hey Spence...Sowell posted a great article about you today...you should read it....
Politics vs. Reality
The facts are there, but they mean nothing if they are ignored.
It is hard to understand politics if you are hung up on reality. Politicians leave reality to others. What matters in politics is what you can get the voters to believe, whether it bears any resemblance to reality or not.
Not only among politicians, but also among much of the media, and even among some of the public, the quest is not for truth about reality but for talking points that fit a vision or advance an agenda. Some seem to see it as a personal contest about who is best at fencing with words.
Politics vs. Reality - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online