Why I’m Running for President

Let’s just say that I was in the right place at the right time and I heard the following conversation between a possible 2016 Presidential candidate.

Candidate: I’m thinking about running for president.

Friend: Are you close to making a decision?

Candidate: Yeah, I think I’ll run.

Friend: Do you think you have the qualities and qualifications needed to seek the highest office in the land?

Candidate: What kind of question is that?

Friend: Just asking. I figure you should have experience, have new ideas, be open to discussion and be willing to change your mind about important issues, when its necessary to be flexible.

The Candidate flexes his muscles and shakes his head.

Candidate: I have no idea what you’re talking about. Really.

Friend: I’m just saying that this is an important decision you’re going to make and you might want to consider that you have very little experience. You just got to the Senate a few months ago. You’re a novice. Maybe it would be better to wait a while and accumulate some important skills.

Candidate: I have lots of skills.

Friends: But they’re not skills associated with running the greatest country in the world.

Candidate: That’s ridiculous. Who have you been talking to?

Friend: No one. I haven’t been talking to anyone. This conversation is just between you and me.

Candidate: I didn’t say I was running.

Friend: You said “I think I’ll run.”

Candidate: Why is everyone always twisting my words?