My dad was involved in politics when Kennedy was running. He went to the Demo convention in Spokane & quit politics shortly after. He later told me that he realized while there that it was all rigged so it didn't matter what the average voter wanted. This was brought home to me in Viet Nam. Hasn't changed at all. The only difference between our politicians & a 3rd world despot is that we do a slightly better job of washing the money.