Why don’t politicians answer questions?

Watching the Sunday morning talk shows, the one thing that bugs me more than any other is the lack of answers to questions. Both parties, both ideologies in the running for election refuse to answer questions. They dance around the issues, they deflect the questions, they point fingers, they flat out make up stuff to avoid answering…WHY?

I don’t think it’s the questions themselves, I think it’s the opponents use of their answers that cause them to be so vague.

Carly Fiorina was asked by Chris Wallace “What specific cuts to the entitlements would you make” Mrs Fiorina danced around that question like a professional ball room dancer…And I fully understand why she did. She’s running in a state that is flush with entitlements. We in California want that to stop, we want the welfare for life program to stop, we want the illegal’s cut off, we want the state unions to pay their share and quit soaking the tax payers. We would like a lot of entitlements CUT OUT. But could she say that? Hell no, she would go from a tie with Boxer to  30 points behind in the race.

If she would have answered that question I’d have become a die hard Fiorina supporter, I’d have placed signs in my yard, bumper stickers on my car and hell maybe tattoo’d her name on my forehead. And probably 30% of this state would have done the same. BUT: We would be stuck with Boxer on Nov 3rd though.

And that’s a damn shame in its own right.

Democrats are no better, every democrat that appeared on any show this morning failed to answer any question without blaming the republicans for something in their answer. I didn’t hear ONE, not ONE of them admit their failures, instead we were subjected to blame, name calling and flat out lies or spin.

Eventually, and it may be very soon, we will get some straight talking politicians. Until that point, we are stuck with politics as usual. The tea party candidates are a breath of fresh air though for the most part.

Note to Politicians: Start answering the questions. Start with TRUTH, start with the VALUES you hold dear and answer truthfully your opinions. We can handle it. IF you lose because of it, then you lost nothing. You stood and you tried, it’s the American people that lost.

Seriously:

If a Democrat comes on a talk show and gets this question: “Are you a Marxist?” and he answers “Why yes, I believe Marxism best defines my views on how we need to run our nation”

I may vote for him just because at least he’s telling the truth.

Don’t be shocked!

If a Republican came out and said “They wanted to raise the retirement age to 85, cut social security, and send every senior to an Island off the coast of Africa”

I’d vote for them too…

What I’m saying is I’m damn tired of guessing how a person is going to do their job if elected. The past is a good indicator for an incumbent, but for a new candidate it’s not a good measuring stick. Answer the questions better than you have been and do it without pandering. It shouldn’t be that hard.