Whatever happened to the idea that public figures are

[djean111]

29. I believe 99% of them do not consider themselves public servants, or whatever, any more.

They say whatever they need to, in public, in order to get elected.
They promise whatever they need to, in private, to the people with the money.

The people with the money have engineered things so that their money is necessary, and, as a result, they really are the ones who do the choosing, as far as candidates who are presented to us.

I have read, right here at DU, that of course Hillary should be the candidate because she has the really big money locked up. How fucked up is that? We LET that become reality, we LET that become the accepted reason. We accept that leading in some polls because of name recognition is quite the qualifier for being president, and then we accept that she is PROBABLY better than the GOP guy, and that is all that matters.

Then, of course, we have accepted that, once a politician is elected, they must do the bidding of their big contributors, so that they can get more money for reelection, or so they can land a cushy job when out of office. Their reelection campaign pretty much starts right after they are sworn in. And then, of course, they are told by their respective party leaders how they will be voting, and why any legislation they independently come up with will, of course, be tabled, if it is not what the Money wants.

My 19 year old grandson voted in November. He is more of a reddit guy than a DU guy. But his opinion about all of this is that the United States is now a giant clusterfuck, and we were thinking it would be great to have that sentiment on the big billboard in Times Square.