Prevaricate

Today’s word is prevaricate which is a verb which means to depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation.

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A year and two days ago it wasn't his intention to prevaricate; he really believed they could accomplish much of what was promised, never underestimating the amount of hard work it would entail. But what he seemed to have undervalued was the amount of partisan maliciousness and unethical, irresponsible behavior that would be confronted at every turn as he sought to accomplish his goals. Perhaps that was due to inexperience, but wasn't his “outside the beltway” mantle why the voters chose him in the first place? Ironic, isn’t it, how experience has become a political blade that cuts both ways.

In the US today, an extensive political background is generally viewed as an undesirable trait - as career ending as being a middle-aged actress who doesn’t use Botox for wrinkles. It is unfortunate, but to get elected in today’s anti-everything climate, a candidate’s cumulative life’s work of political experience must be downplayed, until after the successful election, when the value of that experience, previously labeled degenerate, is priceless.

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