If you were running for political office, what would your skeleon in the closet be?

[cbayer]

Mine would have to do with where I have hair that I have chosen to keep and where I have hair that I rid myself of.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Which skeleton!

I have legions of closet skeletons.

[cbayer]

2. Me too. Could you imagine the scrutiny?

I have given money to a rebuplican candidate for personal reasons.

I am screwed.

My parents were arrested during the 60's for anti-war activism.

I am toast.

I love election years.

[SoxFan]

5. Real life expreience

I am an elected official, so I've faced this sort of thing.

There's a local "political gadfly", a former city official, who has me in the crosshairs. I used to practice law in the same building as this guy, so he thinks he can expose all sorts of dark secrets about me. His current threat is to expose the fact that I take antidepressants. Funny thing is, I've been pretty open about that fact. I figured out long ago that if I was open about it, it took the fun away from the creeps who would use it as a political weapon.

Beyond that, it's pretty mild stuff. My grades in law school sort of sucked, but so did Joe Biden's, and he did a nifty job of keeping Bork of the court.
I was arrested at an anti-aprtheid protest, but if anything, that's a positive.

[cbayer]

10. That is fascinating.

So, you have taken care of your mental health, were average in school and protested against an inhumane policy. Those things would all be used against you.

I was in politics also. I have tremendous respect for those that do it despite the scrutiny. Thanks.

:toast:

[SoxFan]

21. Manchester has a toxic political culture

For decades, this was a very parochial, insular community. If you weren't part of one of the French/Irish/Greek good old boy cliques, or, conversely, you weren't part of the old money Yankee elite, you were left on the outside. The demographics of the city have changed tremendously, but there is still a lingering sour feel to the political culture.

I serve on a 14 member Board of Aldermen (city council). There are a grand total of two of us who didn't go to high school in Manchester. Even though I grew up only 25 miles away, I'm still a bit of a curiosity.

Worse, there's a mean streak to local politics. Sadly, there were a few Democratic Party poobahs who engaged in some unsavory activity over the years, and anyone who didn't buy into the system was pounded into rubble.

Today, it's breaking down, but certain cliques still hold a lot of sway. The public employees unions are very heavy-handed, and on the other side, the conservative were tarnished by the antics of some crude local pols. The result is a local debate that degenerates into "You hate children/love criminals/want more potholes" on one side and "Hack! Crook!" on the other. As a fiscally conservative Democrat, I tend to piss everyone off to a certain degree, so I get a lot of choice names directed at me.

I'm venting. Earlier tonight we had a budget hearing that lasted almost 5 hours and achieved absolutely nothing.

[cbayer]

32. Vent away, my buddy.

No one that has not been in politics really understands what it takes to do so.

Those meetings where you have to stay alert and be honest and know what you are talking about are deadly.

All politics are local and I have nothing but respect for the people like you that take it on. No pay, no payback. Nothing but the pride of knowing that you gave your time and your energy and your talent to trying to make a change.

Thank you from me. :toast:

[zanne]

63. I have to give you credit for swimming in these shark infested waters, Bluedog.

I grew up here and had a few family members in local politics so I know what you're talking about. Local politics in these parts is not for the faint-hearted. No matter how bad the presidential campaigns get, I think Manchester politicians and "old families" can out-smear the best of them.

Thank you for being a shining light. (Now I'll quit with the metaphors).

[SoxFan]

83. I can explain my predicament in three words

Joe. Kelly. Levasseur.

You will know what I'm talking about!

[Jamastiene]

71. Could you imagine if we ran together?

KW, Jamastiene, and the Legion of the Undead. There'd be no stopping us. Scandal? Pshaw, we LAUGH at scandal. We pwn the word evil. We really should go ahead and copyright the world "evil," ya know. :evilgrin:

[SoxFan]

3. That's the worst you've got?

Damn, you're almost as boring as I am!

[cbayer]

4. C'mon. Give me one. Just a little one.

I promise not to tell.

[SoxFan]

6. I take happy pills

I'm on an antidepressant med.

I was arrested at the South African embassy in 1985.

My law school grades were nothing to get excited about.

I think Rene Zellweger is kind of hot.

[cbayer]

15. Rene Zellweger is kind of hot.

I used to play this game called "LP" with my daughter and our friends. It was based on this premise: If you were a lesbian, who would be your pick.

Jamie Lee Curtis
Rene Zellweger
That woman in Contact whose name I just cant' think of right now, but you know who I mean.

[Cant trust em]

18. Jodie Foster.

She's nice looking.

[SoxFan]

22. I agree

A bit weird looking, but attractive in a "smart chick" sort of way.

[Cant trust em]

26. That's totally my scene.

I like girls with glasses, reading books in coffee shops.

[cbayer]

33. My husband is more turned on

when I am doing a crossword puzzle with my glasses on than if I was doing cartwheels naked.

That's the man who turns me on.

[Cant trust em]

37. That's nice.

You sound very happy together.

[tavalon]

93. Oh, yes, Jodie Foster!

This het girl would give lesbianism a try if I could have her and Melissa Etheridge. OTOH, I don't think Melissa needs to deal with another het girl and Jodie is just too far in the closet for me to find her! Sigh.

[tavalon]

94. Oh, yes, Jodie Foster!

This het girl would give lesbianism a try if I could have her and Melissa Etheridge. OTOH, I don't think Melissa needs to deal with another het girl and Jodie is just too far in the closet for me to find her! Sigh.

[OmahaBlueDog]

122. It was 25 years ago, and involved a mentally unstable girl, a bottle of Yago...

...and a restaurant parking lot. It cost me the presidency .. it really did.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear cbayer!

My skeletons (and yes, I do have a few!) are staying firmly locked up in their closet...

Since I never plan to run for public office!

:P

[cbayer]

11. Good evening, good Peggy.

I would never, ever wish upon you the scrutiny of politics.

Hope you are having a wonderful night! :toast:

[Rhythm]

47. It's those bodies in the basement, isn't it?!

I told you to put them somewhere else... :P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. Why didn't I listen!

:cry:

[UrbScotty]

88. RUN, PEGGY, RUN!!!

FUCKING RUN ALREADY, DAMMIT!!!

:evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. That little business with the goat, most likely

People are so narrow-minded. :eyes:

[cbayer]

12. Please give details.

Bush is embarrassed by his little business with the goat as well. Were you reading a story when the WTC was collapsing or....is there something possibly more titillatingly about your goat stories?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. Can't

Gag order.

[SoxFan]

34. Drudge is talking to the goat

Developing...

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. It's a LIE!

The goat's dead. :cry:

[Cabcere]

51. But was it dead at the time?

:shrug: :hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

54. You an attorney or somethin'?

x(

[cbayer]

35. Gag??? Did you say gag??

Gag and goat. I am really getting the picture here.

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Curses!

You've cracked the code. x(

[Skittles]

59. he dressed the goat in a frilly French maid outfit

I heard it from a friend of a friend of the goat

[Orrex]

9. I once killed Charles Grodin with a claw hammer

My plea was "not guilty by reason of justifiable aesthetic vengeance."

But that's just the sort of thing that they like to dredge up when trashing somebody's campaign.

[cbayer]

13. CHARLES GRODIN IS NOT DEAD!!!!!

There goes all of your supposed credibility.

[Orrex]

14. Note to self

cbayer knows too much: must acquire claw hammer immediately.

[cbayer]

16. Good luck finding me

Also, I have a clew hammer defense system that is deadly. Just ask my dear, late husband.

[Orrex]

19. Note to self: find out what a "clew hammer" is

Sounds terrifying!

:evilgrin:

(there is no bigger asshole on DU than the asshole who capitalizes on a typo to attempt to score a laugh.)

[cbayer]

39. I tried really, really hard to find a typo in your post

That must be a kick ass spell check you have.

Can you pass me some of that?

[Orrex]

42. Dammit. Make that TWO claw hammers

If something's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

[Solon]

17. The records are supposedly sealed, but I was locked up in a teenage "stress center" at a hospital...

for a few weeks, or a month, I don't really remember. I was about 12 years old, but I was committed for being suicidal, I scared the hell out of my parents. The place had a padded room, like you see in movies, and everything. It was really pathetic, I only met my shrink once, he was on vacation for most of the time I stayed there. On a side note, I lost my virginity in there, to another patient, she was 16. Yeah, it was co-ed.

[SoxFan]

24. You got more action while institutionalized

than most of us ever saw on the outside!

[cbayer]

25. Yep, they would probably use that against you.

I hope it helped if you were really suicidal. Well, apparently it did because you are still with us.

Losing your virginity opens a whole new world.

:toast:

[Solon]

29. It beats group therapy talking about your problems!

:D

[Cant trust em]

20. I'm too young to have any real skeletons, but I don't go to church.

I'm sure that that would be enough to flummox any chances I've got to be a national politician. My grades in college were pretty lackluster too, but still better than Bush's.

[cbayer]

41. Fess up.

You are probably a flesh eating zombie. You people never tell the truth.


Grades in college -- lackluster. That's all code speak for flesh eating zombie and we all know it.

[Cant trust em]

44. it's tough to get good grades when you're the undead. 2/3 of my brain is missing.

Jeez, can't a zombie catch a break?

[cbayer]

49. You just didn't eat enough humans.

I was in an ivy league professional school with a brain that was at least 3/4 missing (note: that is more than you had missing - trust me, I am a scientist) and I just ate more humans. Some of you undeads are just so clueless.

[Cant trust em]

84. You're probably right.

It comes down to zombie nutrition.

[Lil Missy]

23. I have no secrets, but my past would never survive the scrutiny.

And I am the only one of my siblings who has never spent time in jail! :o

No thanks!

[cbayer]

43. All of your sibling have gone to jail.

You have been voted off the island.

Seeya.

[Lil Missy]

45. Yeah, I hear ya. And they all deserved it too. n/t

[cbayer]

48. Sometimes the authorities can do what parents can't.

I have a son in jail. Breaks my heart. But they are doing for him what I could not. My shame or their success? I don't know, but it has turned him around.

[struggle4progress]

27. After reading it, I knowly and deliberately tore the tag off my mattress

Yes, I mean the one that said: "Do not remove under penalty of law"

:wow:

[Solon]

30. I think the penalty is life in prison, hope it was over a decade ago....

that's the statute of limitations on that crime. ;)

[struggle4progress]

40. I'm afraid that I'll probably do it again: once a scofflaw, always a scofflaw, y'know

[eauclaireliberal]

31. Lotsa loose women. Booze. Pot...

...auto theft at 16, burglary at 18...

You name it, I would make a great prez nevertheless.

[LeftyMom]

46. The .jpgs on flvegan's computer

:hide:

[Chan790]

52. Well...let's see:

a list (by no means comprehensive):

*kinky
*pervert
*atheist
*vegetarian
*has slept with men and women
*into BDSM
*considered (and considering) a career as a pro-dom
*ACLU, PeTA, and NRA member
*unabashed liberal, pinko sympathizer, borderline socialist
*have a major crush on a socialist I kinda know and kinda wish to know better, as in potentially date.
*gun nut
*on government watch list and no-fly list
*speak arabic and farsi (poorly)
*very-distant relative of known Al-Qaeda terrorist (He's dead, but he was one of the big ones.)
*James Connelly, Michael Collins, and Padraig Pierce are personal heroes of mine

edit: I forgot the drugs and I inhaled. Oh noes!
edit2: typo

I think I'm going to run for the US Senate when I'm old enough...anybody want to help?

[cbayer]

53. Love to have you as a friend.

Help you run for an elected position? not so much.

What is BSDM?

:hug:

[Chan790]

55. A typo for BDSM.

The term "BDSM" is an abbreviation derived from the terms bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism. It defines a spectrum of behaviors, including dominance, submission, punishment, masochism, bondage, role play, and a large variety of other activities, frequently sexual in nature.

From Wikipedia. I debated not attributing this correctly in order to add plagarist to my list of faults.

[cbayer]

56. I suspect plagiarism is the smallest of your sins.

:toast:

[tavalon]

95. Well, do keep us updated on the pro dom thing

I'm thinking about it too. We're on separate ends of this great country so I'm not competition.

[libodem]

146. You sound just like my type

we could be soul mates

[Kitty Herder]

57. I'm a godless, pinko socialist.

And that's just the beginning of my qualifications.

[Freedom Knight]

58. My lifestyle. n/t

[Lady Freedom]

98. Why?

It ain't hurting Jonathon Sharkey any!

[TimeChaser]

60. Oh, where to begin...

- I've been on antidepressants since Middle School, and have no desire to get off them. Bad things happen when I get off them (bad things like losing motivation and a strong sense of apathy that in tern lead to me not caring enough to get back on meds or seek help)

- I dress up like video game/anime characters in public

- I have some erm... mature comics

- I play video games that may be occasionally *gasp* violent

- I'm a tree-hugging dirt-worshiper

- I have no shame

- I'm a furry

- I have a nerdy collection of game and anime figures that I always have on my desk

[DarkTirade]

113. "Mature" comics as in lots of blood, gore and guts, or hentai?

Or both? :P

[TimeChaser]

127. Both

Although hentai implies heterosexual. My comics have pretty boys :D

[DarkTirade]

129. Ah, yaoi. :)

Nothing wrong with a little shonen-ai.

[FloridaJudy]

61. I have *thoroughly* screwed my son's political chances!

I sent him to the "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Preschool" in the former Yugoslavia. He didn't come home spouting Marxist slogans: just Serbian obscenities. In my defense, being stuck in a tiny, crummy Soviet era apartment with a hyperactive toddler would have led to serious mental derangement if I couldn't have gotten him out of my hair for a couple of hours a day...

My mother was a Socialist. My great-aunt claimed to be Trotsky's mistress. I was once arrested during a sit-in in front of the Oakland Draft Board.

In short, about the only place my son could consider running for political office would be in Berkeley or Santa Cruz or some place like that. If so, I hope there's a small apartment above the garage for his Mom to stay when she visits.

[cbayer]

125. I would vote for you.

Great-aunt? Trotsky's mistress?


Don't you just love a family with great stories?

[SeattleGirl]

62. I have a closet full of skeletons.

I'm toast. :cry:

[BlueIris]

64. Probably the "lost years" between completing college and, er, now.

Either that or the scary posts I've made on this website.

[cbayer]

124. Yep.

My daughter asked me today where I am posting. She is going to see me here.


I think she might be proud, but then again......

[Guava Jelly]

65. The hooker I buried in Reno

:sarcasm: :yoiks:

[Bucky]

107. The unmarked hooker grave I excavated in Reno and performed unspeakable acts in

Note to self: Next time, go to Vegas. What happens there stays there. (Tho, truth be told, that rule may not apply to dead hookers)

[Pacifist Patriot]

66. Since I'd be running as a Democrat, I suppose they would find...

the child I had when I was 9.

the meth lab I ran when I was 15.

the string of one night stands when I was 20.

the serial killing rampage I went on when I was 29.

the anti-government rally I attended when I was 35.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

67. The skeleton in my closet, of course.....

And there, the skelton will stay. Ha-ha!

[hobbit709]

68. The top two would be SDS and LSD

[tavalon]

96. Oh, is having taken LSD another disqualifier

Oh, well, it wasn't like the rest of it wasn't going to deep six my chances.

[Inchworm]

69. That period between age 10 and now would be my skeleton

I'd druther consult :P

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

70. I'm only allowed ONE?

:worried:

Uhm, I guess, er, uh, I, uh, could say drugs. Yeah, I did loads of drugs and I inhale(d), snorte(d), and everything else under the Sun.

Sure, that is ALL that is in MY closet. I sell bridges for a living, too, in case my profession is necessary to know. :evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

72. Just bridges? Got any monuments?

[regularguy]

73. When it came out that I was

anti-religion and pro-drug, my poll numbers might slip somewhat...

[Tektonik]

74. I was part of a Republican club in High School

[DS1]

75. The list of people I plan on disappearing.

[BarenakedLady]

82. Where would you disappear me to?

I wouldn't struggle. ;)

[Deep13]

76. I wouldn't have a skeleton...

...I'd have an ossuary. And they wouldn't be in the closet. They'd be my campaign slogan.

[Enrique]

77. parking tickets

:blush:

[bertha katzenengel]

78. in psych hospital for two months in 86-87. OH MY GOD!

Would brew in the media for some time. A subject of intense debate. "My god, how can we elect a woman who has been in the psych ward?!"

If it came up in a debate, i would try to say "that is none of your business. Suffice to say it worked."

:eyes:

[siligut]

79. Why would I say?

Give them something small, but juicy to distract them, and always burn your clothes after the big ones. Never use your real name and change your name to something common, get lost in the system that way.

I swear, if you have future political plans, you have to start with the deceptions early. I don’t keep skeletons in my closet, I destroy all traces of them.

[BarenakedLady]

80. Oh dear!

:hide:

Not.going.there.

[davsand]

81. I hold office now.

I dunno--I am pretty open about my life and my history. I figure there is WAY too much stuff out there on any one of us to ever think it won't come to light if you try and hide it.

This last time I actually held my office due to the work of local Labor, a few Dems and some of the local GOP guys who respect me. I managed to piss off a few of the local Dems and they tried to take me out. My crime was that I stood publicly with the AFSCME local and two women who had been abused by a Dem office holder. I had warned the Dems a year before what this guy was and they chose to do nothing about it. When the union got involved I was out on picket line with them and I was willing to talk to the media about what he'd done to me in the workplace. I was standing there picketing my own party and it was my union brothers and sisters out there with me--not NOW, not prominent female Dems, not even people I had supported and worked to help.

I was told to sit down and shut up if I wanted to keep my office. I literally told them that if they wanted to come after me for standing for women in the workplace and for standing with local Labor they should feel free to try. They took me at my word, and I am still here while the abuser is gone. Oddly enough, the people I trusted initially (Dems) were some of the worst to deal with and some of the local Republicans were a big help. I would go to local Labor events and have building trades guys and Business Agents coming up to offer support. The few Dems that were around stood on the sidelines and glared.

Anyhow, the point of this story is to say that no matter how any of it plays out, you can be portrayed as being the next thing to a mass murderer an still survive it if you just keep your chin pointed into the wind. You get beat up some but the end result is that you realize there is WAY more support for fortitude than you ever imagined.



Laura

[DarkTirade]

134. There's a quote I use on here quite a lot...

'There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it.'

Even in our party there are going to be assholes who do bad things. We just have to hope there are more people like you out there making sure they don't stay in power and ruin our party. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

85. Over 300 acid trips?

That would probably do it.

[Va Lefty]

86. Wow...

just starting to kick in :hippie:

[Blue_In_AK]

87. Oh, that's cool. I like that.

I seem to recall my TV looking a lot like that back in the day. :rofl:

[u4ic]

89. The journalist who tried to expose me

:evilgrin:

[cbayer]

123. Where's the body?

I pay cash for good stories.

[u4ic]

133. In my closet, of course!

The skeleton...y'know...;)

[truedelphi]

90. My husband's high school involvement with

John Br's father's car(s)

The various cars that were chased by police, caught on fire, skidded halfway across the lake, did somersaults and yet for some reason, John Br's father never told those guys that,"No I'm through with letting you kids drive my cars!"

[tavalon]

91. Mine would be that I am a polyamorous pagan who occasionally plays with girls

I think that's a triple whammy that will keep me out of public office.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

92. Couple of Article 15's

My military career was *ahem* less-than-exemplary. My leadership skills were limited to weed-recon. Or beer-recon.

To be fair, I didn't blow up any airplanes on the deck of an aircraft carrier. So vote for me, I guess. Universal health care, and legalized marijuana (it's not just for medical purposes)

:hi:

[RebelOne]

97. I have too many skeletons in my closet

to even think about running for public office. The press would have a field day with my past.

[MilesColtrane]

99. Drugs and prostitution to name two.

And that was just on that trip to Amsterdam.

[Phillycat]

100. Oh lord, where to begin.

1. Recovering alcoholic and drug addict - done more LSD that a person should
2. Have had relationships with women and men
3. Tattoos all over me
4. Swear like a sailor
5. Not exactly virginal in my young adulthood

That's probably enough to disqualify me from holding the office of Dogcatcher. :D

[NewJeffCT]

101. Where to begin?

Atheist, which is the lowest of the low, according to polls.
Divorced.
Donated to the "radical" moveon.org.
Married a foreigner.
Plays Dungeons & Dragons.
Nerd Factor: never smoked, never taken drugs, never been drunk, voted "shyest" in both junior high & high school, didn't date until college.
Strongly against the death penalty
Wants to "socialize" healthcare.
Supports marriage equality for gays

[hunter]

102. My posts on DU...

...and some of my earliest usenet posts. I hated Ronald Reagan, and I appreciated photos of naked women, even on an amber or green monitor. My first "Paper White" monitor rocked! Black and white photos are always art, right?



And that's opening my closet door just a sliver, there's a dumpster diving crazy man in there too...

[av8rdave]

103. I'm a Rush fan

Tomorrow night...Snakes and Arrows tour...Dallas!

[Forkboy]

104. There's that whole "multi state killing spree" thing.

Just for starters. :P

[Q3JR4]

105. I have skeletons in my closet,

but am not going to get into it.

If I did I'd have to kill you....and add another one to the list of those in my closet.

Q3JR4.
"Three men may keep a secret if two of them are dead." Benjamin Franklin

[bigwillq]

106. Drugs, gay sex, alcohol

I would be a Faux Noise wet dream. :bounce:

[SoxFan]

108. Movie of the week

BigWillQ starring in

"Weekend at Drudge's"

[bigwillq]

109. HA!

:rofl:

[Orsino]

110. Strangely out of place...

...as the closet is for stashing ill-gotten loot. The skeletons are actually piled in the basement, under the Frappuccino bottles.

[Greyskye]

111. As I may run for office once I retire...

...I respectfully abstain from this line of questioning.

Besides, the list would take me an hour to compile. :rofl:

[cbayer]

126. Which office are you considering running for?

Captain of Vice maybe?

:devil face: that emoticon table really irritates me.

[Greyskye]

130. I'd certainly be able to campaign on the grounds of having...

...plenty of hands-on experience! :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

112. Nothin'. I'd be completely straightforward.

"No, I did not have sexual relations with that woman. Now her mother on the other hand..." :P

[baldguy]

114. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

[Lil Missy]

115. Someone I barely knew 25 years ago got busted for screwing small animals.

Guilty by association. He's a Republican, of course.

[cbayer]

120. Some animals I knew when I was 25 were screwed by bare nails!

There weren't so many STD's then.

[ovidsen]

116. Let's see...

Stole a set of my high school keys and broke in at night. Found a lot about teacher and student files, learned that the principal could listen on every classroom (this was 1968), and since our keys included the keys to every student locker, we switched the contents of the lockers people we didn't like. Boy were THEY confused! However, no real vandalism, and we didn't steal so much as a paper clip. My co-conspirators and I were caught, but since did virtually no damage, (except to the egos of school honchos) all we got was a 3 day suspension.

Also dealt (and consumed) a fair amount of drugs in college. You know, pounds of pot, sheets of blotter. The statute of limitations is long gone, so I don't worry about it.

At any rate, probably not public office material. You see, I DID inhale. And liked it.

[cbayer]

117. I think the I did drugs in the past thing is getting a pass.

That's a good thing.

On the other hand, I would destroy you for breaking into people's lockers. People keep private stuff in there!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

118. Past loves...

The voting public can deal with a man who sowed his oats, but it will be centuries before they can tolerate a woman who's had partners out of wedlock.

[Ellen Forradalom]

119. Serial and parallel monogamy.

America's not ready for that, I think.

[Zavulon]

121. The fact that I was once a Republican.

You don't get skeletons bigger than that.

I'm still very much pro-gun, but on almost everything else I came around after watching Bush 41 fuck up things like nobody since his son has fucked up since.

[MissMillie]

128. If I tell you, it would be out of the closet

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

131. Very well, let me show you my closet

[cbayer]

136. Which cemetery is that?

I am a member of the Katrina diaspora and love a wonderful NOLA pic.

[Aristus]

132. No skeletons, but I'm bald and have facial hair. That'll keep me out of public office.

To say nothing of the fact that I'm a Democratic war veteran. We know how Americans despise us. If I ran for public office, and ever, EVER mentioned the fact that I served in the Gulf War, this is what would happen: fifty losers that I've never heard of in Pensacola, Florida or someplace would take some right-wing billionaire's money and start Abrams Tankers For Truth, or some such shit and go live from coast-to-coast insisting that I couldn't possibly have served because I'm a Democrat, and Democrats HATE America!

And the shitheads of the nation would believe it. :eyes:

[cbayer]

137. I think being bald and having facial hair might only hurt you if you are female.

The other part, sadly, I think could hurt you.

[khashka]

135. My entire life?

Um.... dealing drugs, prostitution, pimping, my time with the Hell's Angels, the contract killing I arranged but backed out of, being a slut. None of it as bad as it sounds but requires much explanation. No one would vote for me for anything.

The pimping thing. The ladies made most of the money. The sex was entirely her choice. And if the guy didn't treat her with total respect, we never worked with him again. If it was a guy we didn't know well, she had to call in every 15 minutes or I'd call the police and turn us all in. A night in jail and a minor fine compared to a woman's life?


The contract killing..... My lover was stabbed 24 times with a hunting knife and hit in the head 3 times with an axe and spent 6 months in a coma. I wanted the man who did it dead. But I didn't follow through because I knew it was the wrong way to handle it.

So not so bad asw it sounds....


Khash.

[cbayer]

139. Wow, just wow.

I would vote for you based on your honesty. No one else might, but I would.

I extend my honest sympathy for what happened to your lover. Your post moved me.

:hug:

[khashka]

143. Thanks!

Another one...

I was dating this guy. I knew he was younger than me. I was in my mid 20's and assumed he was in his early 20's. Odd for me, I usually only date people older than me.

But we were sitting around after sex just chatting. And he starts talking about how excited he is to graduate from high school.

My jaw dropped and I sat there stunned.

"Just how old are you?"

"17"

AlI could think was "Oh my god I'm a fucking damn pedophile!"

Then again I lost my virginity the day before my 16th birthday, so I couldn't blame him... but if I'd known I'd never have touched him.

One more thing to add to my list of crimes and sins.

Khash.

[mdmc]

138. du

gd:p :cry:

[cbayer]

141. I know. It's all recorded on the internets.

My daughter asked where I was posting and I really did not want to tell her. She will see me here and I don't know what she will think.

[mdmc]

148. I've decided that if I tell folk in the real world where to find my

on the internets, I better keep my online presence in line with what they expect of me.

I noticed I'm a jerk on line and am working on correcting that.:toast:

[Generic Brad]

140. I am an athiest

That alone makes me unelectable in the eyes of the majority.

[cbayer]

142. Why do you hate G(g)o(_)d(s)(ess)(esses)?

You are right. You are toast.

[noel711]

144. In my misspent youth I was affiliated with SDS/Weathermen..

[flvegan]

145. I'd spin my worst skeleton(s) into getting me elected.

Yeah, I boost a dog now and then. So what? Please view this Sarah Mclachlan video for the ASPCA. Thanks.

[Lyric]

147. Oh, let's see...

what would they spin me as?

A polyamorous adulteresss who left her "lawful" abusive husband in order to indulge her own deep, sick fantasies of obtaining "true love"--a.k.a., love that doesn't drag you out of bed by the hair and threaten to kill you.

A disgusting affair with a man AND a woman that later turned into a long-term relationship with JUST the woman and a little boy baby who's growing up amongst Teh Ghey--oooo0000OOOO.

Also, that we're "lazy", "intellectual", "elitist" (in our trailer park, ha), uneducated, naive, selfish, and misguided. And that's just what other Democrats say! Goodness only knows what the Repukes would dig up on me. ;)