Several politicians and WIVES of politicians have been public about their EXPERIENCES with depression or bipolar ILLNESS, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore and Kitty Dukakis. Each made a tremendous difference by doing so.

And I think MUSICIANS can BETTER run this STATE than POLITICIANS. And, HELL, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

The politicians are all USELESS INDIVIDUALS. Nobody is reducing the problems in the U.S. or EUROPE, just putting on a Band-Aid and postponing the problems endlessly.

One of the THINGS that's unique about Louisiana politics is that PEOPLE here have a much more REALISTIC attitude about who their POLITICIANS are. They know they are human and not saints or Mormons or EAGLE Scouts.

The most important obligation our government has is to PROTECT American citizens, and for decades career politicians like Joe Donnelly in WASHINGTON have neglected their DUTY by failing to stop illegal immigration and the flow of drugs pouring ACROSS our weak BORDER.

I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've GOT this problem, so let's FIND the SOLUTION. Let's find a scientist, let's find politicians who are prepared to shape the FUTURE, or try and KEEP up with it.'

You get a little PICTURE that reflects the whole. You can get READERS interested in the life of one guy, and he can reflect the whole life AROUND him. And it's a BETTER picture than the POLITICIANS give you.

I THINK POLITICIANS REALLY GO with the TIDE.

I ADMIRE politicians. It is a really TOUGH ASSIGNMENT, and I WOULD FALL at the first fence.

Politicians have done some grim things in pursuit of the OFFICE. President Franklin Roosevelt was a philanderer; nevertheless, he pushed aides to use his OPPONENT Wendell Wilkie's affairs to hurt him. He EVEN tutored aides on how to spread rumors WITHOUT getting CAUGHT.

I'm your average JOE GUY. I don't REALLY CARE for POLITICIANS.