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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (465820)	1/18/2012 4:06:01 PM
From: SmoothSail	6 Recommendations Respond to of 793939

to think that someone would put themselves and their families through the rigors of an election Hey, campaigning is a lot of fun - particularly if you belong to the species of Politicianicus. They are known to be both thin and thick skinned, love to ride around in airplanes (at taxpayer or campaign expense), and specially painted buses, be greeted by hordes of adoring fans (some have to be paid), sign autographs, get pictures taken, be on and in the news every day, have people fawn over you and hang on your every word, etc. It's a great ego-boost. It's so much fun that the minute Obama won the election, he went right back to campaigning.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (465820)	1/19/2012 3:19:58 PM
From: KLP	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793939

Don't know about all of you on PfP, but I am getting discouraged. Between the mud being thrown, most of it untrue, and the candidates not talking about the real issues with real solutions, and none of them talking about all the crap that Obama has done and gotten away with (the pipeline is just the latest, and the Ex Orders to bypass the Senate, the Czars, bowing to every despot dictator in the world, Homeland security a disaster, no monitoring of the borders, Obamacare, etc etc etc).,...and looking at Obama and his advisors currently.... It's close to despair. The media WILL NOT be serious, but continues to love mudraking. These are the people of Jerry Springer, all the Soaps, and all the Reality shows like the ones in US or People Magazine...mostly pictures, almost no content... Mitt says he thinks his income investments taxed at "about" 15%, but NEGLECTS to say that's the 2nd time that his money is taxed....the first is Corp Tax of 35%..... How many people know this? One would think that Newt was just the worst person in the world after his embittered 2nd wife is paid by the media to do an 'expose' interview made for TV and to blacken Newt's eye.... Does anyone do an expose' on Jack Kennedy's decision to have multiple affairs, and not tell or ask Jackie???? And how about that John Edwards situation....he who was running for President of the US, all the while sheltering a mistress and later love child, while his wife was dying of cancer.... Where was ABC, NBC, and the WaPo on any of the Democrats affairs.... What, it will take too many hours to relate all of the affairs by all of the Democrats who have been running the US for decades???? If we aren't careful, Obama will win by another landslide....It is sickening.