Politicians do funny things
Politicians are a funny breed. They generally start off as the media’s best friend but some odd things seem to happen as they move on. People who get into politics all seem to shape themselves into the same mould when it comes to dealing with the media.
Some examples.
Politicians like to hold news conferences on either old issues or things that have already been announced. Too many times I have shown up to a “newser” just to find out that I went to the same announcement six months ago or that a minor detail made them want to revel in something good again.
There are also times when politicians decide to make themselves available to the media a tad too late. There have been times where one politician announces something or an issue arises and days (sometimes a week) later the reaction from certain politicians come.
The other funny thing politicians do is not answer questions directly, they give you the run around. I won’t name names but today I was at just such an event. Reporters were asking many different questions and were receiving the same answer…whether it made sense or not.
Let me give you a fictitious scenario:
Reporter: What’s better dogs or cats?
Politician: I like dogs.
Reporter: Do you hate cats?
Politician: I like dogs.
Reporter: Would you support an all dog nation?
Politician: I like dogs.
Reporter: Would you put down a dog that has bitten someone?
Politician: I like dogs.
I think you can see how frustrating that can be. None of the reporters were happy with the responses they were getting.
These are just two examples of many I will probably give you over the history of my blog.
Happy Politicking.