Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
Every politician lies, every politician cheats, every politician tells you what you want to hear, but then doesn't do it. I'm getting tired of it, from both Democrats and Republicans, and much longer of this same old tired bullshit, and I'm just not going to care anymore when it comes to politics and elections. Leo McGarry said it best in the show The West Wing,

Bartlet: "Why are you doing this? You're a player. You're bigger in the party than I am. Hoynes would probably make you National Chairman. Leo, tell me this isn't one of the twelve steps."
Leo: "That's what it is. Right after admitting that we are powerless over alcohol and a higher power can restore us to sanity. That's where you come in."
Bartlet: "Leo..."
Leo: "Because I'm tired of it! Year, after year, after year of having to choose between the lesser of who cares? Of trying to get myself excited over a candidate who can speak in complete sentences. Of setting the bar so low, I can hardly look at it. They say a good man can't get elected president. I don't believe that, do you?"

That's the point I am just about at. I'm tired of it. I was excited when I turned 18 and could actually start voting and taking part in elections and whatnot. Boy how naive I was. It's turns out all this is nothing but shit, choosing between the lesser of two evils instead of choosing the better of two good candidates, lowering my bar from election to election to decide who I can stomach voting for more over the other. I'm not voting for the best candidate or the person who is going to do the best job running the country. No, I'm voting for who isn't going to fuck up the country worse than the other guy. And this is at all levels. City, county, state, federal. I don't vote party lines, I vote by person. I routinely vote for both republicans and democrats in the same election, especially on the local city and county levels.
I'm just going to quote what I said to someone making, basically, the same argument you're making a while back:

Because, like everything else, America has made the US Government a business and, therefore, like all other businesses, they have to fuck everyone else before they get fucked to make as much money as possible.

That, and the internet has changed the elections as well. It used to be, the only way to advertise for your campaign was through visual media (billboards, yard signs, bumper stickers, television ads, etc) but with the invention of social media, it's become easier than ever to put out as much bullshit as possible to as many people as possible. Thus, we get overloaded with everything (the sane side, the insane side, and all the inbetweens) to the point where we just want to say fuck it and not do anything.

Welcome to American politics in the 21st century. Get used to it, because it's not gonna change because there are billions of dollars being spent by the movers and shakers behind the scenes to make sure it doesn't. As long as the general masses vote based on some idiotic party loyalty concept, things will never change.
Nothing will ever change and it hasn't at all since I've been following the whole corrupt bullshit. There's no such thing as news anymore. It's ALWAYS slanted to one side or the other and too often, people that talk about this shit, only use things that they agree with and aren't willing to look at both sides of the argument. It's the same shit with Congress (as you pointed out). Nobody wants to work with anyone. Thus, it all boils down to doing whatever makes them the most money. Follow the money trail, and you'll see why things have been done the way they're been done for the past 20 years.

Nothing will ever change. Welcome to the United States of Fucked.