Long-winded letters are a sure sign one is attempting to confuse you, bore you to death, or just doesn’t know what he/she is talking about! “Just study your politicians and how they use Mark Twain’s words,” a government professor once told me. “Get your facts first; then you can distort ’em as you please.”

I’m not going to complain too much this year about state or federal politicians. They’ve all lived up to expectations.

Someone once said anyone can become president and this year they could have been right. Nastiness in politics could once again turn off a lot of voters. Political ads that slam each other might set a new record.

It could appear to some that John McCain and Barack Obama are off to a good start. It could be possible some voters might think that the one most qualified to run the White House is the pig that those two keep putting lipstick on.

Just think about it: For the first time, we could put someone in Washington who knows best how to keep politicians and special interest groups from “hogging out” on taxpayer dollars.

OK, OK, oink, oink!

I’ll vote for the pig.

Bob Burton, Industry