Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And the politicians are not going to disclose the, let's say, limited body of knowledge in their constituencies. You don't get elected calling your voters airheads.

Pictures can be devastating. Who allowed John Kerry to get himself photographed windsurfing in a flowered swimsuit? Anyone in the real world in that operation?

I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.

Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.

Money's dominance over politics isn't merely one problem of many our country faces. It is the problem! It is a growing crisis that prevents us from tackling anything else.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives.