Good Clean Fun

There's no better indicator of the mess this country is in than the absurd phrase levelled by both Democrats and Republicans alike when sniping at the opposition: they're playing politics. As if voicing disagreement with a policy or action is all just a game they play while score is kept by the pollsters. It makes me think of when I was back in grade school and we would have an election to see who got to be mayor for a day. The winner would shake hands with the real mayor and sit at the mayor's desk for a photo op. I never made mayor, but I did get to be councilman for a day once. Now that's playing politics. The pollsters. There's another subject altogether. It's like watching a football game and the announcer says after a touchdown, "AP puts the score at Redskins 44, Patriots 27, while UPI has it at Redskins 41, Patriots 30. All polls have a 4% margin of error." Hey, it's all just a game.