Glen Salmon for President
I was listening to NPR Sunday afternoon and they were having yet another political presidential candidate discussion. It seems that every Tom, Dick, and Hillary has thrown their hat in the 2008 ring.
So, why not Glen Salmon ?
I could be pompous and claim, I’d be a great president. I really don’t think so, given I have nearly zero political background and the labyrinth of foreign policy is as likely to claim victory to my existence as allow me to find a path to enlightenment. And that is just one area I have deficient experience.
I could be altruistic and say that by running, I would bring serious questions to light and give rise to the voice of the common man. Unfortunately, we all know that no matter how good the questions, politicians will always find a way to spin it to orate for 10 minutes on one of their campaign ideals - regardless of how little it has to do with the question.
I could be humorous and run to make a joke of the whole process. Politicians may be a joke, but the political system should not be. We have serious issues to address in the world and we should have serious people working on them. Unfortunately, most politicians are seriously working on keeping the job rather than actually do the job.
No, I think the only real reason I would consider running for president is to apply the 1990’s entrepreneurial business model to the Washington beltway insiders club. What I mean is that in the early 1990’s, one of the tried and true business models for startup companies was to make enough waves with good ideas, that a big company would acquire you. So, a presidential run in 2008 for glen Salmon is actually a run for one of those cabinet posts or ambassadorial assignments.
If elected, I promise to do the absolute best job I can and seek out all the help I can get (because we all know, I’m not an expert on anything) !
