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McCain earned the monicker "Ace" in the Navy for losing 5 aircraft. The only reason they kept giving him new ones was he was a 4 star admiral's son. His PR job

McCain earned the monicker "Ace" in the Navy for losing 5 aircraft. The only reason they kept giving him new ones was he was a 4 star admiral's son. His PR job was glad-handing, not usually what one means by "working for a living". (I dont' mean to denigrate his service, just reporting.) "Community organizer"...I'd get downvoted if I commented on this one. "Lawyer"... Clinton was a law professor for a very short time. Pure politics after that. I don't think he ever held a job in high school or college other than chauffeuring Sen. Fullbright.

idlewords 17y ago
Clinton worked in a fish cannery and as a dishwasher, among other things. McCain's cushy PR job came after a prolonged period of rotting in a Vietnamese prison. I don't really follow your insinuation about community organizing, but where I live (SF) it tends to take the form of working long hours for minimal pay in some dire neighborhoods. So I fail to see the point you're trying to make. What is the threshold of 'real work' career politicians have to cross before they are legitimate in your eyes? In the book this post references, everyone except Palin is shown to have an enormous capacity for sustained hard work.