You could do that .. . but once you start negative campaigning, which requires subtle or not so subtle character assassination it means that:
1. It will spread, and other people will start doing it, if only out of self defense.
2. It will not stop once it starts. And it can really hurt your chapter.
So instead go on positive offensive. Evaluate the other candidates and see which one would be both the best VP and has the best chance of winning. Throw your support around that candidate. If you are really the most likliest to win, that support might make all the difference.
Also, prepare a mental criteria in your mind of what a good VP should be, so that in converation you can say that your candidate has those qualities in abundance.
Be careful not to criticize the others, even in private, it gets around. So if someone asks comparison related questions say: "I am not going to say anything negative about any Brothers. This is the criteria of what would make the best VP. I have looked at everyone running, and this is the person who I think has the greatest amount of those qualities. Now you decide by how good you want the chapter to be!"
On a cautionary note: Becareful that you don't want this guy to be VP because you feel a little threatened by him or have a personality conflict. Just because someone doesn't take us that seriously, or disagrees with us, doesn't make them bad at a job. And ultimately the position is a job.
I know that I have had conflicts with some of our alum officers, and I don't see them beating down my doors to offer me an alum officer position for later. Even though the offer has been made to other members of the chapter that were much less involved and knowledgable.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by zntke711
Paint a picture of how the chapter would be with him as VP to your brothers and what could happen as result. That should wake enough people up to keep him from winning.
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