Do you have ambitions to be a governor/senator/president/other?

[elperromagico]

If you're from outside the US, fill in your relevant office. :D

[JohnKleeb]

1. No

[Lavender Brown]

2. One summer I interned at a state administrative office

and I got some junk mail addressed to me thusly: :D

(My Name)
President/Owner
New York State

[bloodyjack]

3. Yes

But I have horrible intentions.

Hey, at least I'm honest!

[da_chimperor]

4. I have hopes of becoming the benevolent dictator of a banana republic

And I don't mean the store. :evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

5. remember to give yourself a high ranking even if youve done nothing

to achieve it, and remember to wear shades.

[elperromagico]

9. Ray Ban, Supreme Ruler of the People's Dictatorship of Guam.

I like the sound of it.

[JohnKleeb]

11. That would be Colonel Ray Ban :)

[da_chimperor]

10. Everyone will always refer to me as 'El Presidente'

I'll have a smart looking uniform, 20 lbs of medals on my chest, a big black mustache, and of course the shades. I'll also offer free health care and education, on top of all the other nice things I would do for the people.

[JohnKleeb]

14. yes but would you have a secret police and would these

secret police but dark haired girls in high boots, no offense to blondes, I just like dark haired girls.

[da_chimperor]

15. Yes, yes they would!

And they would all be incredibly hot. It's nice to be a dictator. :smoke:

[JohnKleeb]

18. they better be

oh how I love the dark haired girls.

[texas1928]

6. Supreme Being of the World.

I will make it someday, already have the lab set up and the henchman in orange jumpsuits, with automatic weapons.

[MarianJack]

7. A Proxy for My Wife!

My lovely Maria has decided that there are too few Hispanics in the U.S. Senate. She wants to be the first Puerto Rican Senator from Maine. Look for her in '12 or '14!

If you see a really cute Puerto Rican woman with a handsome African American son (he'll be 14 in '14! I like the sound of that) and a funny looking husband, THATS HER!!!!!

[cheezus]

8. that's the plan

buy a house, have some kids, run for school board, run for city office, run for state legislature.

[Wat_Tyler]

12. No. I have no interest in positions of authority.

[NYC Liberal]

13. I heard rumors on the internets God is retiring!

And I am gonna take over! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Squeech]

16. When you say Ambitious

are you also saying Tempered by some feeble grasp on reality?

I have a campaign philosophy so preposterous, even my wife laughs at it. But I'll divulge it here because I think the issue is important.

I propose that, if elected to the House or Senate, I will not vote to enact any new laws, and I will in fact devote my term of office to trying to identify and repeal all the contradictory and/or stupid laws that have already been enacted by my careless and/or corrupt predecessors.

Most issues that matter to Americans' well being (and I'm certainly not including nonsense like the Defense of Marriage) are probably already adequately protected by existing law. But all too often, they're not adequately enforced. But, because passing bills is what legislators are supposed to do, they encourage the perception that a new law can fix it, so they pass one-- which gets lawyered and lobbied until it's full of special cases and contradictions-- if not in itself, then with previous law. And how lawyers make magic is by finding and exploiting contradictions in the corpus of the law.

I came up with this notion when I received a constituent mailing from my state senator. This was that typical document where the incumbent pats himself on the back for (1) zealously defending the well-being of his constituents and (2) bringing home the bacon for the district while (3) fighting waste and fraud in government. But the thing that particularly got to me was a bill he was sponsoring against granny-bashing, i.e. physical assault against the elderly. I was so surprised that such legislation was needed that I actually called his office (I was out of work at the time, and could indulge such whims) and asked whether there was some aspect of the problem that wasn't already adequately addressed by existing legislation-- whether there was some loophole. Of course there wasn't; Senator Mushmouth simply had a perceived need to hang his name on something that would play well among the elderly in his district.

So I now believe that there's just too much law, and I would love to vote for a candidate that would prune it sensibly. But, as in most areas of human endeavor, if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. No. I have too many skeletons.

In 30 years, I can just see the College Bonghitters for Truth coming after my ass.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. Not only no, but HELL NO.

A pox on that.

[Shoeempress]

20. I aspire to be a trouble maker who disrupts the status quo, and I am.

Besides that and great shoes, what more could any woman want?

[auburngrad82]

21. I want to be a Democratic Karl Rove

I'm mad as hell and willing to do anything to make the GOP look bad. Gimme a chance!