31.   Politicians know that opposing impassioned voters may mean looking for a new job, so silent majorities get ignored.

32.   Politicians know what moms want.

33.   Politicians know who butters their bread.

34.   Polls, as any politician knows, can be inaccurate.

35.   Politicians know this, which explains why they scramble for television licenses any time the government opens concessions.

36.   Politicians know they mess with it at their peril.

37.   So said most of the two dozen other Modesto residents interviewed Wednesday, and politicians know it.

38.   The politicians know they have to implement these reforms.

39.   The networks know that and the politicians know that.

40.   The politicians know how to use the nuclear bombs on their own people.