I have already run for office.

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THIS IS REAL HOPE AND CHANGE!

My background is clean, I've got no wild seeds running around.

I'm a Libertarian, and while that puts me up against the strong union support and anti-gun crowd in Australia, I know there's a hell of a lot of resentment against big government. Big government just isn't Ozzie, and we want it gone. Too bad both parties in a two party system love big government.

I'm small government. I'd have a core support group to draw on.

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I have a position on the local board of health and environment protection. Last election, I ran for office to the town council, but did not win a seat. I would run again.

It is my belief that my closet skeletons are few and small.

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I'm a bit too complicated to run here, particuallary in "red" states.

I'm pro-life, but I support mandatory sex-ed for kids in public schools, and the government openly promoting contraception. (as in The Netherlands)

I might be inclined to support socialized medicine, but I am also strongly pro-gun.

I'm an evangelical Christian, but I do not support C.E.S.- or "Christian Entitlement Syndrome" whereas Christians can put up ten commandments signs in courthouses, for instance.

I also support decriminalization of most drugs, but only tepidly support gay rights- as I believe straight marriage should remain sacrosanct. (as it is how society has been organized)

In other words, no one would like me or get me, I don't think.

~Ben

Benjamin i think pleanty of folk would like you, but like with Mrs. M above, neither one of you are crooked enough to get anywhere in your state!

Believe it or not, you could run as either a Conservative or Liberal up in Canada with this platform. As long as you ran outside of the big cities, you could get elected with these policies.

I used to be quite interested in actually running campaigns (I've run a few small ones on a volunteer basis). I've never had the slightest interest in actually running for office myself. I'd much prefer to work for someone else who was running.

Unfortunately, I'm no longer eligible to run for office in the USA due to citizenship issues. I could have if I didn't give up my American citizenship.

The gun issue would kill him in Canada, nowhere else in the Western World could anyone ever get elected with the stances that my party (formerly his) has on guns.

You are perhaps letting your American gun ideology get ahead of your facts it would appear.

According to Canada's gun registry, there are more guns per capita in Canada than the USA. Running 'pro-gun' will not likely hurt you running for office anywhere in Canada (unless you propose 'conceal/carry' rules perhaps) except only in the biggest cities (much like the USA in this respect).

Why did you give it up? (if I may ask, I'm just curious)

I've also been looking up at Canada, too. I'm going to embark on a study of their broadcasting system, and also (possibly) their CANCON rules for my senior thesis.

~Ben

Distaste for the process. It requires me to comprimise my political views in order to counsel the candidate to lie, or to sell out on some issue. Candidates usually don't have much problem with this. I do.

Besides which, Canada doesn't have any full-time jobs for political campaign people since we don't have elections every year, or every two years. It is strictly by the party up here. The only place with permanent election machinery to support such a career is in the USA.

I wrote an Honours Thesis on the CRTC's decision-making process for one half of my combined honours. Media studies have always interested me.

Have you studied MacLuhan at all? Just curious.

According to the UN we have more registered firearms in the US that belong to citizens than all of Europe combined...

I thought running pro gun was suicidal in canada...

Canada is not, in fact, a part of Europe.

Dude... Canadians are not necessarily left wingers! Especially in the western provinces! They're much like our western states. They have plenty of gun-toting cowboys.

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Its not a livberal thing, i've just not heard much in Canada on expanding gun rights/allowing gun owners the right to do whatever.

Whenever i've been over the border i've never had an issue with carrying but i thought they never asked anything due to where i'm coming from.

That's because the issue isn't one for political posturing your macho-ism up here. And I've never seen a word said in Canada about guns other than our recently created gun registry.

If you want to politically posture your macho-ism up here, you attack our American alliances. That carries the same weight as being all 'gunho' about owning guns does down there.