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If you goto a town hall, your elected officials will be there and you can voice your opinions. In my town it’s mainly old people, but most towns have a ton of people from all denominations Walk up to your elected officials, shake their hands, and be peaceful, explain your cause. If you play your card right (I mean without playing gin rummy) you can accomplish democracy My experiences: 1. Do not talk to the police there 2. Don’t smoke 3. Don’t bring attention to yourself 4. Don’t harass anyone 5. Cameras are limited to pictures of yourself, friends, fam to be taken with elected officials I strongly suggest writing a bill beforehand, with atleast 10 photocopies, for your congressman and mayor If you’re in a frat, gang, whatever, keep it at home, that’s where the town people discuss politics Hopefully this doesn’t break any rules, if it does I don’t mind being gassed
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I was in the same troop as my county commissioner for a while.
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Jan 17, 2019 06:30
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Bel Shazar posted:I was in the same troop as my county commissioner for a while. Alpha, Beta, Cappa?
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Jan 17, 2019 11:33
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My elected officials that I have touched: * Senator * Mayor * Congressman * State Senator * State Representative It is not that hard to touch your reps, IMO.
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Jan 18, 2019 03:06
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Insanite posted:My elected officials that I have touched: The key is not to touch them but to reach them on your level of politics so you can learn the system.
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Jan 18, 2019 06:59
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Who you really want to get to know is thier secretaries.
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Jan 18, 2019 07:16
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Yes i met mitt romney once he ws alright kinda smelled like poo poo He was buying bage Apricot jelly wtf romney Anyway i told him trump would win in 2014 and he said lol nah
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Jan 18, 2019 07:25
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I met both democratic presidents of the US and my local reps and basically any black politician in illinois of any stature. Thank you Obama for being so goddamn disorganized when you got elected to senate I had to get my representative instead of my senator to sponsor me.
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Jan 18, 2019 07:44
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I met Dennis Kucinich in Dulles airport in 2008. Back when he seemed like just a cool progressive and not an Assad apologist. Not my representative tho. He was just walkin thru and I was like oh hey, that's Dennis Kucinich.
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Jan 18, 2019 07:52
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When you met your elected official, did they seem like top dog? I’d love to meet a president
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Jan 18, 2019 09:38
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I mean I met Bill Clinton when he was president and yeah he was obviously the boss I was like 6 years old at the time but i definitely remember thinking "dang, I bet this dude hi-fives all the ladies" Barudak fucked around with this message at 09:44 on Jan 18, 2019 |
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Jan 18, 2019 09:41
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unidef freeman posted:The key is not to touch them but to reach them on your level of politics so you can learn the system. The key is not to shake their hands but to tuck your thumb down toward your pinky finger so they miss the natural stopping point. Politicians shake so many hands that the process is basically autonomic, and they'll only realize something has gone wrong after two or three awkward pumps of your forearm. It's such a basic part of their routine that a critical failure almost always throws them off because it feels like they somehow forgot how to breath for a second. If you keep a straight face they register it as them loving up. It's called finning and it works like pokemon where bragging rights go to large collections or snagging big game. My crown jewels were Bill Clinton (post-presidency  ), Mahmoud Abbas, and Joe Biden (VP-distinction). I, and everyone I know who had a shot at finning Obama chickened out.
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Jan 18, 2019 14:30
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I saw then-Governor Rick Perry at a Five Guys I was applying to work at. I was shocked to see him, so I didn't say anything other than 'Hello'.
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Jan 19, 2019 05:49
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Charlie Crist didnt tip me, I shook Rick Scott's cold hand, and had a private meeting with Bill Nelson where I found out he was too senile to have a basic conversation
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Jan 19, 2019 05:53
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Its a blessing really, he would be so sad if he knew he lost.
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Jan 19, 2019 05:54
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Its a blessing really, he would be so sad if he knew he lost. Nelson didn’t even know he was running for re-election if his “campaign” was any indication.
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Jan 20, 2019 02:22
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The ceremonial office and desk of the governor of Oregon used to be totally open, so one day I went into the governor's office and sat down at is desk. This was during the summer of 1996, perhaps. John Kitzhaber, who was the governor at the time, walked in, and I was like "Why is it so hot out?" And he just turns around, and looks at me, a 17 year old kid sitting at his desk, and says "I ordered this heat"
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Jan 20, 2019 02:27
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I'm a journalist so I've met a bunch of small time guys. I had a beer with senator Jerry Moran and he actually seemed like a reasonable guy
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Jan 21, 2019 18:36
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:The key is not to shake their hands but to tuck your thumb down toward your pinky finger so they miss the natural stopping point. Politicians shake so many hands that the process is basically autonomic, and they'll only realize something has gone wrong after two or three awkward pumps of your forearm. It's such a basic part of their routine that a critical failure almost always throws them off because it feels like they somehow forgot how to breath for a second. If you keep a straight face they register it as them loving up. Did you read about this Finning in the art of the deal by chance?
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Jan 21, 2019 18:40
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Met the current governor when he was running for Congress. Seemed nice enough, is definitely evil. Met Duke Cunningham when I was a kid. He showed me his cool boat. Then he went to prison for corruption.
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Jan 22, 2019 17:37
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Met Bill Clinton post-Presidency. He was speaking at a MA college on behalf of a Senate candidate and I got to shake his hand. Man's got charisma.
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Jan 22, 2019 20:34
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I waited in a lobby once with my state senator. We were there for different reasons, but just in the same building. My mom went to high school with somebody who would go on to be the mayor of her hometown. He was also her accounting professor when she went back to college later in life. This was all before he was mayor, though. She also knew the woman he was running against for mayor, and didnt like her much. Also, my college roommate would go on to get elected to the school board.
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Jan 22, 2019 22:29
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Had a pretty inconsequential run-in with Gavin Newsom (literally one of those everyone gets in a line and shakes hands) after a thing he spoke at last year while he was running, but then had this hilarious letter show up in the mail two weeks later: Gotta love election years!
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Jan 23, 2019 02:26
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i arranged a meeting with my state representative to try and convince them to sponsor legislation to abolish the election of coroners (or to at least allow counties to decide whether the position should be appointed or elected) because the entire system is insane garbage. my representative is very conservative but the issue is low salience enough that i thought i might be able to sway her. fwiw, she and her assistant listened to me very politely and seemed interested initially but i later got an email from her office saying they weren't interested in pursuing the issue any further. it's more than i can say of my state senator who literally never announces his events ahead of time and has yet to answer any e-mail i've sent him in the last five years.
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Jan 23, 2019 03:37
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My congressional representative, Chuck Fleishman, TN-3, visited my lab to learn about my research. He was an impish fellow, too small for the suit he borrowed from his father, and his handshake was limp and moist. He inspired nothing but vague contempt in me and soon thereafter I moved to colorado, where I'm now represented by a hardier stock of elected official.
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Jan 23, 2019 04:07
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I met the current governor of CT about a year before he was elected. Wasn't even a political event, he was visiting an innercity school I was working at at the time. I briefly chatted with him without knowing who he was, found out later. Kind of strange in retrospect lol.
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I went to a to-do to see Tom Udall at the Jean Cocteau theatre and didn't know who GRRM was. GRRM was impressed by that and Udall was humbled.
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