Politicians are a sad miserable lot

[hardeeharhar]

schadenfreude.

Look at the thread titles on this forum:

Pelosi's "Culture of Corruption"
GW Bush the worst president in US history
Harry Reid is a Pathetic, Transparent, Miserable Failure
Has Bush fallen off the wagon...again?

etc. etc.

what ever happened to wanting good things to occur in government? why do we take so much pleasure in finding fault with our political leaders? why do they do it to themselves?

Most of you know my politics; let's just say that GWBush's policies have negatively affected my ability to pursue a livelihood in my field (not that that is the reason I rabid dislike this administration -- it just happens to be the one that EVERYONE would understand). But shouldn't we all want the government to do good (transparency, end of lobbying, etc)? It does after all represent us. Reveling and arguing about the failures of some politician or another with the specific purpose to broadly paint all politicians of that class and party as scum does nothing for the political game that we all desperately want to change.

It is fine to be contrarian when one has a view point to back it up, but so many of these threads on this forum are simply hateful. It sickens me that seemingly intelligent people are unable to carry on a conversation about how to go about fixing the political process and where the broken one has lead us. Instead its: Kerry rapes and pillages local brothel, liberal media ignores the screams of passion or Bush skull fucks dead africans for fun...

Horrible miserable lot...

[dmz]

It starts at the local level and gets worse the higher up in government you go. We can make a difference, but that difference isn't some spectacular political coup or senate investigation, it's humdrum charity work to keep Federal tentacles out of a nursing home, or some other local cause. Dealing with a tax base issue, or local waste, something, anything.

Once you start lifting rocks in your home town, there is a lot you can do. But we can't watch TV and be at the City Council or advisory board meetings.

This will never end until we make things like that a priority.

[thuh Freak]

I blame the republicans.

[@_@ Artman]

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[ThinkingDifferent]

I blame the republicans.


I blame their parents for not practicing safe sex.

[dmz]

It's missing the tequila shots they must have had prior to posing for the picture.
....wiiiffffffffffffffffff

Ha, aren't both those guys for legalization? At least in practice?


Seriously, politics has always been a big bag of crap, from Samuel's telling the Jews their king would bankrupt them through Alcabides unbelievable shenanigans, to Caiphas deciding the big J.C. needed to take one for the team; and on to modern marvels ranging from Robespeirre to Lincoln, from Churchill to Castro.

It's been making sausage from then until now. Backroom deals, polarized press, political machines, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla. That hasn't changed, and probably never will.

But lately there seems to be a creeping populism that stinks. Things like politicians saying idiocy that would get them flunked out of any freshman econ class, or the popularity of a movie like Loose Change seem to point to a "level" of general knowledge that's in the proverbial crapper. When Pelosi cranked up the manure spreader, any of us could have done the math -- oh wait, they'll have to override a veto -- but, nooooo, it was going to be the age of Aquarius all over again, iPhone splash screens notwithstanding.

It's almost as if any public message that is this side of a National Enquirer headline, is swallowed whole. Tell someone that SS is economic mythology, show them the receipts, and it's off to Madame Guillotine with you.

Something weird going on there.

[Jubelum]

I blame the republicans.

:lol: Wow.