Why some political ads really bug me.

Consider this stereotypical political advertising message:

My opponent said, “<5 word out-of-context phrase>.”  He is out of touch with mainstream America.

I will lower taxes to middle-class citizens, increase benefits by lowering costs, and increase jobs by improving the economy.  Vote for me.

My beef with politics right now is that candidates are picking apart the details of their opponents plan without even providing the details of their own plan.

I think we need to look at the details of the plans and strategies of the candidates we plan to vote for.  Plans such as “increase jobs by improving the economy” are extremely vague and are likely to be empty campaign promises.

Demand to know, “How are you going to improve this or that?” and “How to you plan to pay for these improvements?” Demand to know the details.  Always ask one more how question.