THE POLITICS GUY (TM)
CAMPAIGN TIPS
JULY 2009

So you’re running in November 2010 for state legislature, town council, or school board. Your campaign has started already whether or not you’ve circulated petitions or announced.

Voters will judge you on your cumulative record and image.

Here’s the vital tip this far out from Election Day: If you Tweet, Face
Book, chat online or respond to group blogs, STOP IMMEDIATELY!

Sure, you feel proud of yourself with witty retorts. You pat yourself on the back every time you parry a posting with some of your esoteric wisdom.

But step back and read those comments out of context and you’ll cringe when you read things you’ve written which aren’t going to position you well as a candidate if they’re misconstrued. And you can’t loose valuable campaign time backtracking or trying to explain yourself. A lot of shouting goes on in these chat rooms and your voice can be heard as loudly as anyone else in the cyber mosh pit.

Nothing is private. They all become public record. Opposition research will make mincemeat out of you if it can be captured. Don’t give opponents raw material.

So, from this point forward craft comments carefully whenever you post in on-line chats. You want voters to take you seriously. Why scare them off with esoteric musings which they won’t understand?

Treat every word the same as you would in your official campaign brochure or website.

The Politics Guy Campaign Tips will be published periodically at RLC.org to help pro-liberty candidates get elected.