Originally Posted by
tommy
Well I think the reality is that the "staff weenies" and "unelected bureaucrats" know a lot more about the actual substance of the issues than do the TV-friendly sound-byting blowhards whose primary "skill" is raising enough money to win an election.
Well, the funny thing about elected officials is that the actual work they do -- digging into details on their various committees -- is hardly ever seen, because only speeches are aired.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013