Say it A'int So, Again

Hi everyone,

I know that I have written about this before, but I feel that it needs to be repeated. I have said so many, many times before, that I have lost count about how politicians don't have any common sense, what so ever! For the majority of politicians, a prequisite to going into politics is, no matter what your age, seems to have never learned about what common sense is. This leads to not being able to use any common sense, since they haven't learned it. I watched today's Sunday morning TV news programs and again, I am so very disappointed.

An interveiw is supposed to work something like this; (correct me if I am wrong), one person asks a series of questions and the other person or maybe persons, are supposed to answer the questions. Seems straight forward and simple enough, don't you agree? Except when it is election season, which seems to be a 24/7/365 affair, that is not how interviews go. Ok, ok, I should take that back and say only 50% of the interviews go that way. Half? Well, there is always a news person/interviewer, but on these shows they are called moderators, who ask the questions just like an interview should go. But when the other person, which is always a politican, answers the question, there is no real answer. Rather, there is a beating around the bush, while adding some prerehearsed comment to deflect the real answer which might and probably would hurt their cause. There are no direct and truthful to the point answers. I find this type of interview extremely frustrating and exhausting to watch. It gives the appearance, maybe rightfully so, that the politicians are more interested in getting whatever message they want to get out and to hell with the content as it pertains to the actual question(s).

Most politicians on both sides of the aisle do this as common practice without using any common sense. Just because it is a common practice, doesn't mean that it is a best practice. It is obviously a worst practice and should be discontinued immediately. Questions should be answered to the point, truthfully and with facts. No made up facts, no spin, no lies and no deceptions, period. Name calling should also be included. It is a sad state of affairs that this happens over and over and again and again with no end in sight. When will politicians realize that the American people really wants direct, truthful and to the point answers. Nothing else should be acceptable. I know, I know that this type of answer won't end any time soon, but I can still hope!

Til next week.

Peter