But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.
I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts – protecting them I thought from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics if not in my soul. The true me my spiritual core slipped further and further from reach.
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I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will always keep me out of politics.
