The Bait-and-Switch of Professional Politicians

Bait-and-switch. We've all seen it. They advertise what they know the buyers want in order to bring us in. "Computers! Microwave ovens! LCD HDTVs! Everything on sale! 50% Off! One day only!"

Next day you get there and you can't find anything you want at 50% off. "Where'd everything go?" you ask the sales rep. "Sorry, we got wiped out 50 minutes after opening the door." Bait-and-switch.

Politicians do the same thing to us. Remember George W. Bush? "I'm a uniter not a divider. I don't know about NAFTA. I'm not into nation-building." So we elect him and what do we get? The most divided public in our nation's history; CAFTA on top of NAFTA; and nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama? Same thing. Remember "First thing I'm gonna do is bring the troops home?" Check out this clip if you don't remember. And then remember. And next time you go to vote, don't forget. Don't get baited again. And again. And again.