Glad I Am NOT Running......For Office

[DaveE]

You just need the right letter after your name in most districts.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by DaveE

You just need the right letter after your name in most districts.

The letter is "$"... both sides

[recycled sixtie]

I am not a lawyer but the statute of limitations I believe is different from country to country and state to state. Digging up behavior from ten years to fifty years ago can make a difference. The times are a changing....

[sammyg2]

I was gonna say that I was an eagle scout, but nowadays even that is an excuse for attack.

(I wasn't, just making a point).

[Jims5543]

Good god, I just ran through some of the indiscretions from my HS days through my head.

I could never run for office of any sort.

For the naive, the early 80's were nothing like today or the last 20 years. With aids jumping from the gay community to hetero in the early to mid 80's it was the end of the wild times that carried on from the 60's and 70's the end of an era.

Everyone was wild back then. Fast Times at Richmond high was not so far off from reality. John Hughes had a beat on the young pop culture of the time, movies like Animal house, 16 candles, Pretty in Pink (which has scenes in it like our recent SC Justice drama) were all pretty representative of the times.

[legion]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Brother ran for State Senate in the late 80's. He and his family got all kinds of death threats. Most of his campaign signage got vandalized or disappeared almost as where put out. He lost by a narrow margin and decided he did not participant in anything political after that "due to the many threats." If you run for any office, before you officially run the state gives you a guide that tells what is required and what to expect and it included warnings of the threats. He did not think it was going to be as bad as it was despite the warnings.

One of his son's did the same several years later. They got one of his biggest contributors to put out a vague recommendation/campaign statement. He read thru an approved it. The day before the election the statement was on the news/etc all misinterpreted to make him look very bad, but nothing illegal. He barely lost, it was recounted it was so close. Nephew was appointed to a State appropriations commission, we assume in payment for his troubles. He did not participate in any of the "perks" offered and was let go at then end of his term. He then moved 3 times and changed all of his phones, etc. each time making sure it was out of his original political constituency.

Normal people stay out of politics. We have the narcissists and sociopaths left to run for and run things.

I have talked to normal people who have run for local offices and all have similar stories. I kind of wonder if it isn't the insiders (who are all sociopaths in my opinion) trying to "figure out" the new guy.

[Rinty]

A very smart guy that I know told me some time ago that one of the most valuable things in life is to stay off the radar screen.

[legion]

Originally Posted by Rinty

A very smart guy that I know told me some time ago that one of the most valuable things in life is to stay off the radar screen.

That's pretty much how I live my life.

I was a trouble maker in high school. Junior year I had long hair and dressed like a trouble maker and got into tons of trouble. Senior year I cut my hair and wore ties to school. I did exactly the same stuff my senior year and got away with it all. (Okay, I probably did worse stuff my senior year and got away with it.) Whereas junior year I was constantly hassled by adults in positions of authority, senior year they looked right past me as I caused trouble.

[Mike Andrew]

No way would I ever run for anything.

Somebody would remember the fart I lit in the cafeteria senior year. My life and family would be disgraced.

[ckelly78z]

I have never understood the need for more power/money /influence when you have already live a very comfortable life. Running for office on the surface appears that you are concerned about other people's needs, and want to make a difference, when, in reality, it's much more about how it makes YOU feel.

Far too many things/events in my past that I have a "FOGGY" recollection of to persue ony public office.

[Rick Lee]

A high school buddy and bandmate is now a state legislator, running for state senate and will eventually run for US Senate. I think he's pretty clean, though. Couldn't have been too much shenanigans in high school, since it was an all boys boarding school, though has since gone co-ed.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

I kissed a girl and put my hand up her shirt in middle school, so I guess I'm out.

Depends, was this last week?