From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:17:31 -0500, Gene McAloon
 wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:19:06 -0400, "John Beamish"
 DOT com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hollywood experience -- especially in front of the cameras -- seems to
>> count, too.
>
> Not really. It was as a former governor that Reagan ran for the
> presidency.
> Without that governorship, he would never have nominated, let alone
> elected.
>
> Of course you might think of a governor's office as a high office. I
> don't.
>

Of a state the size of California?  Yes, I think so.  Of Vermont, no.

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Gary Wiltshire

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