Since When Did Normally Well Read, Intelligent, Progressives, Start Trusting Politicians ???
I mean... we do have a history...
Gulf of Tonkin, and the recent version of the Iraq War... to name two.
From June 20, 2012: Trust in Government and Other Institutions Hits New Lows
All of those numbers are at or near record lows. Banks have endured the worst reputational downgrade, with current trust levels 21 percentage points lower than the historical average, according to Gallup. Congress ranks 13 points below the average; public schools, 12 points below. The presidency and Supreme Court and both rank eight points below the norm. The military, as usual, ranks at the top of the list, one of the few institutions that's generating a growing sense of trust.
Link: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2012/06/20/trust-in-government-and-other-institutions-hits-new-lows
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Or is it perhaps stopped clock syndrome?
Or as we use to say in rural Nebraska...
Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while.
jes sayin'
But the list is short... and the choices are few...
Some sources claim the quote is most likely from famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe"
Bessimer,[1] and other sources say it was actually uttered by David Hannum, spoken in reference to Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant hoax. Hannum, who was exhibiting the "original" giant and had unsuccessfully sued Barnum for exhibiting a copy and claiming it was the original, was referring to the crowds continuing to pay to see Barnum's exhibit even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes.
In turn, Barnum's fellow circus owner and arch-rival Adam Forepaugh attributed the quote to Barnum in a newspaper interview in an attempt to discredit him. However, Barnum never denied making the quote. It is said that he thanked Forepaugh for the free publicity he had given him.[citation needed]
Another source credits late 1860s Chicago "bounty broker, saloon and gambling-house keeper, eminent politician, and dispenser of cheating privileges..." Michael Cassius McDonald as the originator of the aphorism. According to the book Gem of the Prairie: Chicago Underworld (1940) by Herbert Asbury, when McDonald was equipping his gambling house known as The Store (at Clark and Monroe Streets in Chicago) his partner Harry Lawrence expressed concern over the large number of roulette wheels and faro tables being installed and their ability to get enough players to play the games. McDonald then allegedly said, "Don't worry about that, there's a sucker born every minute."[citation needed]
The phrase is the title of the opening song in the Broadway musical Barnum, about P.T. Barnum's life.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute
"Father Knows Best..."
Spot on.
And trust can be relative.
While we live here, they run the country, for better or for worse.
If we weren't interested, we wouldn't be on DU.
So who do you trust, WillyT?
Sad little list, no???
And I'm sure I've left out a few... Barbara Lee to name... one.
You do know they work for us, right ???
Otherwise you're just a royalist from a couple of hundred years ago, or so.
I was very upset after the BP fiasco, but if I held that against our POTUS and just stayed focused on THAT one event - well hell I'd be a narrow-minded Republican! 
Yes he has accomplished a lot, given that he has a political party that will refuse to help him out one iota over his 8 years in office. And the willingness of his own party to stab him in the back. Seems like an impossible job to me.
Today, the stock market is at an all time high and employers are looking for workers again all across the nation. But you won't hear the M$M crowing about it - wrong political party.
the OP. Yeah, that's me..crushing on someone who's in the front lines against fascism and a plutocracy takeover so I, as a retired person, and all the millions of other seniors can have access to our Medicare and all the other peeps can benefit from Obamacare.. and in my case assistance from HUD.
I absolutely crushed on PBO when he came out for same sex marriage too. Something about that man and his heart. 
Do you understand how pathetic that is ???
Or is this a 'rant'?
Inquiring minds...
I'm not sure that is any less pathetic, though since we are the party that believes the government should be a force for good. 
Republicans (15%) are even less trusting of government and politicians, though for different reasons since many of them are 'limited government' aficionados and, of course, hate the current 'Kenyan socialist' in the White House.
from Georgia. Did his Campaign on a train in the late 70's and his Peace Corps Mother in her late 70's stopped in Ridgefield, Connecticut and shook my hand and said "He's going to do it for us!" and she did a wonderful speach about how as old as she was she had stayed involved and why we should vote for her son, Jimmy.
And...then I had a a BIG HOPE for the "MAN FROM HOPE" (Campaign Slogan) from ARKANSAS and his Attractive "New Female Power Wife" who was the darling of the women's movement with her Progressive Husband...both from Yale...and the new DLC was the WAY to SLAY THE REPUGS!
OMG....How long it's been and how many SORROWS...
down that LONG ROAD...FROM EXUBERANT HOPE.........to.......
whatever.....
