Dan Rather tweet: the purpose of politics is policy not about scoring points....

[IcyPeas]

Dan Rather
@DanRather
One of the problems with how politics is covered is many have forgotten that the purpose of politics is policy, as in solving problems. It's not about scoring points in a game of inside baseball. To cover it as such undermines the health and safety of our nation and the planet.

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[calimary]

1. A national treasure he still is.

[Haggard Celine]

2. We have grade school politics in this country.

And elections are often mere popularity contests. I'm not sure this is anything new, though. Politics throughout our history has often involved trading insults and making outrageous claims. Now, however, we have the ability to find out what the truth is, but so many don't want to know it or choose to believe a lie.