quote “Getting elected is hardly an achievement”
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Getting people to VOTE for you is of MASSIVE importance to winning.
It matters not what you have accomplished in life if no one likes you and no one will vote for you. A record of winning state wide elections proves you have the KEY ability.
Look at the state of the country because that is where the political class has led us. It might be different if we had elected true statesmen, but everything is now about getting elected and then b s ing the all way to the next election. Nothing positive is ever accomplished. We just recently elected a Republican House and Senate, and just look how they have caved and found excuses for changing nothing. That is what politicians do, and yes, getting elected is a personal accomplishment, but that does us no good when they simply inhabit the office.