PaperDog wrote:Mike Nobody wrote:PaperDog wrote:Yes Indeed.. Its rather futile for me to raise my voice at you.
Now, I would really try to see your point of view Mike N, but i cant get my head that far up Your ass
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Lame.
I seriously doubt you give a f*ck about anyone's point of view, besides your own, anyway.
Bwahhhaaaa! Same theory as your "Shut-Up" principle. Admit it, You just got spanked. BTW, When the f**k did you run for congress? You lie like an oriental rug.
I tried in 2006, for the Green Party. Hey, Bush made ANYTHING possible.
In my district, there was an unopposed Democratic congressman who was also a big Bush supporter. I figured that at least SOMEBODY should run against that guy, to give voters SOME choice.
But, I did not anticipate human pettiness and stupidity.
I underestimated how much meaningless gestures matter to people.
The editor/publisher of a paper I wrote for in the 90's was a Green Party organizer. So, I figured that would help me. But, it really didn't.
Anyway, I offered myself as a candidate but, on principle, I wouldn't formally join the party.
Ralph Nader ran three times as their presidential candidate without joining. So, I thought it wouldn't be a problem.
Hoo-Boy!
It ended up being the most controversial stance anybody was taking. They stopped the entire proceedings in Detroit just to debate it. They decided to take it to the caucus in Lansing.
I had no way to get there.
So, the head of Michigan Green Party LOANED ME HIS CAR!
I did not know this person at all and he entrusted me with his
almost new car and a full tank of gas.
WOW!
I tried to explain further in Lansing that I supported the party's positions. But, I have an aversion to joining ANYTHING.
Signing a piece of paper wouldn't change anything at all.
Lots more arguments and debate among them ensued.
Only two other people from my district were present. It was basically up to them, or they could choose to let everyone there take a vote on it.
Then one of them threw us for a loop.
He dropped out of the race he was already in and decided to run against me.
He had no idea who the incumbent was or anything.
And THIS guy had previously been in TEN different political parties.
Yeah, THERE'S loyalty!
In the end, I had nearly as many supporters as opponents. It was close.
But, eventually, they nominated him... and he blew the election...big time. No effort made at all.
But, what really made me shake my head at the whole thing was that, AFTER the nomination for that race, there was a guy wanting to run in a different race. He was a card-carrying member of the Socialist Party. They had the same misgivings about him not being a member as they did with me. But, he just signs a piece of paper that says he's a member of the Greens now, and he sailed right into the nomination with no problem.
Does that change anything about him?
Does he suddenly alter his entire belief system with a stroke of a pen?
I think not.