started?

Has any one thought about getting into politics but hasn't? If so what has kept you from running?

Finally what are you looking for in a candidate? I know this is SVTP and we are all pretty
conservative here.

I ask all this because I've been talking about it for a few years. Each passing year I feel like things are getting worse and I need to do my part and help drive change. I'm tired of seeing whats going on in this country. I'm tired of seeing extremists on both sides getting elected and nothing changing for the better and this complete inability to compromise. I would say 95% of the people in politics are there for the wrong reasons, be it for money, power, or ego. While the working class really doesn't have anyone representing them or thinking about them beyond election day.

I've spoke with friends, family, co-workers, and other acquaintances and many people see the need for change and the desire to see an "equal" run. I keep saying we (Average-Joes) need to start running for every open seat we can. Everyone has this idea that they can't run because they aren't smart enough, rich enough, and any-other excuse they can make. After seeing Ocasio-Cortez get elected I believe we can run and win if someone like that can get elected. I know she had major support but whats stopping you or I from getting the same backing.

I consider my self a moderate-conservative.

• For closed Borders
• For gay marriage but also believe in the rights of business owners to turn down service for religious and any other personal reasons. (Capitalism will determine a business's success)
  
• For legalizing marijuana and taxing it.(Never done it or even smoked a cigarette)
• For creating term limits for all government positions.
• For balanced budgets and eliminating government waste.
• Against PACs and any business donating large sums of money to a political party.

Do I stand a chance? How do we start a revolution that brings real change to America?

 

[RDJ]

as long as the press and your average joe are only interested in what color of underwear you have on and what you are doing in the bedroom, and they think that is ok and reportable, you are only asking for trouble by running.

 

[Klay]

Kind of random but is anyone in politics or ran for office? If so what did you run for and how did you get started?

Has any one thought about getting into politics but hasn't? If so what has kept you from running?

Finally what are you looking for in a candidate? I know this is SVTP and we are all pretty
conservative here.

I ask all this because I've been talking about it for a few years. Each passing year I feel like things are getting worse and I need to do my part and help drive change. I'm tired of seeing whats going on in this country. I'm tired of seeing extremists on both sides getting elected and nothing changing for the better and this complete inability to compromise. I would say 95% of the people in politics are there for the wrong reasons, be it for money, power, or ego. While the working class really doesn't have anyone representing them or thinking about them beyond election day.

I've spoke with friends, family, co-workers, and other acquaintances and many people see the need for change and the desire to see an "equal" run. I keep saying we (Average-Joes) need to start running for every open seat we can. Everyone has this idea that they can't run because they aren't smart enough, rich enough, and any-other excuse they can make. After seeing Ocasio-Cortez get elected I believe we can run and win if someone like that can get elected. I know she had major support but whats stopping you or I from getting the same backing.

I consider my self a moderate-conservative.

• For closed Borders
• For gay marriage but also believe in the rights of business owners to turn down service for religious and any other personal reasons. (Capitalism will determine a business's success)
  
• For legalizing marijuana and taxing it.(Never done it or even smoked a cigarette)
• For creating term limits for all government positions.
• For balanced budgets and eliminating government waste.
• Against PACs and any business donating large sums of money to a political party.

Do I stand a chance? How do we start a revolution that brings real change to America?

Well, I would think you need to run in your local elections first. As for whether you stand a chance of winning, depends on how conservative or liberal your area is. Your views you posted are libertarian, so you could stand a chance on the national level. Unfortunately, you would never get the airtime so people could see who you are without money or backers with lots of money.

It is unfortunate how our whole system is centered around on how much airtime you get.

Good luck if you decide to run.

 

[Machdup1]

I’m way to honest to run for office.

That and my undying belief that all politicians from both sides of the isle and all lobbyists should be locked up prevent me from running for office as I have never known politician who was not corrupted.

 

[Revvv]

Most of my adult life has been in the spotlight, living in a glass house, serving as a pastor. I'm pretty sure the entire town knew everything about me, right down to my bathroom schedule. Political office would be no different.

I have finally learned how to set up borders and tell people "no". I love politics, but my personality would not go over well with my political peers. I am not the people pleaser I once was. I also tell it like it is. If you want the sugar coated version, talk to someone else. I'm passionate about my Country, and I don't like the direction it is headed. I have children that will be set free in the world very soon, and that scares me.

I would be considered an extreme conservative.

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[svtfocus2cobra]

A lot of people ask Michael Medved why he never ran for office since he worked for Reagan as a speech writer and would surely intellectually destroy anyone who challenged him, but he always said that he would never run for the fact that politicians and DC are the most disgusting and vile people on the face of the Earth and he would never voluntarily join them. I have always remembered that, and while I would love to have the opportunity to make a change, what he says is absolutely true. If you dont play their dirty games and join sides then your time there will be a huge waste and everything you try to accomplish will be blocked and shut down.

You would have to play their game for decades in hopes you get re-elected and can gain enough seniority to impose your initial plans to have an impact and change the status quo.

 

[04YellowGT]

I enjoy reading everyone's comments. Alot of what you are saying is the same thing I've been thinking myself. I'm brutally honest and don't care if I offend some one. Politics is dirty and thats why WE need to come in and clean the mess up. Trump talked about draining the swamp but we all know one person can't do that. The swamp doesn't get drained it gets eradicated by removing all the old growth. If you can get enough of the old politicians out and replace them with individuals that won't play sides and can't be bought the swamp will start to dry up and die.

If I do run my platform will be something greater than just myself. Its more of a movement than than a political run. The tea party movement and even Trump's run had amazing support but they were all backed/infiltrated by the same two-faced politicians and were destroyed from the inside. We need new blood in politics and that has to be the talking point of the movement.

I know its a long shot but I need to at least try and others need to also. We've all been beat down to believe that a working class citizen isn't capable of governing. Maybe that is true but I would rather fail trying than die thinking what if.

 

[Revvv]

I enjoy reading everyone's comments. Alot of what you are saying is the same thing I've been thinking myself. I'm brutally honest and don't care if I offend some one. Politics is dirty and thats why WE need to come in and clean the mess up. Trump talked about draining the swamp but we all know one person can't do that. The swamp doesn't get drained it gets eradicated by removing all the old growth. If you can get enough of the old politicians out and replace them with individuals that won't play sides and can't be bought the swamp will start to dry up and die.

If I do run my platform will be something greater than just myself. Its more of a movement than than a political run. The tea party movement and even Trump's run had amazing support but they were all backed/infiltrated by the same two-faced politicians and were destroyed from the inside. We need new blood in politics and that has to be the talking point of the movement.

I know its a long shot but I need to at least try and others need to also. We've all been beat down to believe that a working class citizen isn't capable of governing. Maybe that is true but I would rather fail trying than die thinking what if.

The real question is what you are running for in regard to the specific office. Politics is a big pool to jump into, and it is filled with sharks ready for fresh blood.

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[James Snover]

I have never run. But I find I must constantly re-state my refusal to accept the nomination of any Party; and if nominated, that I will refuse to run. Had that as the greeting on my answering machine, in the pre-caller-ID days, you just wouldn't believe how often the phone rang.

 

[Blown 89]

A lot of people ask Michael Medved why he never ran for office since he worked for Reagan as a speech writer and would surely intellectually destroy anyone who challenged him, but he always said that he would never run for the fact that politicians and DC are the most disgusting and vile people on the face of the Earth and he would never voluntarily join them. I have always remembered that, and while I would love to have the opportunity to make a change, what he says is absolutely true. If you dont play their dirty games and join sides then your time there will be a huge waste and everything you try to accomplish will be blocked and shut down.

You would have to play their game for decades in hopes you get re-elected and can gain enough seniority to impose your initial plans to have an impact and change the status quo.

Ben Carson said his presidential run openened his eyes to how corrupt and rigged the system really is.

I was contracted to work in localn politics for a decade and it's disgusting. Everyone is a self serving moron. ....the kind of people that peek through their blinds all day waiting for any excuse to report their neighbors for civil violations.

 

[CV355]

My mother ran for public office about 17 years ago. It gained a lot of attention, including tv spots, radio ads, signage everywhere. I remember helping out at the GOP committee meetings, loading up signs, etc. The support from the party was amazing, and it was crazy to see the donations fly in. It was rare to see a yard that didn't have a sign in it. No bias here, my mother's campaign platform was well constructed. Her opponent ran on the platform of "I'm Democrat, vote for me." The closer to the election, the nastier her opponent's ads got. It got so bad that they were even attacking our family- some dolt wrote a long article to the local newspaper about how I was "obstructing traffic" and how my "mother couldn't control" me so she was unfit for office. You know what I was doing? Doing roadside trash cleanup. That was one example. My sister was in elementary school and I was in high school at the time- we were treated differently by students and teachers the whole time (most teachers were vocally liberal, and some made snotty comments to us directly about the campaign). It wasn't rare to hear someone yell "I hope your mother loses!" down the hallway.

It just kept getting uglier and uglier. My mother lost the election by a narrow window. We got the voter records (not who they voted for, but who voted in general) and found that so many friends and families didn't bother to vote yet claimed they had. "Ohh there must be a mistake, of course we voted!" The weeks after were difficult too, picking up road signs, throwing them all in a dumpster, everyone felt like the months leading up were a waste. It was a major eye-opening experience for me, and one of the reasons why I am painfully cynical.

Unless you're prepared to see the dirtiest, nastiest side of people and society, avoid politics. That was at a state district level election. I can't imagine the toll a larger election would take on a family or individual, especially in this day and age.

 

[IronSnake]

I went and got a BA in PoliSci specifically to run for office at some point.

Start local. You need to get your feet wet. A major election is no way to begin.

You'll need a lot of money. And that means you'll probably need donors. Those donors want you to speak, act, and perform the way they want. Or no money.

Being on this website, let alone any site in general, will probably not be a good thing in a major election. Petty fogging and mudslinging are at an all time high. Unless you've been squeaky clean your whole life, expect your demons and skeletons to be exposed.

There's a reason I didn't do it. I watched what it did to the candidates and their families on the elections I worked. When good honest normal folks run, they generally get dismantled and burn out.

 

[blubyu87gt]

I thought about it. After getting through with the .Gov work.

My biggest concern is some dirt that "comes to light" during a smear campaign. Finding out I tried to rape a girl in a state I was never in when I was 17 would suck. I've never done anything too seriously bad in my youth but now it seems that, unless you run with a D in your mouth while screaming SOCIALISM, it would be a risk. How many people are going to come to bat for a guy who lost a local election. Even if unfavorability was based on serious but false accusations. There could be ramifications long after the election in that case.

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[bluebosss197]

If you want to be successful, in addition to moolah, you almost always have to swear allegiance to the (((tribe))). Oh, and don't have in any skeletons in your closet if running as a Republican. If you do, the Democrats would certainly be accommodating if running with a D beside your name.

 

[CV355]

My biggest concern is some dirt that "comes to light" during a smear campaign. Finding out I tried to rape a girl in a state I was never in when I was 17 would suck.

Never know when a "Dr" Brazen Fraud will come out of the woodwork.

 

[DaleM]

The way the truth is blurred and stories slanted, no thanks.

OK Bozos, stop clowning around.

 

[04YellowGT]

I'm honestly not worried about real skeletons; nothing really there. The only real concern I have is the fabricated stories. I'm from a fairly small town and my family and I are well known and the stories I've heard about my family and myself are crazy.

 

[D1984]

i've had way too many one night stands and flings to not have skeletons come out of the closet. not that i've ever done anything remotely wrong besides not call a woman back or leave right when we finish doing the deed instead of staying to cuddle, but in this ME TOO era you never know what's gonna get twisted when the right amount of money flashes in front of a mentally unstable woman's eyes

 

[Coiled03]

And this is why nothing changes. Look at how many people are afraid to run for office.

I'm not saying you guys are wrong to be afraid. It's just sad that the system has devolved to the point that honest people are scared to try to make a difference.

 

[bluebosss197]

And this is why nothing changes. Look at how many people are afraid to run for office.

I'm not saying you guys are wrong to be afraid. It's just sad that the system has devolved to the point that honest people are scared to try to make a difference.

Sadly that Thomas Jefferson quote about shedding the blood of tyrants and patriots to reset the clock of freedom is looking more and more likely.