I think politicians (and increasingly the general public) have gotten way too wrapped up in political speak. Their main job seems to be to advocate for the exact opposite of whatever their rival wants. They make bold statements and predictions in front of news cameras, lie more often than not, and there are never any kind of repercussions for their actions. They play dirtier than they accuse their opponents of playing. They count on the fact that a tiny percentage of us will actually fact check them and see their bold-faced lies.
They stick their chests out and declare how they know best. They act and react blindly on little-to-no factual information to gain a couple cool points with their target voter's demographic segment. If the law doesn't allow them to do what their spoiled asses wish to do, they find an obviously illegal backdoor to get their way. Why? Again, because they know nobody on the opposing side has any balls to call them out on it and Joe Blow doesn't care enough to do anything.
Maybe what they need is to be spoken to in a slightly more clear manor, more often, as in the OP's post.
"I have paid for fat poor people's chips and soda too long; I want to stop now, thanks."
"They are not undocumented citizens. They are illegals. They need to go. They should not be allowed to have city IDs and go to an American university for free. Thanks."
"You may not have my neighbor's guns. Or mine. I'm not being a hardass - there are a dozen reasons why I am right and you are wrong on this topic."
"How can you vote over and over to support an abortion at 9 months, including killing any baby that makes it through the abortion - and then stand in front of the cameras and shed a tear for 20 kids murdered in CT? 1000x that many kids are taken every month. You gave the top abortion company in the nation a record amount of my money in 2012. I don't agree to this, ok?"
"You lied. You need impeached now."
"Yes, you do have a spending problem. You have a gigantic problem. Stop it.
"The first thing you can cut if you fail to pass a budget is your own salary and retirement contributions. You can stop threatening my grandparents' social security checks (the money you borrowed for 40 years and are nice enough to give back) or my buddy's military paycheck. "