Caught you..... (Score 1)

"Politicians, at least those in our society, never seem to give a straight answer to a question. If a journalist asks a specific question, the politician answers with a "sound bite" or short, memorized speech which is related to, but does not necessarily answer, the reporter's question. If asked about schools for example, the politician may reply with a memorized policy statement on education policy. It is as though the response was merely triggered by the keyword "school" in the question. No creative or spontaneous thinking is required. "

Though I did find many of the memorized policy statements interesting and insightful, they were clearly that. I have memories of doing the same once myself, but they may not be real.