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Oaf of office: seventeen years after my last foray into politics, I''m thinking of running for something again. Say a prayer for me--and yourselves. (The Last Roundup).

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1044 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
AT THE WHITE HOUSE RECENTLY, AS I WAS advising the president on Iraq, I thought I heard him mention putting me in charge of the National Park Service. It's about time he appointed a real cowboy, I said to myself as I adjusted my fanny pack. I knew, of course, that this would not be a Cabinet-level appointment. I would probably have a portfolio of some kind, a small staff of busy little bureaucrats to do all the work, and I'd no doubt carry the title of Undersecretary. That was fine with me. I'd probably be spending most of my time under my secretary anyway.

As I left the East Wing, I became more and more certain that, if not exactly offering me a position, the president was subtly encouraging me to get back into politics. I'd been on hiatus since my unsuccessful campaign for justice of the peace in Kerrville in 1986, but that...

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