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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 08:55 PM
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Telling friends and family: The Presidency is a "Job", not an "Award".
I've had some family try to tell me we owed McCain the presidency because of his POW status. I've had to explain that it doesn't work that way.

And I don't mean that the presidency is "just a job", but that it is a job with real responsibilities assigned to it by the Constitution.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 08:56 PM
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1. McCain has had a good life already since returning.
Married to an heiress. More homes than he can keep track of. Senator for decades.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 09:00 PM
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2. The GOP needs to stop treating the Presidency like the Special Olympics
You don't get a prize just for showing up, being handicapped and running.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 09:03 PM
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4. Damn, made me snort. Thanks for that.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 09:00 PM
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3. We owe McCain our gratitude
NOT our Vote.
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