Satire - Sort of
Previously published on my facebook page - JD People say to me, "You should run for office. You could be President! You like to read, you like to think. You like to understand the issues and formulate an opinionated response. Why don't you run?" Whenever I hear this, I smile, and shake my head. I appreciate the sentiment, but it just can't be. "Why?" they ask. "Is it because politicians start out as principled public servants who then get broiled under the heat lamp of public scrutiny to the point of manic depression?" "No, " I say. "Well, is it because you don't want to put your family through the endless intrusions on your time with them?" "True enough, " I reply, "But that's not it." "Well," they cry, "could it be that you don't feel that you're stong enough to outthink and out manuever your opponents in the filthy, backstabbing, moral void that has bec...