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Originally Posted by bb4_96
I can't decide the best way to pursue involvement in national politics. I've been getting involved in local and regional politics, talked to alot of local politicians, i vote, I write my reps... regularly. It seems like if you get enough people riled up you can get things done locally but it's only effective to a certain level. So how do you make a difference nationally in this day & age. Another q, what's the likelyhood of amending or ratifying the constitution? It seems like it would have been easier in the past when the nation was more unified in it's ideals.
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1. DC, unless you plan on running locally or something, you need to get involved at the national level if you really want to break into politics on a legitimate level. Your state senate office is somewhere you would definitely want to get involved with. I have no idea what your experience is, but local politics usually stay local. What I am trying to say is, if your trying to work in politics, you need to volunteer a massive amount of time for a Governor's or Senator's campaign and try to move on up from there (not easy at all).
2. If you want to work with the constitution, you need to learn it. Law school is probably the way to go, do not go pulling a Glenn Beck and just start spewing BS because you read a few lines every few days. You make yourself look... well...
3. The nation has never really been unified in its ideals. However, I believe now, more then ever before (and most likely because of the access to 24 hour media) you do not have bi-partisan efforts. From what I have been told about DC back in the day, R and D would fight it out all morning, then go eat lunch and be good friends, then in the afternoon they would come to an agreement. Who really knows though right?
4. Be ready to suck a lot of penis, and be ready to sell your soul out for stuff that you may be completely against. I have a few friends working some higher profile races, and lets just say that it is comedy hour when they tell me how they had to speak to a pro-life group about how pro-life they are (hint: they are not pro-life). Also, most of the people running for offices are egotistical and sociopaths (to an extent). So have fun working for "conservatives" (if that is your plan) who go out and bang hookers and whisper sweet nothings like "your fucking the next president". Twenty dollars to the first person who guesses who came up with that sweet line!