It's because you can't get on TV if you're not going to boost ratings, and reasonable people give less spectacular results than foam-spewing ideologues on both the left and the right.
Since modern politics in the USA depends on media exposure.... well, I find the conclusion obvious.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Since modern politics in the USA depends on media exposure.... well, I find the conclusion obvious.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll