Just saw the story on Dirk Kempthorne being replaced by Sen. Ken Salazar. As a free-market-place Republican this may well be Dirk's chance to join the workforce...anywhere. My call tho is it won't happen...unless lobbying is considered 'work'. No, the chances of the soon to be former Interior Sec returning to Idaho to start a company that actually produces a product or non-political service, would be rare indeed. We'd love to keep Pat K, as she is one of the only REAL people in the service of helping people. Anybody wanna place a bet on Dirk's new job? Den Sent by my iPhone
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No, not my intent at all. What I AM saying is that all public servants should come home and re-mix with the rest of us. It's been my observation that many professional politicos are clueless when it comes to starting a business, opening a school, helping with the down-trodden, volunteering their time, etc. They simply seemed to have "posed" their whole public life. Words, words words....
It's in the "doing" of life that words mean anything, isn't it?
So, for Dirk Kempthorne, it'd be nice to have him back in Idaho working in the mall or with a small comapny he started, or helping at the Mission. That sort of thing. Afterall, isn't that truly the sort of thing that a "servant" does: serve, rather than be served? Public or private?
I hear he's speaking at a Boise event soon. Cool. Welcome home.
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Posted by: Dennis | December 17, 2008 at 08:37 AM
So are you saying that Dirk hasn't ever held a "real" job?
Posted by: F.O.D. | December 16, 2008 at 09:22 AM