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What To Do When Your Elected Head Of State Embarrasses You (SemiReal)

Keep reminding Yourself, "You Could Have Done Worse"

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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR ELECTED HEAD OF STATE EMBARRASSES YOU BY...

...TRAVELING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TRYING TO FORCE THAT COUNTRY TO ACCEPT THE BLAME FOR YOUR SOCIAL/ECONOMIC/MORAL PROBLEMS OF YOUR DEVISING.
Consider how lucky you are that you didn't elect a Head of State with no foreign policy experience whatsoever.
...MAKING SPEECHES DURING WHICH THEY PROPOSE THAT THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE NATIONAL ECONOMIC/SOCIAL/HEALTH/EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR, RATHER THAN BY SPENDING GOVERNMENT MONEY.
Consider the fact that they are probably correct, especially when you take into account the fundamental nature of politics, governments, and bureaucracies.
...CHOOSING A VICE-HEAD-OF-STATE WHOSE PRIMARY QUALITY IS WIDELY CONSIDERED (REGARDLESS OF THE TRUTH OF THE PERCEPTION) TO BE THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPLY STAND-UP COMEDIANS WITH MATERIAL.
Support weapons control legislation. Contribute to medical research.
... SPENDS INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND MONEY ON OBSCURE LEGAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSTITUTION.
Remember that a dollar spent on satellite links between Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Goose Bay, Newfoundland is a dollar not spent on curtains for the Head of State's mother's friend's house.
... CARRIES OUT MONUMENTALLY STUPID POLICIES, RESULTING IN S/HE BEING LESS POPULAR THAN CLINICALLY INSANE MEMBERS OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN, GREEN VEST SOCIETY, OR THE DECALEGGED BEING LIBERATION FRONT.
Swallow your principles and fight for the incumbent incompetent.
... CARRIES OUT MONUMENTALLY STUPID POLICIES AND ACTIONS, RESULTING IN S/HE LOSING AN ELECTION TO CLINICALLY INSANE MEMBERS OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN, GREEN VEST SOCIETY, OR THE DECALEGGED BEING LIBERATION FRONT.
Move to somewhere relaxingly idyllic and safe, like a naked singularity.
... MAKES COMMENTS ABOUT POLLUTION-CAUSING TREES, RADIATION BEING GOOD FOR THE SINUSES, AND BOMBING THE ENEMY BACK TO THE PRE-CABLE AGE.
Celebrate the fact that you have a Head of State capable of hiring a great many advisors and then ignoring them completely.

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What To Do When Your Elected Head Of State Embarrasses You (SemiReal)

Keep reminding Yourself, "You Could Have Done Worse"

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