Couldn't tell if you put this header in, or if Broder did...I went to find the link you forgot, and see it was yours....It sounds pseudo-elitist to me, and perhaps you didn't mean it to sound that way....
You said: The question is, can anyone who uses words like "emolument" ever get the Republican nomination...
The actual link from the WaPo is:
washingtonpost.com
My guess is that Fred Thompson is going to do quite well, thank you very much! He is willing to be President, and will bring something to the table in addition to an ego...which in itself will be a major plus.
Perhaps the American people, both Repubs and Dems, are really ready for a President who is a straight shooter, can express himself clearly, and that has America's interest first and foremost.
>>>"There's no reason for me to run just to be president," he said. "I don't desire the emoluments of the office. I don't want to live a lie and clever my way to the nomination or election. But if you can put your ideas out there -- different, more far-reaching ideas -- that is worth doing."<<<
>>> But these issues -- national security and the fiscal crisis of an aging society with runaway heath-care costs -- "are worth a portion of a man's life. If I can't get elected talking that way, I probably don't deserve to be elected." <<< |
