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IMO it should be an expectation that all former presidents live the rest of their lives in quiet contrition and penitence. No matter how careful, how conscienti
by giraffe_lady 1y ago
IMO it should be an expectation that all former presidents live the rest of their lives in quiet contrition and penitence. No matter how careful, how conscientious, you are leaving that office with blood on your hands and stains on your soul. It should be considered a calling with a very high personal cost, not a position of victory or honor.
- dehrmann 1y agoMy great grandfather's joke was always "There's only one man I'd vote for, and I won't run." The office attracts people who are there for the wrong reasons, with Carter being the exception that proves the rule.
- zanecodes 1y ago"The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." - Douglas Adams
- CoastalCoder 1y ago> with Carter being the exception that proves the rule. Could you clarify what you mean by this?
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- alexanderchr 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule#Proving_the_validity_of_a_rule_of_thumb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule...
- CoastalCoder 1y agoThanks for the link. I'm familiar with the expression, but I can't make sense of how GP is bringing it to bear.
- dehrmann 1y agoYes, he did sign up for the job, but his charity work afterwards says a lot. The joke is he was too good of a person to be president.