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Sun May-13-07 04:23 PM
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What is it that's keeping you from running for president? |
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Me? I'm too articulate and my butt's too big.
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Sun May-13-07 04:24 PM
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Sun May-13-07 05:32 PM
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16. Guess I'm out too. . . |
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Light that shit, smoke that shit, pass that shit!
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Sun May-13-07 07:22 PM
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Sun May-13-07 04:25 PM
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...sanity, and the fact that I'm a plus-size female who can't get a tan to save her life. :shrug:
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Sun May-13-07 04:29 PM
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seriously, I'd the queen of the scandal rags.
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Sun May-13-07 04:33 PM
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It will be many, many years before this country will elect an openly gay or lesbian President.
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Sun May-13-07 04:39 PM
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Its on my official list of presidential disqualifiers. But I think it would be great to have a gay "first man" with really good taste redecorate the White House. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=874806&mesg_id=874806
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Sun May-13-07 04:36 PM
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5. Gave too many blow jobs away. |
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Look what they did to Clinton for receiving one.
And I'm only 32.
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Sun May-13-07 06:46 PM
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32. i hope this doesn't mean you've stopped. |
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no offense intended but if someone blurted that out in a press conference they would immediately secure my vote.
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Sun May-13-07 07:56 PM
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39. I'm a single mom now. |
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There's no time for that kind of activity.
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Tue May-15-07 08:35 AM
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49. well, set your priorities, girl! reserve time to yourself! |
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a mother still has to have time to pursue her own interests!
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Tue May-15-07 11:23 AM
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58. I could have made a career out of it. |
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Supposedly I was quite good.
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Sun May-13-07 07:54 PM
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38. Oh shit, I guess I'm out too, then. |
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Sun May-13-07 07:57 PM
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care for oral sex.
Personally, I think they're jealous they're not getting it.
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Sun May-13-07 04:40 PM
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7. foreign, queer, woman, |
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Sun May-13-07 04:50 PM
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Sun May-13-07 04:51 PM
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I'm very busy doing stupid, under-achieving things.
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Sun May-13-07 05:04 PM
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10. Female, don't look the part, skeletons in my closet. n/t |
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Sun May-13-07 05:04 PM
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11. The brazillion dollars I'd need. |
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It would also cut into my DU time.
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Sun May-13-07 05:46 PM
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20. yup, that's pretty much my excuse(s) too |
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Sun May-13-07 05:05 PM
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12. My utter lack of any relevant experience. |
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Sun May-13-07 05:18 PM
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13. And be demoted from King? |
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Sun May-13-07 05:28 PM
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14. I'd rather keep my sex life out of the papers. Not that the pictures aren't hot, but still... |
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Sun May-13-07 05:29 PM
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Sun May-13-07 05:32 PM
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17. Foreign, but most of all... |
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honest. That won't get me anywhere. :-(
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Sun May-13-07 05:34 PM
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I'm overweight, bald, a Union man, have two illegitimate children, have done drugs in large amounts in days gone by, and I have a damn head cold which won't go away. And I'm a frustrated Cub fan to top it all off. No way a guy like me could get elected. Unless I start having sex with kids and when getting caught, go into rehab.
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Sun May-13-07 05:40 PM
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I'm female, I'm way too young, and I'm not diplomatic nor charismatic. |
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Tue May-15-07 08:39 AM
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51. Why does being female rule you out? Think big |
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Sun May-13-07 05:40 PM
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Edited on Sun May-13-07 05:41 PM by WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun May-13-07 05:50 PM
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21. One of your triplets could run as vice president |
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and the third could be like a backup in case you were getting tired like Obama did the other day.
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Sun May-13-07 06:11 PM
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22. The fact that I'm too honest. |
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Sun May-13-07 06:12 PM
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That', and that I wouldn't get anyone to vote for me.
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Sun May-13-07 06:16 PM
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25. the filing fee, not the $350 million you need to raise... |
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Sun May-13-07 06:32 PM
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29. Nah, cuz I'd never raise it anyway, so it's not an issue |
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Sun May-13-07 06:15 PM
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24. the skeletons in my closet |
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from your other thread
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a little too much baggage prolly unless i pulled a straightforward one and came out with everything pre-emptively!
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Sun May-13-07 06:18 PM
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26. Hatred of responsibility. |
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Especially the kind that involves bossing other people around. Ugh.
Also, a sex'n'drugs'n'rock&roll history that would curl your hair -- and I doubt I could pretend to regret any of it convincingly. :evilgrin:
Besides, I'm a woman with no fashion sense.
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Sun May-13-07 06:30 PM
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whom I love dearly, and don't want to expose to the hell that is part of political process today. Media scrutiny, innuendo, and just flat out slander. Whatever I thought I could add to the debate or accomplish by running or winning (yeah, right) ain't worth the hell they'd have to go through.
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Sun May-13-07 06:38 PM
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30. Reporter: "Do you drink?" Me: "Yeah, you want some?" |
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Sun May-13-07 06:39 PM
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31. "Only in rooms that are oval." |
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"...and rooms that are not."
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Sun May-13-07 07:30 PM
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34. They don't know me from Adam... |
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...and I'm not already bought and paid for, trained for decades to jump for Big Money. They don't dare let me near the office of Their President.
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Sun May-13-07 07:42 PM
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35. I don't play well with others... |
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Sun May-13-07 07:44 PM
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36. I Don't Like People For The Most Part |
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So I would have trouble not telling them exactly what I think of them, which is a surefire way for them to dislike you.
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Sun May-13-07 07:47 PM
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37. I don't want them to trash me relentlessly |
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Edited on Sun May-13-07 08:27 PM by hijinx87
over in the General Discussion: Politics forum. :evilgrin:
edited for spelling.
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Sun May-13-07 08:18 PM
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Aggression, depression, trouble focusing.
My oratorical skills can not only go from great to crap in 5 minutes, I have a viciously sharp tongue and swear more than some sailors.
Pity. I'm smart enough to make a good President-I could hardly be dumber than the puppet in office right now.
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Sun May-13-07 08:25 PM
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my inaugeration speech to the American people would go something like, "Oh, for Christ's sake, grow up! You don't need me! Make your own decisions like big boys and girls!" and I would promptly walk out of the room.
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Sun May-13-07 09:06 PM
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I'd run and WIN if I had the money, or at least my husband would, and he'd be the figurehead to my actualness. :evilgrin: Duckie
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Sun May-13-07 09:09 PM
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44. I don't like having my picture taken |
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Sun May-13-07 09:21 PM
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47. Germ phobia. All that hand-shaking and baby-kissing.... ewwww! |
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Sun May-13-07 09:28 PM
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48. First, I don't have a gazillion dollars. Second, I don't want to be |
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torn apart for everything I ever did, good, bad, or indifferent. 'nuff said.
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Tue May-15-07 08:36 AM
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Tue May-15-07 08:44 AM
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I'm overweight, I have "a past", I'm not straight, I'm a "Leftist Extremist", I'm an Agnostic leaning toward Atheism, my kid was born out of wedlock (gasp!).
Oh--and I'm only 27. :D
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Tue May-15-07 08:44 AM
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53. I tell people what I think. |
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Let's see, I'm pro-abortion, anti-god, ambivilent on children, pro-cannibis, pro-gun, pro-animal testing, pro-tax, pro-spend, anti-military (the institution, not the people), pro-conservation, anti-growth, anti-automobile and pro national health.
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Tue May-15-07 09:43 AM
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I have this growth but I'm afraid to show it to anyone but my doctor...
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Tue May-15-07 09:41 AM
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She says she doesn't want our family under the microscope or me targeted for assassination.
But here are the real reasons:
1. The fundraising. Many here have already said it, but it's true. It costs too much money to run for president. We'll never see a common-sense middle-class person in the Oval Office. National elections are the sport of the wealthy and the sophisticated whores. Campaign finance reform, taxpayer-funded elections, etc. are fantasies that will never level the playing field, and it's a waste of time to wish upon those stars. Even if a middle-class person were elected president, the upper-class establishment of Washington, D.C. would treat him or her as an outcast -- especially members of the president's own party. They'd have disdain for such a president like Ted Knight had for Rodney Dangerfield in "Caddyshack."
2. The length of the campaign season. The race for the White House is now a ridiculous four-year slog. I don't want to spend so much time away from my family and home, especially when both my sons are 3 years old and younger. It would be horrible on my part to miss such a wonderful time in their lives just to satisfy my political ambitions.
And that's the way it is.
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Tue May-15-07 10:36 AM
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56. i'm an atheist pothead, for starters. |
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Tue May-15-07 11:11 AM
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and I need some dental work.
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Tue May-15-07 01:53 PM
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and my daily pot smoking.
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Tue May-15-07 02:14 PM
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60. Lousy transportation in New Hampshire and Iowa |
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I actually have considered doing the Paul Wellstone bus thing...
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Tue May-15-07 02:27 PM
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61. I'm smart and I'm a war veteran. |
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Tue May-15-07 02:31 PM
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some of which is on video
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Tue May-15-07 02:35 PM
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64. Apparently you need to be a US citizen |
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Besides, I'd rather be King of Norway
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Tue May-15-07 02:36 PM
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65. The fact that a member of the uber-wealthy would have me shot dead at inauguration. |
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Simply because during MY term, there would be no CEO making 500 times what their average worker makes, there'd be no job offshoring and I'd tax the living fuck out of the 5-mil-a-year and over crowd. Corporations wouldn't bully-run MY America like they do Bewsh's.
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