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BigFed for a few years, start a family, run for Congress
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:42 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown doing this in NYC after attending Fordham and pwning on a full scholly.
the CREDITED life, bros. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:00 AM Author: federal set goyim depends on what bigfed agency you're working for, for one thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702217) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:22 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown what's most opportunistic? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702290) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:04 AM Author: Metal spectacular tank gl carpetbagging into politics w/o $1M of pac $$$ (plus your own). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702226) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:21 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown not carpetbagging. NYC native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702289) |
Date: May 16th, 2012 10:02 AM Author: Bistre hunting ground You need 100 million in super PAC money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702220) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:06 AM Author: Pearly address NY still has party machines if you believe the NY Times. It takes years in the system to get to the point where they know who you are. Its either that or you get an in with one of immigrant communities. Without that BIG immigrant media pumping for you nobody will ever learn your name. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702234) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:10 AM Author: Harsh useless brakes tbf, he never said anything about winning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702247) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:23 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown queens, NYC in da house! lifelong resident and somewhat known in the queens and manhattan dem circles. i need time to cultivate deeper ties, but the basis/foundation is there.
dad is a well known solo atty in a neighborhood here also and represents a lot of the wealthy business owners and real estate developers
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:55 AM Author: Grizzly dysfunction Are you Black, Hispanic or a woman? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702394) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 11:08 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown I am what CNN would call a white hispanic. My mother is Colombian but, like me, looks incredibly jewwy. People usually assume that I am Jewish and are generally surprised when they learn I am not. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702456) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:13 AM Author: brilliant bat-shit-crazy national It'll be hard to pull this off in NYC without entrenched family ties and access to $$$. You'd be better off working Biglaw and ingratiating yourself to wealthy people who could potentially support your candidacy down the road.
I'm planning to go a similar route but in the south after business school and a few years at Mckinsey. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:24 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown entrenched family ties - check access to $$$ - check |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:46 AM Author: pink stimulating menage "It's turned into an endless campaign, where you're having to raise all these very egregious amounts of money just to be able to compete," she says. "When you have some campaigns where you're raising 20 and 30 times more than the job pays, it's out of bounds."
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/16/152772376/joe-the-plumber-race-a-microcosm-of-2012-politics
does raising that much money actually sound like fun?
if your going to do all the work necessary to raise that much money, does a job in Congress really seem like a good payoff for that much work?
especially considering that every 2 years your opponents will hire opposition researchers to comb through your life and try to put the most embarressing aspect of your life in television commercials about how much you suck
seems like a shitty deal
(I enjoyed your work in the Greece thread yesterday) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:54 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown Thank you!
It doesn't sound particularly fun calling up rich people and asking them for money. Ha, I'm reminded of a scene from the Wire (Season 4, I believe) where Carcetti's staff locks him in a room and he raises like $30 grand in three hours. I think I'd have the same disparaging attitude about calling up rich assholes you don't enjoy to try and get money from them (every two years, no less) but I think I would be good at it. I think I have the soft skills to be competitive, possibly even make it work.
The fun part of the job to me is the policy stuff. The politicking. Being on committees. Having a big staff on the Hill and in your district offices. Having a driver. Scheming with consultants for opportunities in higher offices. Schmoozing with other Congresspeople and lobbyists. Going out on the town and being the center of attention at events. Giving speeches, writing them. Going on TV once in a while, or writing an op-ed. Being in a position where people actually care about what you have to say about a specific issue. Seems like a pretty sweet gig if you can manage to become entrenched enough to cultivate an aura of inevitability about your re-election. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:59 AM Author: Grizzly dysfunction Dude, wtf are you thinking? Become a lobbyist.
Being a Congressman fucking sucks. Second year associates get paid more, half your city will hate your guts, you have no real power for at least the first decade, moving from Congress to Sen or Gov in New York is virtually impossible and when you do leave, it will probably be because someone else kicked your ass by revealing embarassing information or because you took a vote and now the very people you thought were your friends hate you.
Also, as a politician you have to constantly worry that some little thing you did broke the law. At worst you go to jail, at the least people will think you're unethical.
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Date: May 16th, 2012 11:04 AM Author: fragrant cordovan business firm clown I've toyed around with the idea of getting into lobbying, but I don't know really know how to familiarize myself with it short of trying to get a job at a lobbying firm or the government relations practice group of a firm.
My dad is a solo who represents a lot of local RE developers/landowners who constantly lobby local pols to put pressure on their appointed community boards to ease zoning regulations for a project here, a project there. They have told him repeatedly that they would love to give him that lobbying business if he wanted it. My dad's nature is not that of a lobbyist, and he's asked me if I want to start something up. I just don't know where to begin without going somewhere else and getting experience there first.
Any ideas? Do you have familiarity with the field? |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 4:09 PM Author: Grizzly dysfunction Yes. Go to Captiol Hill as Counsel for a prestigious committee (Ways & Means, Energy, Foreign Relations). Stay for a while and impress people. After 2-3 years, apply to be chief of staff on the Senate side. If you can't do that, become a legislative director then work your way to COS. Do an awesome job. Keep your boss happy. Be loyal.
Then wait until your party is in the majority, then get scooped up by a company or firm to lobby. Make 600k.
end of story. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 11:02 AM Author: pink stimulating menage they should make every freshman who wants to major in Poli Sci watch that scene
if the goal is just to be a big swinging dick, seems like you could get way more big swinging dick return for your investment pursuing other avenues
you could probably fund 10 tech startups for what it takes to fund 1 congressional campaign |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:30 AM Author: Godawful church building travel guidebook Thoughts on doing this in California?
I'm native SV, S UG, HYS law school. Would like to run for Congress here at some point. Many connections in the area to wealthy folks and the minority communities (Indian/Asian/Latino). |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:32 AM Author: brilliant bat-shit-crazy national Are you azn? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702317) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:39 AM Author: Godawful church building travel guidebook No, white. But pretty extensive ties to that community. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702336) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:40 AM Author: ruby wonderful volcanic crater they wont care bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702338) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:40 AM Author: brilliant bat-shit-crazy national How do you have extensive ties? Your wife is azn? That's not good enough bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702339) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:51 AM Author: Godawful church building travel guidebook How well do you know the Asian community bro? There are very few Asians running for office (or in the pipeline) outside of SF.
But yes, wife is Asian, and we're very involved with philanthropic efforts and community orgs that are closely tied to the Asian community. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:41 AM Author: ruby wonderful volcanic crater in two years I'm seriously considering running for the seat in my parents' district (semi-flyover country, think Albany/Pittsburgh type area) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702344) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:45 AM Author: brilliant bat-shit-crazy national You sure it'll be an open race or are you thinking of challenging an incumbent? You better get out there right now and start raising cash and get your name out there. Even still, if you're racing against an incumbent it's extremely unlikely that you'll win. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702355) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:56 AM Author: Vengeful Flirting Wagecucks lol just lol when your posting on this cesspool comes out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702406) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:58 AM Author: Honey-headed laughsome yarmulke I totally understand BIGFED. The lifestyle is great.
But why on earth would anyone ever want to enter into politics in this day and age? I see no positives to this. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 11:01 AM Author: Grizzly dysfunction If you can play it Harold Ford Jr style, then you're good to go. Go to Congress, leave with your rep in tack, get a 2MM job at investment bank to consult. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20702425) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 7:35 PM Author: glittery claret school brethren I don't get the bigfed part. Most who do that are just regular career people. I've seen judge (ALJ, magistrate, DJ, COA) sometimes be in the picture as an exit options. Career bigfed types can't be political. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20706135) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 2:22 PM Author: Godawful church building travel guidebook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949842&forum_id=2#20703672) |