If it's true that all politicians are hypocrites, out for themselves, have little or no priority for the needs of the people, etc., we're all in more trouble than we can imagine.

I surely hope our electd representatives are not 80-20 leaning towards the undesirable. Ours is a democracy. It's based on the people being represented by those who will act in their behalf. We have no choice except the democracy that has resulted in the place where we live and work today. If those that are the principal operatives of our system of government are as bad as has been described, woe are we.