A Real Post

Glad to see that you're all still here. I've been making some behind the scene changes recently by working to publicize this blog more and more. By adding counters, trimming away some links, registering on several sites which claim to help increase traffic. So hopefully one of these days I'll have a steady band of people reading my thoughts. Unlike so many blogs that friends have, I'm keeping this one strictly online. I don't go by Jake Bullet except for here, though I may change that to a scene name one of these days. So my friends and classmates aren't actually reading this, or if they are, they don't know its me. But anyway, time to actually blog about one of the 4 topics promised in the title. And with Shibaricon coming up soon, there will plenty of entries on S&M and Sex. So its time for politics.

Now, dear readers, you must know, that almost more than the hottest S&M scene ever, politics gets my dick hard. Its important to make a distinction between several particular aspects I could be talking about. I'll go ahead and say that I divide American state and federal level politics into 4 basic categories (excluding pundits, reporters and anyone working for a lobby group) and I've already played 3 roles and its the 4th that gives me wood. So here they are in rough order of which ones I'd prefer:

The Guy: This is the person who's name is on the ballot, who signs the letters, the legislation and everything else. He (or she) got elected and they are the representative. I have less than zero desire to be this person.
The Talker: 2 separate ideas I am rolling into one. The press secretary and the constituent relations type guys (these are the staffers you talk to when writing e-mails or making phone calls to politicians). Plus Comm directors. I've done it and while its fun and rewarding, its not my primary love. Everything for them is about solving other peoples problems and communicating.
The Policy Wonk: These guys get paid to get policies pushed through. Things like social security, economic development, and crime bills are their bread and butter. Frequently called "legislative aides". I could be happy being one of these people all my life. Working to get laws written and passed, they always have jobs and they get nice offices to. For the right person, I could do this and still get most of what I want out of politics.
The Winner: In many ways, the least fun position. Unreliable and sporadic work, horrid hours, low pay, low grade work facilities and an ever increasing level of stress. They are the campaign managers, the campaign staffers, the field organizers. They're only there to win. Winning is everything and losing is nothing. Heavily in demand every two years (plus for some off elections and special elections). These guys aren't paid to do what's in the best interest of anybody but "The Guy". And they don't have to be nice because (esp. when you're the challenger) they need to win and don't have the energy for anything else. Now, I've done this several times and loved it more and more each time.

See, I want to win. I want to make good laws and advance democratic principles of how things should be run, but at the end of the day, winning is more fun than anything else. Plus those winners usually get picked up to be a staffer for a few years and get to be in the thick of it.

Anyway, campaigning makes my dick hard and its something I hope to spend the next several years of my life doing. Tomorrow, expect a post about moving (god I loathe packing everything I have into small boxes only to reverse the whole process days later) and about the filibuster debacle going on.