Reply #14: These are the kinds of arguments that eventually force politicians to say nothing [View All]

of substance. It's quite clear what he meant by this. It's not anything against Dems, it's just a wake-up call to do better. If every statement every politician makes has to be completely balanced and leave no room for any wingnut mis-interpretation, we will get what we asked for; bland, disclaimer-laden, pandering, useless pseudo-ideas. In fact, that very well might be the point of his comment. It's like the "fine-print" for your credit card statement or any other corporate contract. Every time they get sued or challenged, they add another disclaimer to the fine print, and eventually we end up with 40 pages of type to small to read. Politicians who have been in the game a long time often sound like that too.