34-Year-Old Donald Trump Quizzed on Potential Presidential Run
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Summary
Sen. John McCain speaks on running for President of the United States and why he doesn t think it's a good idea. John McCain is a former Marine and retired U.S. Marine Corps officer who served in the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Navy SEAL Teams, and served as a Navy SEAL Team Six commander in the Persian Gulf War.
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For some people, the ultimate goal in life has been becoming the President of the United States.
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Would you like to be the President of the United States?
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I really don't believe I would rather, but I would like to see somebody as the President who could do the job,
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and there are very capable people in this country.
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Most people who are capable are not running for office. Most men are frightened of politics today.
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It is a shame. The most capable people are not necessarily running for political office,
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and that is a very sad commentary on the country.
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They had major corporations and they had this and that, but they are not running for political office.
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Why wouldn't someone like yourself run for political office?
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You have all the money that you possibly need. You've accomplished a great deal, even though you are only 34.
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I know there's a lot of things that you possibly can do in the years ahead.
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Why wouldn't you dedicate yourself to public service?
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Because I think it's a very mean life. I would love and I would dedicate my life to this country,
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but I see it as being a mean life, and I also see it as somebody with strong views,
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and somebody with the kind of views that are maybe a little bit unpopular,
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wouldn't necessarily have a chance of getting elected against somebody with no great brain but a big smile.
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And that's a sad commentary for the political process.
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Television in a strange way has ruined that process, hasn't it?
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It's hurt the process very much. I mean the Abraham Lincolns of the world.
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Abraham Lincoln would probably not be electable today because of television.
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He was not a handsome man and he did not smile.