[TheRealThing]

I agree. From what I can tell, it will either change you toward the negative or kill you out right.

Well, the truth is many politicians harbor feelings of superiority. The normal world doesn't accept that and therefore, those who are 'big feeling' are usually shunned. Not so in the political arena where all bets are off, as is being continually evidenced by the rash of exposes with regard to corruption, fraud, and ill advised sexual forays.

The problem doesn't have the first thing to do with being a Dem or a Republican either. Arrogant self exceptionalism leads many politicians to wrongly suppose they are special enough to defy tradition and history. Add to that the fact that there is only one way, outside of legal prosecutions, to keep these guys in check. That being the voter. Note, the Dem's party platform is damning enough to sink their ship, in and of itself.

So, given that the low information voter's bent for self gratification is being continually slaked by power loving politicians, we see a kind of self perpetuating engine of mutual predation. Takers need free stuff and Dems need votes. I like to think of this situation as Vampire World. When the vampires first showed up, there were millions of normal folks out there to get blood from. However, the exponential increase in vampire activity soon leveled the field and now we see there are more vampires than prey. Soon the normal folks will be so few the vampires will find themselves without the blood supply they need and infighting will inevitably ensue. That's when we will see the infamous words of Margaret Thatcher verified once again. "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

BTW, I would add that for the reasons outlined above, it would seem to make perfect sense for Americans to welcome candidates who espouse long accepted traditional values and even strong Christian faith. Here in bizarro world however, we find that such values are openly pooh-poohed by liberals who, brag up sexually depraved wantoness and infanticide. And, thanks to the fact that the world seems to be bursting at the seams, we see how the warped liberal mindset, having finally ascended to American leadership, is woefully shortsighted and naïve.