A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for.
I'm the candidate who forgot to take off her hat before she threw it in the ring.
You've buttered your bread, now sleep in it.
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.
You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?
We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.