We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning. Chuck Todd, US (NBC) Political JournalistKids today don't know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk 9 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel.
"Darling, I think you may want to have a hearing test."
"AND WHY THE HECK WOULD I NEED A HAIRY CHEST AT MY AGE??"
Government is weaker today because the public it serves is quicker to anger, and because the Opposition has realised the safest way back to power is opposition, not policy renewal. No mandate need be respected because the Opposition can trust the media to set impossible standards for government to meet. George Megalogenis, Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal, 2016