For the past decade, we had a problem in Broome County NY. The Broome County Republicans chairman (Bjoy Datta) was a rino and wasn't recruiting anyone for anything, and he was letting Democrats run unopposed in almost every race.

After enough complaints piled up, he was fired, and replaced with this other chairman, Benji Fetterman, giving us hope that we would actually begin the fight to take our state back (from the Democrats.)

So it looked promising - he got a candidate for state assembly, and he got a candidate for state senate. But to my dismay, when I voted the other day, he's got no candidate for: Court judge, county executive, and county legislator. I was and still am pretty pissed about that.

And if that's not bad enough: I found out that the candidate he's got for state senate is a former member of the media! A former news anchor! Who wants that? Not me! (The NY GOP is a total swamp!)

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So it looked promising - he got a candidate for state assembly, and he got a candidate for state senate. But to my dismay, when I voted the other day, he's
got no candidate for: Court judge, county executive, and county legislator. I was and still am pretty pissed about that.

There are races here on the ballot that only have one and, in at least one case, NO candidates running. The only race that seems to draw a lot of candidates is the county commissioners race (4 seats total), and that is a non-partisan race that always draws several candidates.

I don't really hold the party leadership responsible for it. I honestly believe there are not that many people who WANT to run for office. If you
do it correctly, it takes a lot of time and dedication for what is likely a very small return.

Have you ever considered running for one of those unopposed vacancies? You probably don't qualify to be a judge, unless you have a law degree and some time trying cases, but you could be a legislator.


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There are races here on the ballot that only have one and, in at least
one case, NO candidates running. The only race that seems to draw a lot of candidates is the county commissioners race (4 seats total), and that is a non-partisan race that always draws several candidates.

I don't really hold the party leadership responsible for it. I honestly believe there are not that many people who WANT to run for office. If
you do it correctly, it takes a lot of time and dedication for what is likely a very small return.

The problem is that it's the committee chairman's job to find candidates. He has a job to do, and it's unacceptable for him to say "I couldn't find
candidates."

When I worked at the gas station, my boss tasked me with selling paper shamrocks for st jude's hospital. "I couldn't sell any" was not an acceptable answer.

Have you ever considered running for one of those unopposed vacancies? You probably don't qualify to be a judge, unless you have a law degree
and some time trying cases, but you could be a legislator.

I know people who are more qualified than me who could have ran for these vacancies. I even gave Benji a referral to a friend of mine who is a retired town justice, but he never replied to my email (instead he put me on his mass-email list, like a jerk.)

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I don't really hold the party leadership responsible for it. I honestly believe there are not that many people who WANT to run for office. If you do it correctly, it takes a lot of time and dedication for what is likely a very small return.

The problem is that it's the committee chairman's job to find candidates. He has a job to do, and it's unacceptable for him to say "I couldn't find candidates."

If you ask people and they all say no, what do you do?

When I worked at the gas station, my boss tasked me with selling paper shamrocks for st jude's hospital. "I couldn't sell any" was not an acceptable answer.

It isn't like at a job, though. If the chair asks people to run and they
all say no, the people he asks won't get fired because there is nothing to
fire them from.

A better job analogy would be that you ask for a volunteer and don't get
any and, since you are not the supervisor, you cannot force anyone to do it
and wind up doing the job yourself.

Problem there would be that your chairman might be able to run for and hold
one office, but he likely cannot run for or hold multiple offices at the same time.

Have you ever considered running for one of those unopposed vacancies? You probably don't qualify to be a judge, unless you have a law degree and some time trying cases, but you could be a legislator.

I know people who are more qualified than me who could have ran for these vacancies.

Well, there you go. Probably the same thing that others think when asked.

I even gave Benji a referral to a friend of mine who is a retired
town justice, but he never replied to my email (instead he put me on his mass-email list, like a jerk.)

Do you know for sure that this person was not contacted? A better strategy would be to check with them first and see if they want to run, then give
them Bemji's contact info.


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I don't really hold the party leadership responsible for it. I hon believe there are not that many people who WANT to run for office. you do it correctly, it takes a lot of time and dedication for what likely a very small return.

The problem is that it's the committee chairman's job to find candidates has a job to do, and it's unacceptable for him to say "I couldn't find candidates."

If you ask people and they all say no, what do you do?

Keep asking around. If he asks every bus driver in the county, one of them will surely give up the spitwads for the county executive job.

Or he could do what the samurai does when he wants to avoid being captured. Anything's better than paving the way for Democrats.

Problem there would be that your chairman might be able to run for and hold one office, but he likely cannot run for or hold multiple offices
at the same time.

He's making a lucrative career out of being a committee chairman. He should be running for office instead. The committee chairman doesn't have 40 hours worth of work to do in a week.

I know people who are more qualified than me who could have ran for thes vacancies.

Well, there you go. Probably the same thing that others think when
asked.

But if I were a retired judge and you were the Republican committee chairman for the county, and you were asking me to run, that would be way different.

I even gave Benji a referral to a friend of mine who is a retired
town justice, but he never replied to my email (instead he put me on his mass-email list, like a jerk.)

Do you know for sure that this person was not contacted? A better strategy would be to check with them first and see if they want to run, then give them Bemji's contact info.

I don't know if he was contacted but I doubt it. There are also lots of other retired judges, retired police officers, and even current police officers and/or attorneys who could have been asked. It's not like we're asking them to run for president; we just need their name on a ballot, next to a letter R.

Democrats know the drill.

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If you ask people and they all say no, what do you do?

Keep asking around. If he asks every bus driver in the county, one of them wil
surely give up the spitwads for the county executive job.

My guess is that he did ask anyone he thought would be viable. I am not
sure what the laws are like in your area but, here, state and local
employees are not allowed to run for office unless they give up their day
jobs first. So if they don't win, they've been without a job for several months and will remain unemployed.

I don't know that this would apply to bus drivers but it would if they are considered a county employee.

Or he could do what the samurai does when he wants to avoid being captured. Anything's better than paving the way for Democrats.

Now you are just being silly.

Problem there would be that your chairman might be able to run for and hold one office, but he likely cannot run for or hold multiple offices at the same time.

He's making a lucrative career out of being a committee chairman. He should be
running for office instead. The committee chairman doesn't have 40 hours worth
of work to do in a week.

Like I said, he might be able to run for and hold one office, but it is not likely he can hold more than one. I don't what the laws are like in your
area, but here you cannot hold more than one office at a time -- I am not
sure if a committe chair is allowed to run without resigning their post
first.


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If you ask people and they all say no, what do you do?

Keep asking around. If he asks every bus driver in the county, one of th wil
surely give up the spitwads for the county executive job.

My guess is that he did ask anyone he thought would be viable. I am not sure what the laws are like in your area but, here, state and local employees are not allowed to run for office unless they give up their day jobs first. So if they don't win, they've been without a job for several months and will remain unemployed.

That's just an example I used, but anyone who has a menial job who is capable of doing more, should be encouraged to fill vacancies on the ballot.

Like I said, he might be able to run for and hold one office, but it is not likely he can hold more than one. I don't what the laws are like in your area, but here you cannot hold more than one office at a time -- I
am not sure if a committe chair is allowed to run without resigning
their post first.

That might be the case, but either way, don't you think the Republican party is pretty disorganized and unambitious? The Democrats don't have these problems. They don't have a committee chairman who's so unable to find people that he's got to consider running for office himself. It's just not right, and it makes no sense that we're this far behind.

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That might be the case, but either way, don't you think the Republican party is
pretty disorganized and unambitious?

In deep blue areas, maybe. The area I live in has gotten better but there
are still several undercard races with only Democrats running and, as I
pointed out, there were at least two races with no candidates running this
time round.

The Democrats don't have these problems.

They do in deep red areas.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

That might be the case, but either way, don't you think the Republican party is pretty disorganized and unambitious? The Democrats don't have these problems.

I don't want an ambitious party. These people exist to SERVE the people for a short period of time. Ambition is not a desired trait.

The disorganization is how the Elitists have kept the Republicans from being a threat to their New World Order. Of course, the Republicans (unknowingly?) helped in that.


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In deep blue areas, maybe. The area I live in has gotten better but
there are still several undercard races with only Democrats running and, as I pointed out, there were at least two races with no candidates
running this time round.

This makes you the third person to confirm this rino pattern of not having candidates. New York, Michigan, and Kentucky all have a state GOP problem. And I doubt that it's just these 3 states. And now I'm totally sure that I'm not the only person who has complained about it to deaf ears.

The Democrats don't have these problems.

They do in deep red areas.

I want to ditch my state!

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That might be the case, but either way, don't you think the Republica party is pretty disorganized and unambitious? The Democrats don't hav these problems.

I don't want an ambitious party. These people exist to SERVE the people for a short period of time. Ambition is not a desired trait.

I don't mean an ambition to advance their careers, I mean ambition to overcome obstacles, ambition to root out corruption within the party, ambition to make friends with CEOs, ambition to use lawfare against Democrats, etc.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I don't mean an ambition to advance their careers, I mean ambition to overcome obstacles, ambition to root out corruption within the party, ambition to make friends with CEOs, ambition to use lawfare against Democrats, etc.

But now we are back to "incentives".

Our founding fathers assumed that everyone would act in their own best interests. That would keep all the groups watching each other and keeping each other's power in check. They didn't think about what would happen if a bunch of groups were to put their differences aside and work in concert.

We need incentives, both positive and negative, for gov't people to do a good job.

Simple idea:
1. If their decisions are really bad, they not only will not get paid, but will also be fined a large enough amount.
2. They are allowed no other compensation during their terms.

I still want the IRS to investigate how these Democrats became millionaires on a gov't salary.


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Our founding fathers assumed that everyone would act in their own best interests. That would keep all the groups watching each other and
keeping each other's power in check. They didn't think about what would happen if a bunch of groups were to put their differences aside and work in concert.

We need incentives, both positive and negative, for gov't people to do a good job.

Simple idea:
1. If their decisions are really bad, they not only will not get paid,
but will also be fined a large enough amount.
2. They are allowed no other compensation during their terms.

This sounds almost perfect. It's what I'd call "accountability." If there's a big obvious national problem, every member of congress should be obligated to do something about it, and to document what they did about it.

But the way things are now, they are free to ignore problems for 2 years straight, and then they easily get re-elected just as long as they have a nifty slogan. Nobody wants to admit that this is happening though.

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In deep blue areas, maybe. The area I live in has gotten better but there are still several undercard races with only Democrats running and, as I pointed out, there were at least two races with no candidates running this time round.

This makes you the third person to confirm this rino pattern of not having candidates. New York, Michigan, and Kentucky all have a state GOP problem. And
I doubt that it's just these 3 states. And now I'm totally sure that I'm not the only person who has complained about it to deaf ears.

No, Kentucky has no GOP problem. Like I said:

(1) it happens in deep blue (but non-metropolitan) areas, and
(2) in places where the Democrats also cannot find anyone to run for some
of the races.

I suspect that is where it happens in most all states *AND*:

The Democrats don't have these problems.

They do in deep red areas.

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There need to be candidates who are willing to run and have not already
maxed out their term limits. For a Republican to run, they have to have a limited number of skeletons in their closets or the media will filet them.
As a Democrat, you can have some pretty big skeletons in your closet... like getting your start in politics (and a career in general) by being the side-piece for your local Democrat strong person... and the media (and most Democrat voters) won't care.

If Harris were a Republican, she'd have been canceled long before she ever
got picked as a VP candidate.

I want to ditch my state!

You keep saying that. When do you plan to do it?


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

This sounds almost perfect. It's what I'd call "accountability."

If we'd only hold them accountable, we'd have a very differentn gov't.

But the way things are now, they are free to ignore problems for 2
years straight, and then they easily get re-elected just as long as
they have a nifty slogan. Nobody wants to admit that this is happening though.

Worse. They are free to implement policies that have a negative impact on the country. ex: Minimum wage hikes. And have no accountability for the mess that they caused.


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But the way things are now, they are free to ignore problems for 2 years straight, and then they easily get re-elected just as long as they have a nifty slogan. Nobody wants to admit that this is happenin though.

Worse. They are free to implement policies that have a negative impact
on the country. ex: Minimum wage hikes. And have no accountability for the mess that they caused.

There are certain people who simply cannot work without supervision because they have a tendency to mess around and waste time without getting anything done. That's congress! They have no supervisor to dole out pink slips.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

There are certain people who simply cannot work without supervision because they have a tendency to mess around and waste time without
getting anything done. That's congress! They have no supervisor to dole out pink slips.

Technically, they do. But like all union operations, they make the process to dole out those pink slips so difficult that it's often not worth the effort.


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