Election season

As far as I can tell, at least 50% of all political speeches nowadays could be replaced by the following mantra:

Listen: Cut and run, cut and run, cut and run, hard work, hard work, hard work, cut and run, stay the course, hard work, cut and run, understand, cut and run, hard work, hard work, hard work, stay the course, cut and run, hard work, flexible, dependable, unacceptable, can't change, cut and run, horses in mid-stream, hard work, stay the course, cut and run, cut and run, cut and run, hard work, understand, horses in mid-stream, can't change, cut and run, hard work, cut and run, can't change, cut and run, can't accept, hard work, cut and run, hard work, understand, cut and run, cut and run, cut and run, hard work, listen, last throes, cut and run, we've tried, cut and run, stand up, cut and run, stand down, cut and run, hard work, stand up, stand down, cut and run, cut and run, cut and run.

Repeat ad nauseam. One might as well have a tape player on the podium.