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Opel in 08'

Sean is running for President! This is great. Someone I know is going to run for President because A. they can and B. why not?

I trust Sean more than anyone else in Washington, so maybe I will be voting for Opel in 08'!

From his myspace...

"This is my blog from last week that announces my candidacy for the office of President of the United States. Before immediately making up your mind about this, please read through it (if you haven't already). I would really like to make something of this, and if you are on my friends list I would especially like to know what you think. Also, please visit my campaign page at www.myspace.com/opelin08 for any future information on this subject (and your friend request for that page would be appreciated). Thanks, Sean...

A while back, a former co-worker gave me a book of weird things to do. I don't remember the name of it, but one of the things was to run for President of the United States of America. Being interested in politics (at least the idea of it if not the reality), this got me a bit curious. If I were so inclined, could I run for President? Well, it turns out the answer is yes, according to that fantastic piece of paper known as the Constitution:

Section 1 of Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that a President must:

* be a natural born citizen of the united States
* be at least 35 years old
* have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years

Now it may shock some of you who are always giving me a hard time about my age that I am not 35 yet. However, the good news is that by the time the Presidential election will be held in November of 2008 I will have been 35 for almost two full months. This is probably now the point where you are asking yourself two questions? one - exactly how much has this idiot been drinking; two - why in the world would I even consider voting for him? Well, I have not been drinking tonight, and the way the job has been done by some men in the past (and present), I think I could do at least as good a job as some of them (and who knows, maybe better).

I will state for the record that I identify myself as a Republican. This does not automatically mean I will run as a Republican due to the fact that the state of partisan politics is part of the problem that set me on this course of action; it is still to be decided. Also, it does NOT mean that I blindly vote for the Republican candidate every time I get the chance. In the elections I have voted in, I have probably voted Democrat at least 25% of the time - if I happen to agree more with their views (including the current Governor of TN, Phil Bredesen - twice). I do my best to listen to all sides of an issue before making up my mind, and I can stand up and admit when I make a mistake. I am also as aware as anyone that my political experience is somewhat lacking (to say the least), but the way the political climate is in our country right now I feel that it may be to our advantage. Both the Republican and Democratic parties are so extreme right now and so bent on making sure that the other party does not get their way that our political process is slowly grinding to a halt. Both parties seem more and more intent on picking a candidate that supports the extreme views of their agenda. I know that I am not the only one who feels that whatever party they identify with is not fully representing their views. I think the fact that the last two presidential elections have been among the closest in history shows that the majority of the American people find themselves somewhere in between the increasingly-extreme views and opinions that each party seems to currently support.

Now I know this is getting extremely long-winded, so I'll try to wrap things up. My goal here is to let you know that I think someone needs to stand up for the moderate-thinking citizens that are getting more and more fed up with partisan politics. I am fully aware of my chances to become President, but if my pursuing this goal helps motivate some people to become more politically active then I will consider it a success. I can't think of anyone else (who is not already a career politician) off the top of my head who is dedicated/crazy enough to take on such a task, so I figure "why not me"? I've got just over a year before the primaries to prepare for the job and build my campaign, so consider this me formally throwing my hat in the ring. Let me know what you think..."Opel in '08" or "Has he completely lost his mind?" YOU DECIDE!

P.S. I'll need a running mate...any suggestions? (one catch - you must be at least as old as I am)
MORE TO COME...

www.myspace.com/opelin08
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