Lust for power, fame, and the tawdry glory

Nature of the Politician from Cafe Hayek by Donald J. Boudreaux

Behind all the soaring (if vacuous) rhetoric, all the shamelessly Janus-faced pandering, and all the sleazy campaign tactics lies one motive: each candidate's lust for power, fame, and the tawdry glory that comes with high political office. Make no mistake: while pretending to tug for my heart, these candidates really are tugging for my freedoms and my wallet.

Ignore the rhetoric and follow the money from ~C4Chaos by ~C4Chaos
If you're a regular reader of this blog it's no secret to you that I've been following the 2008 Presidential election very closely.

But here's a confession. I despise politics. I grew up in a developing nation where politics is an open charade and corruption in government is the norm.

When I moved to the U.S. I was impressed by the "civility" and "sophistication" of the political system along with the intellect and educational level of politicians. However, the longer I look and the more I see, I've come to realize that it's the same dirty corrupt politics I was running away from. In fact, due to the superpower status of United States, its corrupt politics is worse and more globally destructive than that of a developing South East Asian nation. So why am I following this election? Well, let me put it this way. I'm not a big football fan but I get ecstatic watching a close match during the Super Bowl.