It's All a Matter of Perspective

Listening to our politicians, those people who hanker after an elected office, I am stunned by their willingness to throw away civility and honesty. Why not twist an incident, or distort words?

They drag through the past looking for something to hang on the shoulders of an opponent —wishing to see them pulled down by the weight of innuendoes or the twisting of facts.

But then if we did not resonate to all the external noise, if we didn't jump from candidate to candidate—taken in by the negativity, if we said no and really meant it....