you just described the body politic
ever meet these folks? Its always they know best if only people would listen. Thats why they run, the certainty of rightness.
On the other side you have the 4th estate although after watching Coulter the other day Im not sure that "run hard and put away wet" is a qualification for being a political pundit. You think lacking vague knowledge of daily issues might be a stumbling block.
Then you have the professional anti's. They make a very good living getting donations from the guilt ridden while scamming their ass of without mentioning invisible beings.
Also the idealogues who single issue into a political machine. Much like the anti's they amass fortunes supporting their issue and provide blocks of voters to the various machines. Example is the NEA and NRA.
At the end of the day you have the great unwashed who have vague ideas concerning gran's rantings/wisdom depending on what has happened since. They really dont give a flying fuck who runs it as long as it appears that things might get better in the future. This explains why incumbents have a great advantage.
If I ever get really bored I will build a machine ala Guv Long, Chiles, Hickel and stomp a major hole in both the dems and repo's and get shot for my efforts.
regards,
daemon
