stuff i think

"...and finally, the number one sign you might not have what it takes to run for office....

Journal Gazette | 10/22/2004 | After 2 tries, Parra flees debate over stage fright: "A case of stage fright sent Democrat Maria Parra off a TV stage Thursday, abruptly ending what would have been her only debate with Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd.


“I’m not used to being in front of the camera. … I couldn’t get my words out. I was just overwhelmed,” she said after the aborted debate, which was being taped at WPTA and which would have been aired this weekend. The matchup has not been rescheduled and is not likely to be."