Why I’m Never Running For Office
By Mitch Berg
About ten years ago, a sitting (at the time) GOP representative and long-time friend of this blog told me “you do realize, Mitch, that between the blog and your show, you can never, ever run for political office, don’t you?”
The fact that my written body of work is, no doubt, some oppo researcher’s dream has certainly served to keep me from getting too enthusiastic about pursuing a life in politics.
And that’s largely a good thing.
Of course, opposition research on both sides – but especially the Democrats – is dedicated to making running for office as personally gruelling as possible for anyone who’d want to try.
Which is why the leftymedia’s on-cue jumping up and down like a bunch of poo-flinging monkey’s over Sheila Kihne’s old, excellent but long-dormant blog is so unsurprising.
Of course, since it’s a primary battle, some Republicans are pitching in to defend incumbent Jennifer Loon against Kihne’s challenge.
I suppose that’s one good thing about the blog; it’s cut down on any temptation.
July 17th, 2014 at 12:38 pm
If you run a conservative blog and run for office the media will announce that offensive remarks have often appeared on your personal blog.
If you run a liberal blog and run for office, the media will carefully explain that your personal blog was like the editorial section of the newspaper, and it would be silly to believe that offensive comments in the blog meant anything other than the blogger’s commitment to free speech and open discussion.
July 17th, 2014 at 2:35 pm
Per Powhatan’s point, if a Democrat says that we should sue nuns to force them to buy contraceptives, that’s OK, but if a Republican says that’s insane, it’s an imposition of religion on the republic and the rights of women.
July 17th, 2014 at 7:58 pm
The comments over there are charming.
July 19th, 2014 at 12:06 am
Gary:
Am I missing something here. I thought Loon was a conservative that the libs hate so why would they want to help her?
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN