Reply #257: Yes, they do mean business.

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The United States Presidency is very serious business. It isn't fun and games, and it's not for the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

The next US President is going to be facing some really serious shit.

When face-to-face with the likes of Vladimir Putin (who used to be head of the KGB), the Prince/King of Saudi Arabia, Ahmadinejad and his Ayatollah boss, Kim Il Jong, and China's Hu Jintao on issues such as oil, nukes, trade, and currency, "Hope" and "Change" just isn't gonna cut it.

I dare anyone to call up the CEO of their health insurance company when denied coverage for necessary surgery and talk to them about "unity" and "hope" and "reaching across the aisle to each other" and "coming together for a better America", and topped off with, "Yes, we can"--and see how far it gets them.