At least as part of a political system.
Anybody who wants to be in charge should not be in charge
At least as part of a political system. |
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Yup, that's the one I meant.
"Any man who desires the office of President...", or however it went. Maybe that desire is correlated with what we call "charisma"; maybe what people sense is the... "drive", or whatchamacallit? Definitey, of course, correlated with the kind of fake "charisma" that is intentionally acquired and rehearsed for that exact purpose. And if the desire is half-subconscious, how often does that (semi-?)fake "charisma" come off as genuine even to us who consider ourselves world-wise cynics who of course easily see through shit like that? Maybe more often than we'd like to think... -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
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Douglas Adams basically said that.
The whole point of the President of the Galaxy in The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy was to be a flamboyant figurehead with no power. He explicitly said so in the text. Several times. Terry Pratchett also explored it in various ways in his Discworld novels, although much less obviously. Wade. |
Please do NOT buy this book.
- (mmoffitt)
- (46)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 12:03:38 PM EDT
heh.
- (Another Scott)
- (31)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 12:20:31 PM EDT
Oh, $DEITY. It's even worse than I imagined.
- (mmoffitt)
- (30)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 01:19:41 PM EDT
If Hillary had charisma
- (drook)
- (29)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 06:28:47 PM EDT
It's the unconscionable lies about what Bernie promoted that troubled me. And they're repeated here.
- (mmoffitt)
- (24)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 01:44:56 PM EDT
The butt-hurt is amazing.
- (Another Scott)
- (23)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 02:05:16 PM EDT
Yep, they're certainly different all right.
- (mmoffitt)
- (22)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 03:15:48 PM EDT
And yet Hillary had a workable plan to do just that. Woulda been great, huh.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (21)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 03:17:36 PM EDT
By continuing to pay the banksters?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (20)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 03:20:43 PM EDT
You know she answered that, in detail, months ago...
- (Another Scott)
- (19)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 04:10:24 PM EDT
Like I said ...
- (mmoffitt)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 04:14:02 PM EDT
Please don't misunderstand me. We want the same thing. We want Drumpf defeated.
- (mmoffitt)
- (17)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 04:28:48 PM EDT
She lost because of Comey. Bernie had been a non-factor for months.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (16)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 06:18:12 PM EDT
I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about the almost half of Democratic voters who supported him.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (15)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 08:11:07 AM EDT
Why not wait and read the book before making so many assumptions about it?
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (14)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 08:23:08 AM EDT
She's got enough Wall Street money. She doesn't need mine. ;0)
- (mmoffitt)
- (13)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 08:37:43 AM EDT
Except that she got millions of more votes than Bernie or Donnie. Yeah, she's a nobody....
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (12)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 08:44:57 AM EDT
And lost. I'm telling you, listening to her is going to result in a Trump re-election.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (11)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 09:41:03 AM EDT
She's.Not.Running.Again.
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 01:18:21 PM EDT
That.Doesnt.Mean.She.Cant.Influence.The.DNC.And.Set.The.Tone.Of.The.Next.Primary.
- (mmoffitt)
- (9)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 01:32:33 PM EDT
(sigh)
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 01:57:51 PM EDT
There is something she could do.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 04:57:14 PM EDT
Read more carefully. "Some".
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Sept. 6, 2017, 05:19:07 PM EDT
Conceding the point that her book is unhelpful? If so, great.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Sept. 7, 2017, 08:30:22 AM EDT
millions? really? here is how you can help
- (boxley)
- (4)
- Sept. 7, 2017, 06:29:35 PM EDT
Good $DEITY, Bill.
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Sept. 7, 2017, 09:07:03 PM EDT
You did? Still? Why?
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Sept. 8, 2017, 09:58:09 AM EDT
I'm sure I could get you a free-subscription to 'Human Events', Bill
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- Sept. 8, 2017, 06:19:12 PM EDT
naw, ya gotta remember the wild carrot stalks are not fuzzy
- (boxley)
- Sept. 8, 2017, 09:54:45 PM EDT
I'm beginning to think charisma sucks.
- (CRConrad)
- (3)
- Oct. 15, 2023, 07:54:15 AM EDT
Anybody who wants to be in charge should not be in charge
- (crazy)
- (2)
- Oct. 15, 2023, 02:35:26 PM EDT
Yup, that's the one I meant.
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 16, 2023, 03:31:25 AM EDT
Douglas Adams basically said that.
- (static)
- Oct. 18, 2023, 03:07:54 AM EDT
Unrealistic over promising is how you build . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (12)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 01:41:24 PM EDT
See above. Keep the myth alive. But don't come crying when Drumpf wins re-election.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (11)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 01:46:08 PM EDT
Thought experiment
- (drook)
- (10)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 01:55:28 PM EDT
Nope.
- (mmoffitt)
- (9)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 03:19:07 PM EDT
Bernie's "let us" was just him. Nobody he needed would join him. Real life is a cruel mistress...
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 04:11:53 PM EDT
And yet ...
- (mmoffitt)
- (7)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 04:16:49 PM EDT
And yet...
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 06:16:59 PM EDT
Re: And yet...
- (rcsteiner)
- (2)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 06:18:07 PM EDT
Zooks! Howdy stranger!
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 06:32:20 PM EDT
Re: Zooks! Howdy stranger!
- (rcsteiner)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:55:06 PM EDT
Dang. Should have made the bet.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Sept. 22, 2017, 03:36:22 AM EDT
Snooze you lose. ;-) (Still no Summary text on Congress.gov)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Sept. 22, 2017, 07:20:45 AM EDT
Yabut it's better than Conyers' bill, right? ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Sept. 24, 2017, 01:32:02 AM EDT
she is entitled to make a buck, now I was listening to something the other day and a name popped up
- (boxley)
- Sept. 5, 2017, 09:23:05 PM EDT
