Could you pass the smell test?

max1 · #1 08-22-2008, 06:21 PM

With all we hear about the candidates for President, could you pass the vetting process? What would your past reveal? I can speak for myself the main reason I haven't run for the office is my past, not criminal, well not "felony" but hey I was a kid and I would not want some of the things I did to come out. I turfed that guys lawn one time and got caught.....

tell uncle poppa daddy Max

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M.Opaliski · #2 08-22-2008, 06:36 PM

I have been through the process locally, albeit unsuccessful.

Roogle · #3 08-22-2008, 10:43 PM

I'm glad you brought that up, max. I couldn't make it. I would hate to be under the microscope. Respect is all i can give to anyone who can put their past on the line for the advertising.

While most teenagers make mistakes. I dont have the money to cover them up like the big tickets.

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M.Opaliski · #4 08-22-2008, 10:45 PM

Hey Roog, you have expressed interest in the past, just do it, and lay it out there up front, this way there is nothing to hide ...

kittykat · #5 08-22-2008, 10:49 PM

nope no way , who knows what they would come up with on me..eh i was an angel

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M.Opaliski · #6 08-22-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kittykat

nope no way , who knows what they would come up with on me..eh i was an angel

*Punk

Roogle · #7 08-22-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by M.Opaliski

Hey Roog, you have expressed interest in the past, just do it, and lay it out there up front, this way there is nothing to hide ...

My problem with office is that people don't car about your stand on issues. They care about the package you portray. Most of us have a grasp on our ideals an reasoning, but the joe-six pack does not.

I'll put it on the table now. I don't have a conviction record. I have been arrested. I never dealt drugs. If you want more PM me. ^_^

M.Opaliski · #8 08-22-2008, 11:11 PM

If you start early and talk to people, individuals, families and small groups, you can break through because when you're dealing with folks like that, one on one, issues do matter. The packaging can't get you the breakthrough like personal contact can, there's no substitute on the local level for face to face contact. You could be working at it now, but with no real plans to run, just working at talking to people.

The trouble is that it takes a lot of time and a lot of effort but, if your heart is in it you'll find the time to make the commitment, if not this year then next, if not next then the year after, you're young enough.

People can overlook a lot of things if you're able to make a personal connection. I lost a State Senate Primary by 58 votes, and that was as a nobody at the time against the party's endorsed candidate. That's roughly 25 more doors in a district with 39,000 people, another day or two might have made the difference, then again maybe not ...

Roogle · #9 08-22-2008, 11:21 PM

Thanks for the encouragement MO. I may even challenge my district rep.

M.Opaliski · #10 08-22-2008, 11:23 PM

You're talking City Council in Wilmington, right ?

Could you pass the smell test?

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