Why is it so hard for the politicians to use such simple language?

[BR_Parkway]

"Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You didn't place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."


-Jamie Raskin, testifying Wednesday, March 1, 2006 before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in response to a question from Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs about whether marriage discrimination against gay people is required by "God's Law."

[Untermonkey]

1. Because if they use simple language...

People might actually understand them and then decide to hold them accountable for their actions.

[Karmakaze]

2. Exactly

Politicians make "statements" in complex language as a means of protecting themselves. If they say something that causes an uproar they can simply say that people are misunderstanding what they said. Of course most people don't like to look stupid, and they don't want to risk being proven wrong, so they back down, and accept a half arsed apology along the lines of "Im sorry that a misunderstanding has lead to offense being taken".

The truth is, if politicians said what they really mean even HALF the time, NONE OF THEM would be voted in in the first place.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Simple language reveals lies.... complicated and twisted bullsh*t

hides them most effectively.