I think I've mentioned before that my dad worked for the State Department for many years. Through him, I've met more than my shares of political appointees, foreign diplomats, civil servants and intelligence analysts to last a lifetime. My dad, well versed in the language of diplomacy and negotiation, often told us kids a version of Maya Angelou's saying: "Don't trust what they say; trust in what they do."
It's why I take a rather cynical view of politics and politicians as an adult. I've seen too often how little their words match up with their actions. It's also why I take a dim view of what passes for journalism too.
I often wonder how materially different the Sunday shows would be if the anchors operate under the same guidelines. Rather than taking whatever a pol says at face value, what would it be like if we reminded them of what they've done?
"Mick Mulvaney, you spent much of the Obama presidency being a deficit hawk. Now that you're part of a Republican administration, you claim no one cares about deficits. Were you lying then or are you lying now?"
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