Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Pretty broad brush you are using there. While I agree to an extent, saying they ALL lie, cheat, flip flop, wind wag etc makes your position less credible. I am confident there are politicians who do none of those things and are in politics for purely altruistic reasons, though they seem to be rare. My feeling is that MOST get into politics out of pure intentions to right wrongs, and have a positive effect on mankind, however, it would seem, MOST get corrupted by the system and cynical about the ability to affect real change over time. Term limits are, in my mind, essential to changing this cycle.