Reply #22: And I'm sick of game-playing. It is disingenuous and has gotten

[Skidmore]

us where we are today. Being manipulative does not need brainpower. Playing with devices does not take intellect. Politics should be demoted from its game status because the feints and parrys usually only hurt those without weapons to defend themselves. We complain about the lies and deceipts today and the caginess of those who trot them out there--why should we mimic them. There is nothing more complicated and unrefutable than simple truth. Did you hear those ladies from NO yesterday at the House Select Committee hearing? That is how it is done. No rejected premises. I heard a woman say to a politician, "I answered you in my own words." Shays couldn't respond, didn't know how to respond. She told him the truth and it didn't fit his jargon and formalized speaking expectations. That is how it is done.