Holy Diver

It's certainly a good start: a 19-year-old political science student who dreams of becoming US president was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, beating a 70-year-old for the job, the city hall announced Thursday.

John Tyler Hammons, a first-year student at the University of Oklahoma, won the job to lead the city of 40,000 with 70 percent of the vote over a former mayor. The incumbent did not take part in the race.

"The campaign was great, it was fun and we won the trust of the people," Hammons told AFP.

"I want an open government. I don't have the monopoly on good ideas," he said.

For Hammons, who will take office Monday for a two-year term, it is only the beginning of a political career.

"I would like to be governor of Oklahoma and president of the United States," he said.


http://rawstory.com/news/afp/19_year..._05152008.html

Real World

I saw the kid on TV. He sounds incredibly articulate, and seems intelligent. Good for him. The only problem is that the city he was elected in, is run by a City Manager, and not the mayor. The mayor position doesn't hold much sway. Never the less, good for the kid.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
Leo Tolstoy, 1897

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DarrylS

Wonder if he smokes marijuana.. for those who do not remember "I'm and okie from Muskogee" .. that Viet Nam Era song that toted the values of the Oklahoma..

Anyways not sure how good he is, as he does not have white hair and has not stood the test of time..

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wistahpatsfan

That was my first thought, too. Then I thought "naw!,..they don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee"

He'll probably do a better job than the 70 year-old.

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Harry Boy

Wait till the scumbag politicians get their hooks into him and start passing him those white enveloples under the table.....

What church does he go to------

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wistahpatsfan

You beat me to it.....

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Lifer

Well, at least nobody can say "He sat at that church for 20 years listening while that Pastor said........"

wistahpatsfan

In-deedly doodly!

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DarrylS

Not sure why pols pass envelopes.. usually the scumbag big donors pass them looking for a favor.

He is an atheist so don't worry about religion.

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