by Sid Bernstein

About the author: Sid Bernstein, who died in 1993, was a columnist and chairman of the executive committee for Advertising Age, a weekly magazine covering the advertising industry.

Fun is fun, but what all of us have been hearing and reading lately is turning into something extremely serious. So I want to repeat exactly what I have said many times before: It is time to stop bashing Congress, the presidency, all the government officials in Washington as well as all the office holders and politicians in the states, cities and counties all over our 50 states.

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

It can be great fun and a wonderful way to let off steam to denounce all politicians as idiots and crooks, but I have a growing suspicion this attitude, as useful as it may be for speechmakers...