Originally Posted by Robbie

I "admit" that every politician is a jaded piece of crap by the time they have risen up through party politics to get to the national scene.

I am pretty sure that some of them actually start out idealistic and want to "change the world". But after years of being a politician and rising up through the party...that idealism is long gone by the time any of us ever hear about them in the first place.

Romney, Hillary, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, etc., etc.
If they are at national level politics then trust me...they are already jaded and looking out for themselves and their cronies.

Every once in a great while does one come along that actually gives a damn. I was born in 1961...and I can say without any doubt, there hasn't been one President in my lifetime who wasn't "awful".

Some were less awful than others. Some had talents (Reagan & Clinton had the talent of leadership...but both are still pieces of garbage)...but bottom line they weren't true to their ideals.
They were simply out to have power and to use that power to spread the wealth to their cronies.