Oct 10th, 2008 | Politics survey

Imagine that close friends of yours liked your ideas, and encouraged you to run for public office (like Congress or Parliament.) What would you do?



Imagine that close friends of yours liked your ideas, and encouraged you to run for public office (Congress or Parliament, something like that.) What would you do


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Poll tags:Politics, Self, Government

 
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Kat1993
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Texas, United States

posted Jan 5th, 2009 at 23:29 CST

Politicians life is hard on everyone who involved. I am related to an ex-Canadian-Member of Parliament. Its hardest on person, who running for that life but there family are also effected.

Ebenezer
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Fiji

posted Oct 11th, 2008 at 19:35 CDT

Four, 2 in 1987, and one each in 2000 and 2006. The earlier three were popular but this last one is most unpopular, and every effort done by this guy to get people behind him is failing and he is developing into a dictator using public funds to pay for his support.

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Oct 11th, 2008 at 02:51 CDT

It is probably safer in Fiji to not be Prime Minister. How many coups have you lived through?

Ebenezer
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Fiji

posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 21:47 CDT

I at one time aspired to be a politician, with a vision to become a Prime Minister - I even served on the Management Board of a major ruling political Party, and there learnt that it was not my idea of a life, so I became a career  Public Servant, and served my country that way.

Kookie.lee
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Australia

posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 21:11 CDT

I would take it further than my 'friends', and see what others wanted in a politician if I could. Then I would think about it. But with my fear of public speaking, and stutter when nervous, I don't think it would be a good thing. (Yes, I have faced this idea before, and decided against it, because of this.)

 
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