Thursday, February 28, 2008

The five most common fights and how to avoid them during an election cycle

The five fights that politician hate to have with their female supporters and friends during an election cycle.

Let’s face it women make up the majority of political supporters in Bernalillo County. Fights between women and men are not uncommon and not always unavoidable. Political men love to watch fights on TV, at games or anywhere for that matter but they hate to be in a fight with their female friends and supporters. The one best way to drive a politician away from you is to say those words that they hate to hear: “We need to talk.” Guys know that there is just no way to win when they are told those words.

The five basic fights you don’t want to have with a male friend who is in the political world.

You work too much. We never just have time for fun anymore.

If you are trying to get a male friend to spend more time with you ladies try telling them that you miss having them around and would love to plan on having lunch with them sometime very soon. This always works with the political type because they love to talk about themselves, eat good food and find out what you know about others. Politicians love to make the voting public happy and will go out of their way to spend time with someone who is supporting them. You might also want to invite them to political activities where they can be seen and still spend time with their friend and supporter.

The “Other friends” fight

Politicians always have tons of friends but never as much as right before an election. You should never give them a hard time for spending time talking with other people during an election year. Just the opposite should be happening encourage them to talk to as many people as they can get to in an event or party. Work with them to get more people to listen to them when they are talking. If you stay by their side and they really want to be friends with you then they will find the time to slip a word in on the sidelines.

The wife hates the political supporter fight

Political wives hate female political supporters because their husbands spend a great deal of time with them during an election cycle. You have to hand it to the wives of politicians because they have to put up with a lot of invasion into their private lives in order to get their husbands elected. Female political supporters should always try to be kind to the wives of their politicians. They must try to understand that these women are giving up their personal time with their husband and it is not always easy to see them working publicly with other women. Don’t ever give a politician’s wife a reason to question what type of a relationship you are having with her husband in the end the supporter will always loss. Unless a man is single the only relationship a political supporter should ever be having with a politician is friendship and supporter.

The election eve fight

Politicians spend months trying to get elected during an election cycle. They speak non-stop for months and by the time they get to that final night all they want to do is spend some private time with their closest friends and their families. You may very well feel like they no longer want to spend time with you but you should give them a few weeks to rest and then they will welcome you back with open arms into their lives that is if they are not the political jerk type who hate people all year round and only want you for your vote and the votes you can get for them. Those are the type that disappears for years the minute you cast your vote and only show up 12 months before their next reelection cycle. Most politicians understand that they owe their supporters and will support issues that the people who helped get them elected to their office support. It is always best to stay away from the political jerk type because they will always end up hurting your feeling in the end. These types will tell you whatever you want to hear until they are elected. Unfortunately new female supporters can not always tell who the political jerks are until after they are elected for the first time.

The finale fight

Sometimes no matter how hard you try a politician will just not support the same issues as you would want them to support. They don’t want a public break-up and will go out of their way to avoid shouts, insults, crying and random appliance tossing. Even thought the friendship may not have worked out entirely the way either of you had pictured, the politician doesn’t want it to end badly. Why? Because there’s the big picture to deal with where the two of you will mostly likely still be seeing each other at political events and parties in the future. Politicians love to be adored but hate to fight in public with their supporters and if someone makes a public scene than everyone will remember it in the future. It is always best to part on friendly terms even if you hate the political jerk. Who knows with any luck at all maybe you can support someone in the future to run against that special political jerk.