Spin is dead; start telling us the truth. Plus, I have laundry to do, so make it brief. Please.

Every morning, I start my day sitting on the sofa with a very good pot of tea, watching the Today Show with my 11 year old daughter. Sometimes the news is grim, sometimes entertaining. But when politics are on, it can be mind-numbing. The democrats and republicans, or their surrogates, come on and try to spin whatever the topic is, typically to their favor, sometimes against the perceived foe. If there has been some type of uproar over an issue, they try to spin that as well. And we are left to try to figure out who is telling us the truth. Typically, we all just tune out.

We are busy. We juggle jobs and kids and household chores and bills and we try to find some time to have some fun and to sleep, too. Oh, and we also try to eat, although we usually do that simultaneously with the other things mentioned previously. Anyway, my point is this, our time is limited. And that has been to your advantage. Because if we do catch the news, we catch a sound bite that you have spun perfectly and we have little time to really dissect it much. Or react. And you like that. We know.

One of the more refreshing statements that our newly elected Senator Brown has said is that the people are not stupid. And that is very much true. We can see through lies and we know that lobbyists and personal agendas and even vendettas drive a lot of decisions made by our government. It is a shame and a pity that it happens, but it does. We know that. And we sometimes get outraged, but, with so little time to spare, that outrage sometimes goes nowhere. I think that the government counts on that. A little too much.

But things are beginning to change. New social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and You Tube make it virtually impossible for truth to be somehow buried by lies anymore. We can find the truth if we dig enough. And we don't have to dig very deep. Many times a simple google search can answer a question that a politician is reluctant to tell us.

So, here is some advice to politicians and their spin doctors. Just stop it. Stop it right now. Just cut to the chase and tell us the truth. We can take it. We will actually like you better and we may even let you keep your job if you just level with us.

Look, we are not expecting miracles like common sense to take over government, but starting with the facts would be great. Your bold faced lies will only sink you deeper. Can't you see that already?

William E. Simon once said, "Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote." Well, I think we showed, at least in Massachusetts this past month, that we do vote.

So, tell us the truth. You may not like it much and we may not like what we hear, but at least you will have won our respect.