Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 48
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Allred
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in defense of the peoples' rights and privileges.
There's another thing that I personally resent but I get a lot
of it. I don't know whether people really mean it or not--I don't
think they do mean it because--having been overweight most of my
life I know that a lot of people say things about overweight people
without meaning to be hurtful, but they are. And in the area of
politics it's much the same way. I get a little tired of the jokes
that imply imcompetence or dishonesty in politics. You know, the
guy who, in a large crowd, says, "Well, so you're in politics--lie
a little for me." It is funny and all of that but it kind of hurts
a little bit too because I think the vast majority of people in
public life are honest and hard working and trying to do a job.
Certainly there are some crumbs, but I think the vast majority is
the other way. Unfortunately, that is not the image the public has.
One difficulty, and this goes back to people being poorly
informed, is that most issues are very complex. There are many
things that bear on the issue but the public wants a simple answer
and they want a simple issue. They try to boil everything down to
simplicity except something which particularly involves them. Then
they begin to say, "Well there is a lot to this you don't understand
all that there is to this." But on the average issue that doesn't
touch their lives in a concrete way, people want simple solutions
and simple comments and they can't always get them. This is one
reason why the politician is reluctant to make public statements.
You know the politician's image is fence-straddling, and being forGod, Country, and Motherhood and firmly against the common cold,
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/49/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.