Not just any office, mind you.

I’m thinking of running for President of the United States.

One should always aim for the top.

I formed an exploratory committee consisting of the wife and she said I’m nuts and If I win she won’t go.

There’s nothing to worry about because I don’t care for the job much.

Too much stress, too little money and there’s always a significant number of people unhappy with you.

People wanting to hug me would probably get a cavity search by the Secret Service.

The wife’s girlfriends would stop and that’s a bummer.

To quote some Scottish guy, “if nominated I’ll decline. If drafted I’ll defer. And if elected I’ll resign.”

But I still want to run for President of the United States.

I won’t campaign, I won’t raise money and I won’t open a campaign headquarters.

Real politicians love that stuff.

Former Mayor Frank Fasi used to dedicate bus stops at election time.
He loved it.

When he was running for re-election, he’d send his cabinet out to plant flowers along the highway.

Five minutes before the TV News cameras arrived, Fasi would show up and start looking busy.

Five minutes after they left, so did he.

The guy was a master at this.

None of that stuff for me.

I just want to run for the office so I would be known as a “former candidate for President”.

That would be so cool.