Pundits: Quit Being Enablers!
Quit rewarding politicians for bad behavior! Quit sensationalizing everything! Quit playing personality politics!
There are a million topics you can cover if you want ratings – politics is near the bottom of that barrel. If you want to talk about who is wearing what or who they were dancing with, I’ll buy you a one-way ticket to Hollywood. Bring a cheap camera and something to defend yourself with, because the celebrities won’t be so kind as the politicians are forced to be.
Candidates: You can’t play the victim. You seek the spotlight, and you seek control. When you legislate our personal activity, you’re opening your own up to scrutiny. Welcome to the stage.
Try to remember that the audience has the final say in if you’ll ever get to play act 2.