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My Political Involvement |
So many stories...so much fun. Though I ain't going to tell all the
fun little things, here's a little outline of my fun...
I really got started in politics through the College Republicans. I was
Chairman of the UCLA Bruin Republicans
(the BR's) several years ago. At UCLA, we've had to deal with the loopy actions
of the student government, which has until recently been dominated by the
Praxis/Students First! that spent it's time demanding the Chancellor break
the law and institute discrimination (i.e. Affirmative Action). Often
the BR's were the only ones to oppose them. In '98, we ran the only slate
against them (Sanity '98) and broke their slate monopoly! We've fought on
campus in support of the CCRI (Prop. 209) and equality of treatment. The
BRs also started weekly trips to the gun range to excercise our 2nd Amendment
rights, which even got us a front
page article in the Daily Bruin (UCLA's student newspaper)! Back
then I even ran for student body President of USAC (Undergraduate Students
Association Council) as an independant. I didn't have the plethora of funds
that the slates did, nor could I take advantage of of campus campaign rules
and simply campaign under a slate name. Though I got far less then the other
candidates, I got more votes per Dollar spent then any other candidate in
a contested race, and I got a chance to tell it like it is to those race-obsessed,
power-hungry wackos.
This was also when I got involved in Young
Americans for Freedom. I was chair of the UCLA YAF chapter and
serve on the California YAF state board. Of the YAFish things I did,
the one that I was most proud of was when Carnesale became the new Chancellor
of UCLA. The Affirmative-Action nuts demanded that the new Chancellor
implement Affirmative Action, which was illegal thanks to Prop. 209, but
he said that would have to obey the law. Predictibly, the Affirmative-Action
nuts staged a childish temper-tantrum (i.e. a protest). So, a friend
and myself stood infront of the police barricade and simply smiled while
holding up the American flag. The Affirmative-Action nuts wend wild
and ranted about how Old Glory was a "NAZI" flag and other nonesense. They
showed themselves to be the rabid morons that they are.
I ran for state Senate back in 2000, and that page is still up for all
to oogle my quixotic quest! I am a member of the CRP
(California Republican Party) central committee (i.e. a "Blue Badge"), and
got the party to pull their endorsement of a proposition on the convention
floor.
Recently, I've been involved in the Republican
Liberty Caucus and am currently serving as state Treasurer.
