Anyone Politically Active?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

There are plenty of morons making bad decisions in the private sector too. That’s certainly not limited to politics. A matter of what your aspirations are vs the scope of the office and it’s demands. Like any career change, evaluate carefully, make a decision and proceed with gusto.

No doubt, but in most cases private sector bad decisions are the problem of that company. Of course the government gets involved in BIG screw ups and declares them too big to fail, and that just into PARF so I will stop.

The "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" type of person simply has no chance in the real world of politics. The systems is set up to favor the entrenched politicians and their huge bureaucracy. No one at that lever wants change at all, they worked had to get there, and want it to stay.

I worked at a press photographer and was on the legislative floor of both houses of the state level government. I saw and heard first hand the good ol boy network of screw the taxpayer. you vote for my crap, I will vote for your crap and we both get the money to our districts and get reelected. The state taxpayer gets the shaft and the money goes into the pockets of the same crooked folks as always.

No way could I stomach becoming a politician.

[Baz]

One of the best movies ever about politics........

[LWJ]

John,
I know JoAnn Hardesty.

If she could do it, you can do it. You are one of the sharpest analytical minds on PPOT. And we have a bunch.

Let me know where to send the check.

[pwd72s]

The problem of running for office in PDX lies in trying to prove you are more far left than the other candidates.

Originally Posted by pwd72s

The problem of running for office in PDX lies in trying to prove you are more far left than the other candidates.

Same in Seattle. Merely being a liberal isn’t far enough left. Gotta be a communist-trans-atheist. That puts you right about the 50 yard line.

[Frog76S]

PDX really needs someone like you. I’m a PDX’er living in Asia and I can’t believe how much downtown has changed the last 4 yrs with camping tents on the sidewalks etc....went to a famous watch shop at X-mas next to the library and the merchant apologized as he was still shakin after running down and capturing a customer Who ran out of the store with a $10k Rolex. PDX has become SF of the North. I’ll never understand why the city caters to the 1% non contributors at the expense of the 99% who do.