Not sure if you’re following it, but comedian Al Franken has been making a serious run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.  And despite NOT having a great deal of money, he is ahead of ALL the other candidates running (I believe there are four or five others) - including a multimillionaire businessman.

So money is obviously not the most important thing (though he certainly has “celebrity” status).

I agree that running for office if one is willing to undergo the rigors of doing so is the best possible thing to do.  And while running for “major” office (federal or state seat) would certainly give one the greatest “voice,” there is no shame in running for a local office and using that as a platform for going further.  One needs less money and less name recognition, and the “rigors” are far less intense.

Peace.

That kind of up-beat go-get-em attitude is just what the electorate loves.

Ok doc…

When should we get started? I don’t know where the money will come from either, but who cares? Who needs money anyway? I’ve been doing without it for nearly a decade.

And no. You don’t need a law degree. Besides, we can’t afford that either. If we can’t afford a run for Congress, we obviously can’t afford to send you to law school. Then again, you could just bypass that, and take the bar without the bother and expense of the school part. You’d probably pass with flying colors.

If not…it’s still not a problem. We can hook you up with a staff collected from the huge number of hungry and homeless law degree holders that hang out in public places. (like the libraries) waiting for a new era to begin, where they might have an opportunity to actually practice their trade. (like if the Constitution ever comes back in style).

So, don’t sweat the small stuff. We’ll work it out.

I’m also contemplating a run for congress.  Hell, if W can be president, I should have a shot at congress.  Would I have to get a law degree?  Or could I depend on my staff for legal advise? 

This is the answer, folks.  We all have to run.  I don’t know where we’ll get the money.  I hear it takes quite a big pile of it.  Think about it.  If you can replace just one hundred unpricipled, lying, sleezeball idiots with that many honest, hardworking level-headed, working people committed to bettering the lot of the middle class, things can and will get better.  This is “change we can believe in.”

I know how to say “Aye” and “Nay.” Like, when Bush wanted authorization to attack Iraq, I would have said, “Nay.”  99 more of me could have made the all-important difference.  Or when Bush asked for funding to support his accomplices, I would have said, “Nay.”  Add the 100 of us to the coward democrats who might be apt to side with us when our bravery set an example for them, and we’d no longer be in Iraq. 

So, com’ on, you wanna bees!  There’s great bennies to be gained.