Well, buying votes is the nature of politics. I happen to think that the left is far more despicable than the right because they claim to be for the little guy

Well, buying votes is the nature of politics. I happen to think that the left is far more despicable than the right because they claim to be for the little guys and the poor, use and abuse them for votes and then toss them aside until the next election. What's incomprehensible is that the masses keep getting duped and and the come back with more votes. And, BTW, I am not only pointing the finger at the US political system. This is true almost everywhere. The particularly nasty examples are in most of Latin America, where the ruling parties (all leftists, socialists) play the masses like finely tuned violins, keep getting voted into office and all the get in return is more misery. Every single politician walks away rich, entitled, protected from legal repercussions. Talk about the 1 percent. Despicable.