Say you run for president and you don't win

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• ninja dog Posts: 23,780Registered Users Curl Neophyte

  July 2011

  I know of two local men who ran: one used a Burger King as his campaign headquarters; another his son's office.
  
  I think it's an interesting question.

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• wild~hair Posts: 9,890Registered Users Curl Neophyte

  July 2011

  Attention whoring? :dontknow:

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• Amneris Posts: 15,117Registered Users

  July 2011

  Poodlehead wrote: »

  What exactly do you get out of the experience? Just wondering why all these no-hope people keep running.

  
  Getting heard.
  
  Getting your name out there to maybe assist in attaining a lower level of office - mayor, city councillor, school board, etc.
  
  Gaining experience to run again.
  
  Making a point.
  
  The fun and thrill of the campaign - going to debates, being quoted, becoming "known."
  
  Being treated by some as temporarily just as important as some very powerful people.

  Get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me. -Muhammad Ali
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• RedCatWaves Posts: 31,259Registered Users Curl Connoisseur

  August 2011

  The more your name is out there, the more bankable you are for book deals and public appearances. There's some speculation that Newt Gingrich is only in it for the money possibilities. Sarah Palin too...she hasn't official said she's running, but she keeps the tension up by teasing the press that she "might" run. It's all about $$ to these scumbags.

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• ninja dog Posts: 23,780Registered Users Curl Neophyte

  August 2011

  Newt can't possibly run, can he? He's become such a laughingstock.

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• Poodlehead Posts: 6,959Registered Users

  August 2011

  What happens to the money they raise, does it go back to their party?

  Minneapolis, MN

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• wild~hair Posts: 9,890Registered Users Curl Neophyte

  August 2011

  Poodlehead wrote: »

  What happens to the money they raise, does it go back to their party?

  
  Is there something you want to announce, PH? :usa2:

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• RedCatWaves Posts: 31,259Registered Users Curl Connoisseur

  August 2011

  Poodlehead wrote: »

  What happens to the money they raise, does it go back to their party?

  
  
  
  They pay their rent with it.
  
  Christine O'Donnell has made a career out of running for office...3 campaigns in 5 years...and since she uses her home as her campaign headquarters, she gets to use the money she raises to pay for her home.
  
  Cool deal, huh?

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• Poodlehead Posts: 6,959Registered Users

  August 2011

  wild~hair wrote: »

  Is there something you want to announce, PH? :usa2:

  Tempting! Not. My aunt is a State Legislator, has been for most of my life, and I have seen her in her hometown. Every time she steps out the door she is "on." That would suck.
  

  RedCatWaves wrote: »

  
  They pay their rent with it.
  
  Christine O'Donnell has made a career out of running for office...3 campaigns in 5 years...and since she uses her home as her campaign headquarters, she gets to use the money she raises to pay for her home.
  
  Cool deal, huh?

  Damn, that just shouldn't be legal.

  Minneapolis, MN

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