From the inbox one person pointed out that Jack!’s political ambitions have been long held and at least since he married Jeri Ryan according to his response.
Does that make him just a guy who used teaching to burnish his resume? A teacher friend brought up the same point recently and suggested teaching was all for show.
Here, I’ll defend him. While my first reaction is the same, I still believe that public office is an important service to your community. Teaching is another way to be an important contributor. So while ambition and plotting may be involved, I’ll assume the best of Ryan in this case–that both are extensions of a desire to serve.
Naive on my part? Maybe, but so what?
Barack probably had thought of running for office when he went to work as a community organizer. Do I fault him for that? No.
I certainly see where the notion comes from, and don’t think it is absurd, but ultimately, there are worse things than political ambitions and I don’t want to try and interpret their ‘soul’.