“This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.”
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Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.
Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.
