http://sophrosynean.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/who-is-elected-president/ The ramblings of a pilgrim through time, space, and life. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://sophrosynean.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/who-is-elected-president/#comment-21 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:43:12 +0000 http://sophrosynean.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/who-is-elected-president#comment-21 you know, this is interesting.  i love deep breakdowns like this.  but i guess it\’s possible to find a way why anyone being elected would be the first to do it, if you know what i\’m saying.  i wonder what the problem is that people have with electing sitting senators.  perhaps they are a little turned off to the idea of a candidate keeping one foot in a "safety office."  i know i\’ve always been sort of bothered by that.  it just makes me feel that those running aren\’t really concerned about doing one particular job, but rather that they\’ll just take whatever they can get.  i don\’t like politicians who hedge their bets, so to speak.  actually, if i had my way, i would make it so that anyone who ever held the office of senator would automatically be disqualified from becoming president…ever!  that would prevent many of these yahoo\’s from using the office as nothing but a stepping stone to POTUS.  all this just confirms my theory (not all that profound, but true none the less in my opinion) that politicians are worried about one thing above all else: staying politicians. 

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