Kander Vs. Greitens: Show-Me Winner?!?

Missouri prog blog imagines face-off betwixt two power players who garnered drastically different outcomes over the course of their career so far . . . . 

The punchline . . . Both of them are basically out of politics or just shouting from the sidelines like the rest of us.

Nevertheless . . . 

Here's how this scribe sees the juxtaposition . . .

By 2017, Kander was addressing groups from Iowa to New Hampshire, appearing on CNN, and being touted as a presidential candidate. He lost a Senate race, but parlayed it into celebrity status.

Eric Greitens demonstrates the opposite side of that coin.

A decorated veteran, Rhodes Scholar, successful author and motivational speaker, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Greitens would still be cashing in on the speaker’s circuit and writing best sellers today had he remained a private citizen.  

But he won the 2016 race for Missouri governor, and within 18 months of taking office his public and private life was in tatters as he was forced to resign to avoid impeachment. An extramarital affair was exposed that included allegations of violent sexual assault, and he was charged (though never convicted) with two felonies and a litany of campaign finance violations.

He won, but wouldn’t he have been better off if he lost?   

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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