A politician's job is to figure out what people want and try to get it for them.
They manipulate,bully,stretch the truth,do a few fast moves,promise...
This is their stock in trade.
Why are Americans so unforgiving?
Democracy is a Political system,meaning people's opinions are more important than almost anything else.In Europe we have the tradition,the old regime institutions with their inalienable prerogatives,there is actually more respect,I think,for the Law per se,we have the shadow of those things but the people's opinion trumps them all.
So,why do we resent someone trying to do their job?

Discuss.

I don't think it's just Americans. I think people in general dislike politicians.

Maybe because they mirror our faults . After all we put them there .

Maybe because they mirror our faults . After all we put them there .

Profound,sad and true.

I don't think it's just Americans. I think people in general dislike politicians.
Not necessarily! The Americans seem to hate them much more than any others do. I don't. Politicians do a job, they work in the best interests of those who elected them.

Never forget, as Noam Chomsky said - corporations are the real danger, because the ppl have no power over them. Governments can always be thrown out - every three years in our case, four in yours.

Cause they're lying sacks of sh*t?
And no, they're not trying to do their job. They care for one thing - power. And people know it.

Not necessarily! The Americans seem to hate them much more than any others do. I don't. Politicians do a job, they work in the best interests of those who elected them.

Never forget, as Noam Chomsky said - corporations are the real danger, because the ppl have no power over them. Governments can always be thrown out - every three years in our case, four in yours.
I think it's just Americans tend to focus on the outspoken majority who are so passionate. We stick them on tv and let them spew hate for the effect it has.

Cause they're lying sacks of sh*t?
And no, they're not trying to do their job. They care for one thing - power. And people know it.
I disagree (from my experience). No, I am not a politician, but most have very little power - and a lot of grief from those who think they're power-lusters! (As in some cases, Dubya Bush, however....)

I think a better question would be "why do politicians hate us"?

I don't think it's just Americans. I think people in general dislike politicians.

True.

Maybe because they mirror our faults . After all we put them there .

I didn't put any of them anywhere, neither did the majority of Americans (who don't even vote).

Profound,sad and true.

No, its not true. When did I ever put a politician in charge of my life?

Cause they're lying sacks of sh*t?
And no, they're not trying to do their job. They care for one thing - power. And people know it.

Yes.

I think a better question would be "why do politicians hate us"?

Yes.

Ras,you're intelligent young man but can we say your opinions have any semblance to those of the general american public?I think not...

This problem is not limited to the USA. In my opinion the population of almost all western countries hold contempt for their elected leaders.

because they're always ****ing with us.

politicians are people who want to "change the world", because they think that they know what's best for the world. so they impose their will on everyone else "for the good of society" and end up ****ing things up all over the place.

The option being let things take their own course? There are always people vying for power,if you hamstring government the corporations end up subsuming the functions of government and you have a bunch of mean greedy people who don't even feel the need to pretend to be concerned for the general welfare of the people.

This problem is not limited to the USA. In my opinion the population of almost all western countries hold contempt for their elected leaders.

Also note that the problem is not limited to anarchists/the opposition party. I'm a staunch conservative, and support Bush, yet I know that ALL politicians yearn for power, and that the vast majority would sell their grandmother to rise in the ranks. To think otherwise is naive. But once you know that they're all basically evil, you can look at the issues correctly.

i think the real question should be why do ploliticians hate america?

Well you guys are certainly proving that politicians aren't a popular breed...I'd like to suggest that this role is the only one in which an individual's rights are even addressed.
Without laws and lawmakers we'd be at each other's throats or trying to survive out in the wild..

I personally dislike most politicians because they pander and misrepresent. And then in some cases they try to pander by saying they don't pander or misrepresent. I also dislike politicians who have no integrity or ethics. And then in some cases there are politicians who declare that they have integrity and ethics. These are most often the ones with absolutley no integrity and ethics. I dislike politicians who claim to act in the common good when they so obviously work toward their own good, which is then very often not in the common good.

So many of these guys are just used car salesmen to me. I don't believe a word that comes out of most of their mouths.

Some of the politicans (past and present) I most respect include: John McCain; U.S. Grant; Thomas Jefferson; Winston Churchill; John Kennedy (private dalliances aside); Theodore Roosevelt; Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (less for his political work than for the life he lived); Jimmy Carter.

Why Do Americans Hate Polticians?

Because we are all filled with hate, and politicians happen to be easy targets.

Because we are all filled with hate, and politicians happen to be easy targets.

You're awesome,Jojo!
you're a very wise man...

they work in the best interests of those who elected them.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

repeat!

So you don't buy that,Michele?

So you don't buy that,Michele?

hell no, they only say what they think you want to hear... they're not interested in what we really want, but to advance their own personal agenda.

-michele

To get what THEY want they have to hear what you want.You're wrong ,Lad ,an effective polititcian knows he needs to know what his subjects want....

To get what THEY want they have to hear what you want.You're wrong ,Lad ,an effective polititcian knows he needs to know what his subjects want....

Duh, of course they know what we want.. they just do opposite.

-michele

or fool people into thinking they're doing what we want.

Duh, of course they know what we want.. they just do opposite.

-michele

or fool people into thinking they're doing what we want.

Dad blame ,you're cynical,at such a young age ,too...
Unfortunately,Lad,a lot of people do want the stuff that's happening now,not you or me,but we're 2 voices in a sea of confused and frustrated people...

we're 2 voices in a sea of confused and frustrated people...

Got that right.. I'm really confused to how a moron like President Bush can still be President.. but I have to remember the party he represents.

It's so CLEAR! :D

-michele

I think a better question would be "why do politicians hate us"?

i think the real question should be why do ploliticians hate america?

good questions.

-michele

I propose that most people don't hate politicians, but rather they hate career politicians.
When the USA was founded, for instance, a lot of the politicians were primarily from other professions. They came to Washington, did their time, then went back to work on the farm, or printing press, or whatever it was they actually did for a living.
Now, our politicians' primary occupation is politics. I think this is why they seem to act in their own self interest, and why they are so generally despised.
Regardless of party affiliation, they are all part of a single group that looks out for its own needs first, and our needs second if at all.