What's wrong with Politics today?
473881
The media clouds peoples judgment by planting artificial "facts". Does any of us truely read the reports that decisions are made from. No, we merely listen to views from the media. Politicians are in their business for money as we work for money, not all are good not all are bad. I say drop the party lines and get a more independant politician to present moral views.
564293
it says that our current government is doing a bad job governing the country as a whole. It's just that simple believe it or not. \n\nSometimes it gets so bad that partisanship doesn't even matter anymore and voters from other parties will vote for candidates other than their own.
655997
no but we won't be talking about it after the elections because this issue which has been around since 1849 seems to come up when politicians need distractions from the real issues affecting America such as:   corporate welfare, millions of Americans uninsured, the working poor, minimum wage increases!!, war in Iraq, WMD's, Katrina, CIA leaks, diminishing civil rights, disparity between rich and poor, using God's name for political gain, and many other issues that truly affect Americans everyday..... and not this crap about illegal immigrants being the cause of all of America's problems!!!!!
802007
Oh my goodness Tony, you said it so well.  I have been frustrated with politics, too.  It amazes me how many people see something in the paper, website, tv news and believe it.  Whether it's true or not!  No one is given the benefit of the doubt.  If we believed the politicos on both sides, everyone up on Capitol Hill is a demon.  \n\nThere is no more fair debate.  What a shame.  I wish they would stick to the issues and let us decide.  But, there are too may people who want things there way only and will do anything to get their way.\n\nMark my words, no matter who is elected this Tuesday, eventually someone will find a way to make them seem "bad".
473363
I am. How can we vote for the right politicians or make this world a better place if we don't know what's happening in the world? I am addicted because I want to help and I want to be well-informed on election day.
185412
Our Country is more divided that I have ever seen it. With the illegal immigration problem now, that divides us even more. The Republicans have instilled all the fear with their politics and methods. The people are growing farther apart everyday because of their party preferences. I am getting real sick of Republicans bashing and being cruel to Americans. It's way out of control, and they are teaching their children to hate people. I think it's really sick and dysfunctional behavior. It's pretty bad when you have a 12 year old saying your trash because you might have voted for President Clinton. It's happening on these pages, right here, everyday now.
484151
What's wrong with you?
696898
what does this have to do with politics?
476580
Why is this in the politics section?
1147306
I think the bigger issues with our current newsmedia are:\n\n1) Most newspapers have cut their staffs for budgetary reasons. This is true especially in their investigative reporting areas. The result? Almost no investigative reporting like we saw in Watergate.\n\n2) Partially as a result of the above, the newsmedia often simply reports quotes from sources (especially political and governmental) without doing any due diligence on the accuracy of these quotes. So all we get is the PR from the government and other political leaders.\n\nThe only hope I see is that the bloggers in the world will force the mainstream media to take on big questions. Keep your fingers crossed!
627243
Politicians have no morals.\n\n\nThey have polls instead
1174051
Politics is everywhere.  It effects all our lives to some degree.  It has become a topic that "should not be talked about in a bar".?  Sadly, the biggest place people feel like talking about it, is now a "No talking Politics/Religion."  Soon there'll be "No talking about Computers in the bar."  \nPeople need to realize before discussing Politics, that there's so much to know, noone has all the answers, all the correct one's anyway.  More important, we need to be able to discuss Politics without letting our emotions get the best of us.  We should be discussing Politics everywhere, with an open mind, and with the goal of learning & educating others.\nStaying awake through C-Span is difficult, even for Senators and Reps, you'll see them nodding off, picking their nose, passing notes, flirting with interns.  If they speak, it's the same monotone emotionless ramble, putting most to sleep or change the channel.  Unless Ted Kennedy has the mic, he can provide hours of entertainment.  Especially after he's returned from lunch, nice and loaded.  He's usually on the wrong side of issues, his outburst at least wake up the room.  I'll never get bored of his "look up from the paper, remove the glasses and point with them!  The crowd is like, "oh shit, lookout, Teddy really means business this time."  He really only does that to stop the room from spinning, HA.  For all his faults, I do love the guy.  \nThe point is, Politics has become soo broad, it's a full time job, just keeping up w/ US politics, nevermind world politics.  And, If you don't know or can't grasp history, current events will really "F" you up.  People forget history, that's a big reason why so many get upset when discussing even the simplist issues.  So instead of being open minded, they close themselves off and refuse to continue the discussion or get into a fight over it.  Ironically, these people rarely consider themselves close minded.  Our competitive nature has turned "discussing Politics" into "Debating Politics", and nobody wants to lose a battle of knowledge.  That's why the uneducated, change subject, fire off hateful comments or repeat the same thing over and over, is a common defence to cover up their insecurities of "Not knowing/having info", but still trying to win the debate, this does nothing but get both parties a warning from the bartender and give Political Bar Discussions a bad name.
1095657
Very perceptive grasshopper.  It is ridiculous, I think that Politics makes me nuts.  It goes all the way down to local government.  It is almost as soon as they get into office they forget about all the people and only care for the few. I hate to get started, you never know who's tapping into your conversations anymore: in the name of security we lose our voice.  You gotta say they have some slick moves.
955199
you made a mistake with your question..... you should have asked " why are politics such lemmings when it comes to people "
808411
Amen!  All the personal attacks and vendettas are stupid, and most people dont care about them one bit.  Its ok to argue about politicians, its not ok to sit around arguing about Y answers users.  Thats just a waste of space
324382
Unless someone can shift the focus (or Congress can pass a compromise bill), Border Security and the Iraq occupation (both terrorism issues) will probably dominate the political landscape. \n\nSomething *has* been done about health care and social security in the most recent term; making it more of a local issue. If people in the district are extremely for or against the recent reforms, it will play locally. Abortion will also have play locally; but unless there's a ramp-up in the anti-abortion forces, or another outbreak of violence surrounding clinics it's a secondary issue.\n\nNobody in Washington wants to talk about corruption, lobbyist reform, the growing deficit or taxes; so it's an issue for the opposition.\n\nAs a minister, the biggest issue for me is gay marriage. To me, a government prohibition on gay marriage is equivalent to saying "People born on Tuesday can't take Holy Communion."
923860
It's a pendulum, the Republicans had control and unfortunately a lot of people are not happy with current events.  Time for a change (that sounds familiar). Not what I voted for.