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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