Why do we allow ourselves to be caught up in scripted politics?

Americans are politically naive still, because we are a relatively young country compared to others around the world. A lot of people here are susceptible to demagoguery because it appeals to our emotions. People are still learning the hard way, such as having a President like Bush, that you can't be naive about politicians and just assume that because they smile and use buzz words and catch phrases and call everybody "My fellow Americans" that they have everybody's best interests in mind regardless of social class, etc.

The fact is that politics can be extremely Machiavellian and people are manipulated all the time, just as they are by corporate America. We assume every bit of new technology or whatever is designed only to make our lives more prosperous and has no down side whatsoever. Like drugs that are released onto the market prematurely, heavily advertised by the industry, and then found to pose serious health risks. Politics, corporate American...they're inextricably intertwined and always will be. Maybe somebody like Obama will be immune to special interests, maybe he won't. Who knows. Washington is a tough place. It's hard not to become cynical, no matter how idealistic you might be when you enter into it.

People need to learn, and are learning, painfully, not to put politicians on a pedestal and assume that they always have everybody's best interests in mind. They are only human. They have feet of clay. They are more fallible and prone to corruption than we might want to believe because we like to be told what to do, many of us. We like to follow authority, rather than being our own authorities. It seems safer, but in the long run, it's far more dangerous than thinking for ourselves and using our discriminatory faculties to read between the lines of political rhetoric.

We live in an ignorant society. The media is biased on both sides. They are more interested in Britney Spears hoochie than reporting news that requires hard investigation. The public will believe everything they here as gospel. Wikipedia is a perfect example. You can post nearly any "fact". thorough research by both the public and media is non existent. Freakin' embarrassing. A perfect example are some of these answers to political questions.

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The type of scenario described isn't necessarily scripted; it's just stupid. All members of Congress could stand to become more straight-forward and effective policy makers, regardless of party.

At the same time, politics is important to cover and to act to effect change in. Even if a lot of it gets caught in muck, or silly political gAMES, the government is still the best body to act in to promise a better quality of life for all citizens of our country. We should never stop trying or stop being informed.

Sadly, a lot of people really are that dumb, to still have faith in the electoral process, especially after what happened the last two elections. It's all a ridiculous show to keep people distracted from what's really going on.

You mean like we've had for the past century? Gee I don't know. Maybe because people are so prone to expecting perfection on the stump. Look at the way both sides jump all over the smallest gaffe (McCain's today, probably Obama's tomorrow).

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I get the feeling at times that the US has become an elementary school playground.

This won't change until we stop electing lawyers, career politicians and oil men into office.

The answer is yes...we really are that dumb, because we keep electing the same bozos.

well, do we learn to beat them at their own game, or do we change the game and the rules~??!!