KLR recently posted about a Don Boudreax letter (he's over at Cafe Hayek), which reminds me of one of Boudreaux's other recent posts in which he insists that he would be ashamed if his son ran for President. His point is that politicians, particularly those that seek high office, rarely (if ever) have pure intentions. Really what they are looking for is power and its trappings.
Alan Greenspan says something very similar in his new memoir, The Age of Turbulence, which I received for Christmas from my brother:
There's a Constitutional amendment that I've been pushing for years without success. It says, "Anyone willing to do what is required to become President of The United States is thereby barred from taking that office."
I've had similar thoughts before, and recent events such as Sentator Clinton's "crocodile tears" and watching footage of Iowa and New Hampshire retail politics is making me think it again.
I'm only about 100 pages in, but I'm really enjoying the book so far. If anyone wants to borrow it when I'm done, you're more than welcome.
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