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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 07:40 PM
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Why would anyone want this Job?
Who would want to clean up this mess?
Who would want to make the sacrifices involved in campaigning?
Who would want their every move, gesture, word and tear to be analyzed to death?
Who would want to be publicly stripped searched and questioned about every decision they have made in the past?
Who would want to be called the things they hate the most?

I can't even imagine what it takes to do what both Clinton and Obama are doing right now and I have nothing but deep and abiding respect for both of them. Perfect? No. Better than good enough? You bet.

And I will be proud to vote for either one.
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theoldman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 07:44 PM
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1. Someone with a skin as thick as a Rhino and an ego as big
as a house. In addition it's a job for them just like designing airplanes is for engineers. Politics is something that some people like.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:13 PM
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2. Beats the hell out of me.
Talk about a thankless job...especially in this climate.



Peace:thumbsup:
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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:27 PM
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3. That's what I am thinkin. Peace back at you.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:29 PM
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4. $400K a year plus a $50K allowance?
:shrug:
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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:47 PM
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7. You think they do it for the money? Power, yes. Money, I don't think so.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:36 PM
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5. Questionable sanity coupled with greed for power. But, I'm being redundant.
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IcyPeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:41 PM
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6. ditto, I wonder this too... i'd be dead from exhaustion by now....
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