...and such and such

"Look..."

"A fundamental difference..."

"It's fundamentally wrong..."

"It's the fair thing to do..."

"...my friends..."

Just a few of the repeatedly used catch phrases.

I heard and learned nothing new last night. Both are so entrenched in the idea that they have to be heard and so intent on getting all of their well-worn campaign "stuff" out of their mouths, that it just doesn't really matter that questions were skirted. Sure...some were answered. But some weren't. Of course, my response to Hannah's same comments was, "And that, my friend...is politics." It's not lost on me. I guess I just harbor some hope that I will be surprised or delighted or at the very least, intrigued, by something communicated differently.

It's wearing on me.

I hope the next one is more exciting.

And, boy, Tom Brokaw had a burr, didn't he?