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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MSI who wrote (264128)	6/16/2002 1:12:06 AM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 769667

I'd like to see politicians that the people recruit, rather than politicians that run for office like we have now. A requirement would be that they don't WANT to be Senator, President, whatever, but agree to serve because they are ASKED. Colin Powell is the only example I can think of. Gerry Ford, maybe. Jack Ryan (in Tom Clancy's novels) is the model I like. Another requirement would be that they can't be lawyers by trade or training. Lawyer would serve as advisors when needed, but would be prohibited from holding office. I don't agree that people don't read books anymore. I've been riding the bus to work and do a lot more reading now. I also see a lot of others reading on the bus. We have some wonderful bookstores in Juneau. My favorite is the "Friends of the Library" store where used books are dirt cheap.