Thursday, July 9, 2009

Too bad they learn it the hard way

Politicians, that is. George Will quotes Meg Whitman, "the former CEO of eBay who is campaigning for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination," thus:

The current calamitous governor wanted, as movie stars do, to be loved, but Whitman says tersely: "Getting elected is a popularity contest. Governing is the opposite."
To which British Financial Times columnist, observing the Moscow summit, adds, "charm and good looks can only get you so far."

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