Speaking Impolitic

"If perchance some of the language has to be impolitic or even flowery to answer an honest question, then so be it." 

One of the reasons many folks are drawn to Donald Trump is his ability to speak the magical language of impolitic. Well he sort of speaks it. Sometimes he crosses that fuzzy line between impolitic and downright rude and crude. However there is something very refreshing about "plain talk". When Harry Truman spoke "plain talk" instead of "Washington speak" during his term, the folks loved it.

I think the problem is very simple with our desire to hear something between "plain talk" and impolitic talk. After 8 years of Bill (depends what the meaning of is, is) Clinton and now over 7 years of Barack Hussein Obama, we are tired of being waltzed around the hyperbole Maypole. In other words, we need a leader who can tell us the truth - and damn the PC police. And yes, sometimes that might be saying something "offensive".

And by the way, that does not mean we need to have the message "dumbed down" for us. We are not 5th graders. We understand more than the pundits and politicians think we do. And when we ask a question, we want a straight answer. Not a sidewinder which will take us someplace unrelated to the question asked. If perchance some of the language has to be impolitic or even flowery to answer an honest question, then so be it.

Watching the debates so far this year has been a joke. Many of the questions asked are not the ones that many of us care about. We want direct answers in response to direct questions. No slogans, no empty promises, just a plausible answer to a direct question. I really don't know why that is so hard. On Social Security for example, the question might be, "Is Social Security going to stay solvent?" If the answer is no, then the follow-up would be, "How do we make it solvent?" The same question could also go for Medicare.

The bottom line is this - if the United States government has mismanaged Social Security, then tell us. If it has turned into nothing more than a Ponzi Scheme, then tell us. And if there is no way it can be fixed, then tell us. No more lies. No more double talk. No more legal babble. Just straight, impolitic talk.

By this time two months from now, we should know who the two candidates are. Then we will really need some straight talk. I know we will not get impolitic from the other side, I can only hope it comes from ours.