For all of you now who want to become politicians, answer honestly:
Do you have the oratory skills necessary to become a politician?
Have you taken any part in your school's forensics club/team?
Can you CONNECT with voters of all ages, and not just those of your political ideology?
If you are an extremeist, can you play yourself off as a moderate?
Why should you get the job when there's probably someone more qualified than you also running?
I would say that my oratorical skill is not great however I tend to speak in a conversational way which relies heavily on a series of basic facts that I will attempt to hammer home…
I have been in school debating groups (in what ever guise) a lot and was in one at college and have am now involved in friends university’s here in the UK… I have a 50/50 record of winning… but when I win it’s mostly because before hand I settle on a few facts and stick to them solidly all ways drawing the debates back to these facts and linking other issues with them…
I am fairly good at tailoring my arguments to an audience, common sense (the language of all moderates) is a very potent weapon of mine… I seldom dismiss any but the most extreme arguments or concerns… and am very keen to listen to what ordinary people think and are concerned about rather than what I want them to be concerned about or think they think (an affliction of many conservatives and liberals alike)…
Not being an extremist there is no need to pretend to be a moderate, I am a moderate with some populist tendencies (to the left on trade and to the right on defence and foreign policy)…
There are better speakers and more thoughtful people out there who would make better candidates for most offices than me… however I care a great deal about this nation and its people and want to reflect there views, address their fears and allow them to make real their hopes… and if I ever considered running for office that would be my motivation because I care and because I can do a good job of it…
