Gotcha

The political season is upon us. It's about the only thing worse than football season for pretense.

We're going to have all too many gotcha moments in the coming weeks. He said this, she said that, can you believe all the things they said?

I can. From both sides. It's nothing new. Mitt Romney's said things he shouldn't have said, Hillary Clinton said things she shouldn't have said, Donald Trump certainly has said things he shouldn't have said, and Kamala Harris has said things she shouldn't have said. It's all going to be out there for all of us to see between now and November. We are in the season of gotcha moments, each side trying to outdo the other. And, truth be told, too many people on each side of the divide buying too much into it.

They're politicians. They're stupid. Now that that's off the table, maybe try actually looking at what the issues are and, yes, examine within reason what the candidates say, and vote accordingly. Yet can we expect the average person to act better than the average politician?