Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

People fear change and the uncertainties associated with change. People don't want to be continually told about how everything is going to be dismantled and torn apart because its not working well... they want to be told that everything is going to be happy, sunny and wonderful and no child will ever cry again under their Presidency.

Politicians have to lie to get elected. They have to say they will do and achieve a whole lot of impossible tasks (most of which they have no authority at all to achieve without the full cooperation of the House and Senate) because its what people want to hear.

... and what happens... the best liar gets elected and very little changes for better or worse. the same arguments in government resume. all arguments follow the same party lines. the same idiots on either side of the political fence are still complaining about the same shit and about the other party and somewhere... in a distant galaxy, a fairly intelligent race of reasonable beings are silently watching and weeping.