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IF NOMINATED, I WON'T RUN ...

7/8/2018

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My Sunday column in The Courier-Times:

by Donna Cronk

Moments ago, I cleaned out the last pending email from my work in-box. Yep, I either deleted or dealt with every email cyberspace threw at me in this latest round. For one shining moment, I stare at the clean space in front of me where emails tend to collect like dust bunnies in a vacuum-cleaner bag.


The joy I get from a cleared in-box is why I know that I am not cut out to be president.

Never mind all the other reasons – that I’m totally unqualified, not rich, nor an attorney, nor did I attend Harvard or Yale. No, it’s fine to simply stop with the in-box vetting process and go no further.

I cannot imagine how many emails Donald Trump gets, not to mention those that his staff of gatekeepers intercept first.


At least at The Courier-Times, I can on occasion empty the in-box, placing items in the newspaper of community interest and deleting those with no relevance locally such as fashion week on the East Coast or a lovely notice from some prince’s estate notifying me that he had me precisely in mind to inherit his fortune. If only I would share my bank account numbers, I'd be wealthy.

Yeah, right.


Of course the in-box fills back up at a steady pace, but at least no one is asking me for a billion dollars or summoning me to an international meeting that will affect no less than the future of the world.

But even more than my concerns over never-ending emails, I could never be president because I don’t have that kind of energy. I mean, who does?
On this issue I have to hand it to President Trump and in equal measure, to Hillary Clinton. I’ll see the President on TV at a rally one night, still going full speed in front of the crowd as I doze off to sleep. Before I can get out of bed the next morning, there he is on TV, in a blue rather than red tie maybe, at his day job back in D.C. or in a different city or country, dealing with the new day’s latest crisis or critic.

Hillary kept that kind of schedule, too, during the campaign. Then she wrote a book about it all and hit the road again explaining why she lost.

Some nights after a day at the paper, I can’t make it to the laundry room to gather dry towels, let alone fold and put them away.


I don’t mind that I lack the right stuff to be leader of the free world. I suppose that’s yet another reason why I won’t be nominated for anything by a cheering throng of supporters. And if I were, I’d have to decline. Who can think with the volume in these people's in-boxes? Besides that, too many speeches and glad-handing are required well past my bedtime.

I think no matter their qualifications, education and timing, it takes a different kind of personal drive than I could ever muster to be president. I’m made, simply put, of the wrong stuff.
But that’s OK. If only for the moment, and only a moment will it remain, you should see my clean inbox.

Donna Cronk is Neighbors Editor of The Courier-Times and edits the quarterly her magazine for women. The summer issue comes out Sunday, July 22. She welcomes reader comments and story ideas. Reach her at dcronk@thecouriertimes.com.


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Debbie M. link
7/9/2018 11:57:55 am

This post made me laugh! I don't have the "right stuff" either, but at least we are smart enough to recognize it! The other thing I would dislike about being in the public eye is that every move we made and word we said would be analyzed without knowing the full context. Too much pressure for me to handle.

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Donna Cronk
7/10/2018 04:53:14 am

Debbie,
I agree. At least we know our own "lanes." Hope you are enjoying your summer. These weeks fly by. Donna

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M. keny link
8/14/2018 11:42:51 pm

With a vacuums, it will be a solution for you to clean and have a very good way.

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