David Hawpe: Politics is about tropery and trickery on TV.

The C-J's David Hawpe argues in today's column that "politics [has been] reduced to tropery and trickery on TV," and "[t]he problem with politics on TV is that candidates' claims disappear into the ether. What sticks with us is the easy gesture, the facile smile, the whole body language of phony certitude."

Can ANYONE dispute the veracity of that WISE observation?