Despite man’s professed fealty to the truth, politics always seems to lead him into hiding some nastiness in a nice way – until now.
The two slithered away, never having heard the sermon of the man on the mount. They were much too pleased with their own cleverness to have heard a word of what was actually said.

Politicians are more than happy to take credit for anything good under the sun, but they eschew any responsibility when their name is to blame.
Politicians need to sing to their audience, not to themselves. They need to sing (and govern) in a manner that does not look, sound, or feel like they are so tone deaf that they are missing what really matters to the people who elected them.
Many voters want better leaders, but instead of voting for this, they’re happy to be bought off by those they think will give them something.
If politicians want to be effective and truly serve their constituents, they need to do what they say they are going to do, rather than just use the office to expand their careers or gain power and influence.