Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.
As governor, part of my job is to tell people things they don't like to hear.
Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.
One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.
People are tired of seeing politicians as all talk and no action.
When politicians seek to restrict political speech, it is invariably to protect their own incumbency and avoid having to defend their policies in the marketplace of ideas.
People are not really interested in what politicians talk about, but what they are really interested in is how their hard-earned tax money is spent.
Politicians are just Daily Mail journalists writ large, aren't they? They're always telling us what's going to happen, and we know they don't know!