- Smile
- Stay on message
- Wag their fingers
- Make Deals
- Make sure their hair is perfect
- Take money wherever they can get it
- Find the camera
- Pass the buck
- Politic
- Say whatever you want to hear
- Play it safe
- Campaign
- Put the party first
- Take credit
- Lie
What Politicians Don’t Do
- Answer the question
- Clean their own toilets
- Have genuine conversations
- Know what the Founders wanted
- Level with you
- Associate with poor people
- Accept blame
- Know your name
- Sacrifice
- Listen
- Inspire confidence
- Put the public’s welfare first
- Have any answers
- Restore your faith in democracy
- Get it