Professional: Running for Office...

I’m irritated.

So our current class president not only got re-elected, but he also has won the right to give the “response from the class” during graduation.It’s not that I don’t like him; he really is a good guy. Instead, it’s the fact that I know I could do a better job. I’ve never minded wielding to someone who does their job and does it well. But he’s so bad at being a leader. He makes terrible assumptions about his constituents and does a worse job than George Bush of keeping us in the know.Yet he keeps getting re-elected and appointed to stuff.That really sad thing about all this is that I helped engineer this current predicament.

You see, after first year, I was burned out with being President and I realized that what good is becoming President when you’d have nothing to show for it by graduation. During my reign as Commander in Chief, most of my officers were less than enthusiastic about their jobs. My Historian was so awful that we all still remember the piss poor job she did of the slide show to this very day.

Because I’m always planning ahead, I figured that I would take a leave of absence from leading the show and concentrate on collecting and creating memories that we can relive for the rest of our lives. Again, I didn’t want to be the 4 year reigning president with nothing to show 10 years from now.So I endorsed our Current Class President (CCP) who, at the time, was scared shitless and didn’t know what he was doing. I chose the path of Historian and set into motion all the things I hoped to accomplish.To my credit, I put together one of the best slides/video skits this school has ever seen both for Cadaver Ball and Temple of Doom. I collected over 1200 pictures for use in our yearbook. I made sure to solicit pics and info from everyone, to make sure everything was balanced.CCP reran unopposed 3rd year and I reran for Historian so that I could finish all the little projects that I had ongoing. 4th year, as I planned, I resubmitted my name into the running, but was denied finishing the last leg of my carefully planned operation. I don’t blame CO (the other black guy who was running) and I don’t hold it against him.I will honestly admit, a small part of me was happy not to have won, just like the part that breathed a sigh of relief when I didn’t get the National Parliamentarian position that I should have won. There has to be something said for being the underdog and fighting for what’s right behind the scenes.

My presidential nominee speech was honest and true. CCP’s speech was actually very inappropriate and tacky. My Parliamentarian speech was humorous and genuine. My opponents voting bases were bigger. In both instances, I played by the rules and I’m very happy with myself that I didn’t with lowballing someone else.So while that means I won’t be giving the “Response from the Class” speech, I’ll still have a great time with the true blue friends I’ve made and I fully expect the tears to flow like the waters of a broken levee when graduation comes around. And besides, those people in the class who “really know” what’s going on will always look to me as their leader as they did before and during the current CCP’s reign.

So I guess I’m not really that irritated after all.