My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them.

It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked.

In an interview with a journalist, you look petty taking the pot shot but in a slick ad you can really do damage - including unfair damage - from afar. It is not that much different than waging a war by a drone than by hand-to-hand combat.

What person here illegally (and in his right mind), will go to the government, announce being here illegally (e.g. plead guilty), provide all sorts of information as to where that person lives etc. to get a work permit only to be a target for deportation in two years?

I like really stupid comedies.

Unfortunately, this is a free society, and we're gonna have people with trucks, and people with bombs.

My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them.