David Pakman

Start with why do elected officials say one thing one week and the exact opposite the next?

The ones that do.

Why do they suddenly evolve on issues right as the polling changes?

Why does Trump say he does want a ceasefire and he doesn't want a ceasefire?

A woman who gets an abortion should be punished and then she shouldn't be punished.

Why is this going on?

because they aren't fundamentally operating from ideology.

They're operating from incentives.

There are exceptions on the left and some on the right.

I think Rand Paul mostly just tells us what he really believes.

And he believes, although I think he's wrong, he believes that what he wants to see happen would be better for the country.

I think the same thing about Thomas Massey.

I think the same thing about Bernie.

I think the same thing about just to pick random people when Congressman Jake Auchincloss is on the show.

And a lot of you like them because you said this guy genuinely seems to get it and care.

I'm not saying it's none of them.

But the incentive is to say whatever polling tells you people want to hear.

They'll, you know, say Taylor Swift is the best thing in music if that's what's trending and if it's going to get them votes, if they'll be more libertarian, if that polls well and then they'll say raise some taxes or maybe it's fees, but we'll cut taxes maybe on some people, not others.

For too many people in politics today, there is no real core.

The core is rotten.