[Cretaceous Bob]

Oh yeah, you're totally right, America has just been boiling over with political dissatisfaction and feelings of disenfranchisement for decades. What can we do? The rich buy ads on TV and campaign! The sovereign political power of the will of the people is no match for that.

I can show you millions of Americans who have disgustingly and self-aggrandizingly convinced themselves that they are doing their country a service by voting for a bad candidate, but I can't show you a single person that America would have voted for more than Obama or McCain.

I will believe that popular opinion is not reflected in America's political institutions once the two actually differ in views.

When the people in power make bad decisions and adversely affect this country, I ask, "How did we get here? I never wanted that." You and the vast majority of America cannot say that with honesty, and that's why we can't have anything better.

The problem isn't that the rich won't provide you something good to vote for, the problem is that they bought your integrity and you don't want it back.