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		Outdoorsman on Feb 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Watson for President The old joke, thrown out from time to time by politicians and pundits, to describe a lack of quality candidates,is that: "Anyone smart enough to be a good president wouldn't want to be president." This, because of the pressure and stress involved... Watson, with human advisers, should be relatively stress-proof...a possible plus... I guess then the joke would evolve to: "Anyone smart enough to be a good adviser wouldn't want to be."

sp332 on Feb 6, 2016 [–]

It isn't about stress, it's about the greed for power. Anyone who wants that much power definitely shouldn't be trusted with it.

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