Mrs. Clinton

October 29, 2017


Thank you for calling your book "What Happened."  Although I would rather not have had the publicity, I appreciate that you thought about what I had written about the University of Virginia before you published your book.  

I don't ever want to have a professional, political career in any capacity:

-I hate public speaking.

-I have a phobia of deadlines.  

-I don't think that I could be happy in a working environment in which people have to argue with people whom they like, or smile at people whom they hate, according to the day of the week and topic of discussion.  

-Professional politics at this time in American history seem to demand compromises of a type that I can't tolerate.  I would not want to have to choose between my ideals and my career, nor would I want to live with the knowledge that there are so many people jostling each other to take my place, and who have no ideals over which to agonize, that there's no guarantee that ceding my place to them would do less harm than good.  

It is sad that the prevailing domestic and international feeling of this first quarter of the 21st century seems to be fear.  I envy no politician the timeless task of attempting to implement peace, stability and freedom.  That task is particularly difficult in a world whose social, political and technological parameters have changed drastically, not always negatively, but permanently, since the end of the last century.  Since I refuse to carry that burden, I will also have to refuse the credit for carrying it.  



Copyright L. Kochman, October 29, 2017 @ 2:55 p.m.


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