By Thaddeus G. McCotter, Chronicles, November 20, 2025
Thaddeus G. McCotter represented Michigan’s 11th Congressional district from 2003-2012 and served as chair of the Republican House Policy Committee. He is a frequent public speaker and moderator for public policy seminars, and a Monday co-host of the “John Batchelor Radio Show.”
I have often cautioned that we should pay less attention to what politicians say than to what they do not say and, further, that we should notice when and where they do not say it.
Politicians are inclined to speak in trite phrases about a host of issues and individuals, for or against them. In all these situations, the speaker’s aim is twofold: to convey his message and to increase his public esteem. In other words, he aims to improve his electability by saying what he says. Recall the old hoary trope of craven politicians offering their paeans to “God, motherhood, and apple pie.” (Today, of course, the left has changed this list to read: secularism, abortion, and DEI.)
The politician will deliver his message in the setting most congenial for his clichés. Think of a keynote speaker praising the goals and achievements of an assemblage at their annual convention. True, politicians love to portray themselves as having the courage to take a stand against anyone, anywhere, come Hell or high water. While there may be a kernel of truth in their words in the moment they are spoken, they are conditional and, should the stance prove unpopular as an election approaches, it is quickly abandoned. ….
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