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ORIGINAL: xBullx

Hidy ho neighbors, it's your friendly, local neighborhood Bull once again seeking council.

Several times in the past year or so I've been approached about running for a state level office (now don't panic, most of you that don't “value” my way of thinking don't live in Iowa so relax and enjoy the thread) . My future political considerations, as you might now be able to guess are why I, at times, ask rather curious questions.

Now for the Collarme specific part of this:

I do have a few niller type friends that know I use my whip for more than just moving cattle and that my male/female ideology might be seen as, shall we say, a bit prehistoric. They have also made comment how I may not be all that “electable” due to my less than mainstream views and friends.

It seems that you people I am most comfortable around, the Goreans, the Leathermen, the Kinksters and other brands of D/s types aren't all that socially acceptable to some. But I have this misconstrued notion that because I don't limit my social understanding or my extended friend base that I am actually more suitable to represent “the folks” in general. Now I'm not going to rattle on with platforms or personal qualifications I possess but needless to say to a fairly large base I seem “electable” so long as I appear “normal”.

Now I have pondered that perhaps I should place more consideration into running sometime in the future, but if I can't be me and the chance were to exist I'd have to deny some of the better parts of myself and the friends that understand that part of me I'd rather not partake. So I bring to you folks a question. Please keep the partisan railing to a dull roar if you can but I would like to know from as many different perspectives as I can.

What the hell do you see as.......................”electable”?

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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

One problem I see coming is the person , man or woman , that you would be running against. He or she will certainly bring your lifestyle to the forefront to embarrass or discredit you. Politics is a dirty business even at the local and state level. I'd be prepared to be outed..

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

The question really is this,

Are you prepared to accept what will come if any of these thoughts and activity surface?  You could wind up with a full attack on your character, morals, values, and worth as a person.  Everyone will now know not just those you choose.  That won't end with the campaign.

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

The question really is this,

Are you prepared to accept what will come if any of these thoughts and activity surface?  You could wind up with a full attack on your character, morals, values, and worth as a person.  Everyone will now know not just those you choose.  That won't end with the campaign.

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ORIGINAL: heartcream

You say your views on women and men are prehistoric. That is an uncool position for me in a political person. Someone who is more underground, has a deeper understanding of not being a part of the demanding masses but is more of an individual I would welcome however.

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

I couldn't care less what someone does with their leisure time, I want to know what they'll do for the state or country, are they a good manager etc.
Hell, I'd put a picture of a whip on my campaign signs!

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ORIGINAL: Louve00

Who is electable to me?  To me, it would be someone who seems sincere (although I know "seeming sincere" can be just as sincere as not sincere at all, but still...).  Someone who has a track record of persistence.  Someone who knows something of the political arena so he could maneuver his way thru his agenda.  Someone who is capable of "reaching across the aisle" as politicians put it (meaning being able to be bipartisan) And someone who pretty much sticks to and doesn't abandon what he claims to be.

Personal aspects of a person is really not what I look for.  It's what the people of his community (or district, or state, or whatever) mean to him and what he would fight for, for them, that would impress me.  Although, for the sake of people that are more conventional, I'd focus more on the normal side, and not your attributes with a whip. 

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ORIGINAL: StrangerThan

I see you as reasoned and thoughtful. That may well put you out of electable status. Grin.

Beyond that, hell, I'd vote for you.

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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

One problem I see coming is the person , man or woman , that you would be running against. He or she will certainly bring your lifestyle to the forefront to embarrass or discredit you. Politics is a dirty business even at the local and state level. I'd be prepared to be outed..