Politics will kill us all!

Don't you just hate when you see a Senator towing the party line no matter how obviously wrong it is? That drives me crazy! Rather than being rational they twist the truth or outright lie just to stick to the party propaganda.

Take Bill Frist for example. Everything this man says is regurgitation of daily Republican party newsletter that spells out how to phrase certain sensitive issues with euphemisms. Have you ever noticed that every Senator/Representative or anyone on the White House staff uses exactly the same phrasing? This is not a right or left wing tactic. It is a political tactic that prevents politicians from accidentally saying anything that would go against their party. Or expose the agenda behind the rhetoric. Frist is a doctor and yet he danced around a direct question about AIDS being transmitted by tears and petting causing pregnancy because it went against a religious right wing publication. He does not try to rectify misinformation in order to stand by his party! This goes against the Hippocratic oath! After repeated pressure from the interviewer he finally said "Yes" to the direct question "Do you agree that the information in the publication is incorrect?" He said "Yes" quietly and quickly and proceded to ramble on about something totally unrelated. How can he live with himself?

This is but one small example of the madness that one falls into when one becomes a professional politician.