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12. Gotta say - whenever some big ego comes along and thinks they should be president or senator or

Tue Mar 20, 2018, 07:46 PM

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governor or whatever, based on nothing at all except their big ego thinks they should start at the top instead of the bottom like anyone else - I count that against them.

Be a council member for a few years - even just some nonprofit community service work - something! Then build on that.

Im sure there are probably exceptions to the rule, but I have to be convinced of their worthiness. (BTW Al Franken was a political talk show host first - at least he established that he could speak coherently on the issues. Unlike some of them.)

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