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Peeve of the Week: Doubletalk

October 16, 2008 Boy-o-boy.  After last night’s debate, I can’t help but feel overly frustrated by this phenomenon that is so rampant in politics to provide answers that have nothing to do with the question.  After awhile I had to mute John McCain because it seemed that the answer to every question was, “But Senator Obama did this and Senator Obama did that – Na, na, na, na, na.”  I couldn’t take it.  He was like a little toddler crying to his mother, “Mommy, he stole my turtle and called me a sissy.  Waaaa.”  How unbecoming and how unpresidential.  Not to mention the fact that he is seventy-something.  I don't know if it is a lack of class or a lack of maturity or proof of that saying that we revert back to little babies in our old age... but gimme a break.  We're talking about running the free world here. 

At work, we run a similar risk of losing focus on the issues that matter if we allow a habit to develop of answering a question that wasn’t asked.  So one way to keep your eye on the proverbial workplace ball is to know what you ask and then be sure to get an answer to that query specifically before moving onto something else.  Otherwise, we run the risk of going to work and swimming around in the mayhem and nonsense that we see unravel and worsen around us in this place we call Washington D.C.

Posted by Donna Flagg on October 16, 2008 | Comments (4)