“You can’t just appoint somebody who’s a pal but basically whose IQ is closer to his belt size.”
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This homily should be inscribed above the entrance  to Honolulu Hale.  It perfectly depicts the mindset of the local elites.  In some societies the one eyed man is king, locally the individual with two brain cells to rub together vies to be the leader of the latest rendition of the political monarchy.
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Could it be the belief that belt size and IQ are equivalent that mandates that local political leaders are larger than life?