“The tears flowed as the former speaker was responding to questions about his mother from a pollster and longtime political ally.”
I wonder if the pollster and longtime ally had some polling data on how tears affect women voters. Right on cue.
Damn straight he did. Everyone knows that emotion plays into the decision making of women. And it's true for more than a majority of women. There are exceptions, but to cry on cue at that time with women present? We're not embiciles, even though some on this thread think we are.