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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (548279)	2/5/2010 3:47:22 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574205

"Yeah, and I ran the half marathon as an Olympic athlete." was that you ?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (548279)	2/5/2010 4:47:27 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574205

Koan, > I ran as a moderate dem. Yeah, and I ran the half marathon as an Olympic athlete. Tenchusatsu Try and think for a minute. I know it will be hard for you. But try. When one runs for office is it samrt to run as a radical without censoring ones speech, or is it better to speak carefully. No politican talks without self censoring. When I was the State Director of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, privately I was for fully legalizing pot, but I knew that was not a viable political option, or the policy of the commission or governor, so I kept that to myself. As well, when I wrote memos to the commissioner or governor or for either one, I stuck strictly to the norms of normal political discourse. There is a political language one must know in order to hold those positions and I knew I had to stick to it, or I woul dbe fired in a New York minute. Knowing how to write memo's and the political game is paramount to holding big jobs in any government.