I think it is a fundamental error to assume that our elected leaders that do things you don't like or promote ideas that you find repulsive are morons. It may be that the people they convince to vote for them ARE morons, but those politicians may actually pretty intelligent.
And VERY good at manipulating other people to do their bidding.
It has nothing to do with me personally, pondering. It has to do with what is beneficial to 99% of the country (of which I am part).
I don't think they're morons because they do things I don't like - that's silly. I think Obama is quite smart and he's done a lot of things that I don't agree with.
The overwhelming majority of those that influence policy are not very smart - see the names I mentioned and there are many more on the democratic side as well. Their greed and desire to rip off the public is transparent, so even as manipulators they aren't very competent.
The Valerie Plame incident is a case in point.
The BS that lead to Iraq is yet another.
The entire Republican campaign is a glaring example.
It's not personal, just business. 
