There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have said. This November's election was different. Not only did the people speak, they spoke clearly.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are loud.
When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.
In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something.
Every election matters. Anyone that tells you otherwise doesn't understand politics. That said, not every election sends sweeping messages that are easy to discern, but every election provides lessons worth learning.
Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell them one thing and then when they get in office do something else.
One of the least appealing aspects of modern presidential candidates is that, to avoid saying anything that might prove to be an embarrassing, costly blunder, they cling to a rigid set of talking points that reveal as little as possible about what they really think and who they really are.
I regularly see leaders change what they say because they get bored of saying the same thing over and over again. It's not that they vary a few words or change examples, but they change the message.
Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.