Todd,

Believe it or not, when I wish to, I can charm the very birds out of the trees. Politicians are not a problem. I've known quite a number of them over the years and fortunately, though I never voted for any of them, we had an excellent rapport. I've eaten with them, drank with them, danced with them, work for one of them, been on the public platform with them and never had to vote for them to receive their approval or praise. Notice, I never said I slept with any of them. Let's be clear about that.

I'd much prefer scientists to be presidents than politicians. They know how to analyse information and look for the best possible solutions to very difficult problems. I've met a couple of scientists who have been to Washington to ask for money and they are very smooth, very charismatic and quite popular. They also don't have such horrid reputations as most politicians. They are definitely at cut above. We could almost guarantee if one of them were in the White House, scandal would most likely never be attached to them.

Actually, if I could find one person who I thought worthy, I might actually register to vote and campaign for them. But finding worthy people who are politicians are few and far between. I've spent the past four years looking for signs of intelligence in dateable men and I haven't found any yet. Most of them fall into the SSB's category.

Petra