I’ve ran for local office, more than once.
After the second time, I received a call from a prominent financial backer. He told me that he had received an interesting call and was asked to speak with me about it.
1. It was obvious that I wasn’t going to easily give up being involved with politics.
2. I was being watched. Everything I said, everything I post online; it’s watched.
3. If I learn to play ball, there’s a place for me in the system.
4. If not, the best way to keep up and comers down is to never let them come up in the first place. If I choose not to learn how the game is played, then my political opponents will always out fundraise me by at least 5:1.
5. A team player is worth spending tons of money to keep.
6. A non-team player? It’s much cheaper to spend them into the ground.
7. Choose wisely.
Now, I’m a political nobody. I’m not paranoid, per se. What I think about the above conversation is that if it was made to me, then it’s a very common device used by the power players. I appreciated the touch of using somebody they knew I would answer the phone and listen to in order to make the pitch.
Interesting.
And my husband asks me why I don’t run for office . Sheesh !