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[Triumph]

So, my friends and I were out bitching and drinking earlier tonight(shocker, I know). None of you have probably kept track of local GA politics, but the GOP won control of all branches of govt. for the first time since Reconstruction last election, and as the first session of the state legislature in which they've had control is winding down, they've done some downright fucked up stuff. I won't go into it too much, but there is supposedly going to be a sizable backlash against them in the 2006 elections, when the Governor's spot is up again.

Now, my friends and I are all of the mind that the Democrats are too stupid and spineless to take advantadge of this backlash properly. What we need is a good old fashioned populist shit kicker to go in and beat the shit out of the state govt. until it cries uncle. And they think that I'm the guy.

Now, I won't deny the prospect intrigues me... and that's worrisome. I would run a campaign doomed to fail... but with STYLE. And yes, substance too. Despite a somewhat checkered past, I could probably actually put together an eye-catching enough campaign to get some media notice(LOCAL TOWN DRUNK SOBERS UP LONG ENOUGH TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR, THREATENS TO FREE NON-VIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS AND ABOLISH CORPORATE PERSONHOOD IF ELECTED- something along those lines). I would PROBABLY even get 10% of the vote just for being entertaining.

So do I bother? I mean, this is a pretty serious endeavor I'm thinking about undertaking. Nevermind that my first act as Governor, if improbably elected, would probably get me thrown in jail(granting clemency to those non-violent drug offenders). Should I bother gathering signatures and raising meager funds? Is it worth it to be discredited as the Freak Power candidate months in advance of the election and probably fired from my job and run out of town on a rail or shot by the corrupt local police just to be the punchline of a joke...

I'm leaning towards YES at this point. Convince me NO.

 

[GLoK]

you will lose

 

[Drensch]

You'd be colleagues.

 

[Belfast]

Can you come down here and run for governor of Florida? I'm tired of Jeb Bush.

 

[Mandark]

Because it would be the political equivalent of masturbation, which never results in the healthy pink babies of enlightened social policy.

 

[AntoneM]

well, can you get a few hundred thousand together to start your campaign??

 

[aoi tsuki]

Because consuming alcohol > being productive. You taught me that, man. You really change, Duke. Maybe you should run for govnernor, you sellout.

 

[AntoneM]

actually, couldn't you try to get a bunch of corporate money for your campaign and then just keep it and say fuck you to the corps?

 

[demi]

Nobody wants a fat white beardy governor.

 

[Hitokage]

Once you get in office, say goodbye to your booze.

That should be reason enough.

 

[Triumph]

Or worse, you might WIN.

Honestly, that's what I'm afraid of. Fucking around with the press and explaining absurd positions would be FUN. Actually having to attempt to make good on my promises would SUCK.

Of course, there is no way in hell that a non-Christian, drunkard psuedo-Marxist is going to get elected. I know this. But damnit all if I don't WANT to.

 

[Triumph]

Once you get in office, say goodbye to your booze.

That should be reason enough.

Ho ho ho... not true at all. Nixon didn't start drinking heavily until he became President, and even then not until his second term, when he was staring down the barrel of Watergate and besotted on gin, rambling incoherently to pictures of Abraham Lincoln with Henry Kissinger dutifully at his side...

Jesus. I am seriously considering running for Governor of my home state, and there is no law to stop me. That in itself is disturbing.

 

[methodman]

If you ran, golddigging chicks would dig you. You don't want that.

 

[pnjtony]

Once you get in office, say goodbye to your booze.

That should be reason enough.

and hello to booze and hookers!

 

[Rorschach]

None of the Above campaign!

 

[Panther_Fan]

you're drunk now, right? :lol

 

[Hitokage]

Ho ho ho... not true at all. Nixon didn't start drinking heavily until he became President, and even then not until his second term, when he was staring down the barrel of Watergate and besotted on gin, rambling incoherently to pictures of Abraham Lincoln with Henry Kissinger dutifully at his side...

Well fuck, what's stopping you then?

 

[Fresh Prince]

Do it. You can be the token left looney- also wear a MAF shirt on local TV.
Who else lives on Georgia? Get behind Raoul Duke (no homo).

 

[Triumph]

you're drunk now, right? :lol

Sobering up, really. Four beers and a couple shots of Jager. But no, I'm dead serious. I almost ran for Atlanta City Council last year.

Well fuck, what's stopping you then?

Mostly, the 200k signatures or so that I would have to collect. Other than that, not much. Most of my friends work in local media one way or another, so I know that I would have coverage and cheap/free campaign commercials. Convincing people to vote for a leftist loon alky is the tough sell, as it were.

 

[AntoneM]

wouldn't all this governing get in the way of GAF time?

 

[Fresh Prince]

Mostly, the 200k signatures or so that I would have to collect. Other than that, not much. Most of my friends work in local media one way or another, so I know that I would have coverage and cheap/free campaign commercials. Convincing people to vote for a leftist loon alky is the tough sell, as it were.

How many GAF, OA, SA and other game board lurkers and posters are there from Georgia? Support Raoul.

 

[Brannon]

You would so get my vote.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Convince me NOT to run for Governor of Georgia in 2006

Dont do it....

 

[ManDudeChild]

If you do it, you know that this thread would be a problem, right? :lol

 

[Alex Anderson]

Because being President of the country Georgia would be much cooler.

 

[xabre]

Karl Marx Avatar = vote.

 

[Ghost]

I think its an awesome idea, in fact i think we should all run for governmental positions, then start a kind of secret society where we get things done by helping eachother and screwing over all non-gaf member.


Then eventually we take over the world, or all meet up for pancakes one day or something.

 

[ToxicAdam]

I say do it.

It is fun to watch independant, principled people slowly get corrupted and compromised by our political machine until they become what they hate.


Seriously, you were born in the wrong state. Too bad.

 

[speedpop]

Go for gold son!

 

[Outdoor Miner]

The Republican Character Assasination Machine (R.C.A.M) would have your ass for breakfast.

 

[Jacobi]

Do it, do it do it do it doit doot ddot

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

Go for it. If someone like Mary Carey and Gary Coleman can run, certainly you can. Imagine all the groupies that will want to bang the governor of Georgia. Just try to promote yourself with the internet, like Dean's strategy.

 

[ge-man]

Go ofr it. As a fellow Georgia resident and progressive, I would welcome the any kind of challenger with a backbone.

 

[Jacobi]

I'd actually vote for you. At least someone who isn't corrupt from the beginning. You could throw shit on the white house, so you get known.

 

[human5892]

Hell, as long as you're not going to end up in the red if/when you lose, I say go for it.

 

[iapetus]

The Republican Character Assasination Machine (R.C.A.M) would have your ass for breakfast.

Well, no, because he'd just admit it was all true, and thus beat them at their own game.

 

[Miroku]

you only live once man, do it.

 

[Triumph]

Well, no, because he'd just admit it was all true, and thus beat them at their own game.

iapetus is right. Not only would I admit to being a hard drinking quasi-socialist with a penchant for saying crazy shit, I would make it a cornerstone of my campaign. Honestly, I think that I would just confuse the poor bastards.

"Mr. Duke is a known drunk and suspected socialist. How can we have someone of his-"

"You're damn right I am. But I'll tell you this, I have never and will never advocate allowing a corporation to sodomize the working man. Can you pigfuckers say that?"

And so on.

 

[pollo]

try sobering up first before you make your decision
that could help

 

[Seth C]

try sobering up first before you make your decision
that could help

Why? He'd be drunk during the campaign. He'd be drunk during his term. Why not be drunk when he makes the decision?

 

[Dilbert]

If you ran on a platform of abolishing speed limits on the highway, I think voters would overlook even the Marxist stuff and line up behind you. If you can find a porn star as a running mate, that would be even better!

All kidding aside, I'd vote for you since you're bright and say what you mean...which is far, FAR more than you can say for most politicians. As long as you wouldn't take a financial hit, what do you really have to lose?

 

[demon]

Honestly, how much does it cost to run a campaign for governor?

 

[Triumph]

Honestly, how much does it cost to run a campaign for governor?

Millions of dollars. I have time, friends in good places and the power of viral marketing on my side, though. So I'm thinking I could run a fairly effective campaign that was hopelessly doomed to fail for a couple hundred thousand.

 

[fse]

Do it !