Comments on: Bartlett Resigns http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/barlett_resigns/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:06:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kent G. Budge http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/barlett_resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-129759 Kent G. Budge Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:07:17 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/barlett_resigns/#comment-129759 I'm not sure I'd dismiss the "time with family" part quite so lightly. Circulating through the centers of power is time-consuming, even compared with circulating through the plutocracy, and there's simply no comparison with the time consumption requirements of circulating through the wonkery. A father with any human sentiments at all has got to be a little unhappy with becoming a stranger to his closest kin. I'm not sure I'd dismiss the "time with family" part quite so lightly. Circulating through the centers of power is time-consuming, even compared with circulating through the plutocracy, and there's simply no comparison with the time consumption requirements of circulating through the wonkery.

A father with any human sentiments at all has got to be a little unhappy with becoming a stranger to his closest kin.

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