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The Politics of Politics. Time to vomit.

  I’ve been away from this page, but I’m back for a little political commentary. The politics of politics.   Not a redundancy, but the politicization of everything.   I get the goal of politics is to get your party elected so that you can set the policy that bets represents your constituents and supporters. But that has been coopted to the point where every issue becomes fodder for Beltway pundits looking to score points.   This is not a new phenomenon, the underside of politics in this country   has a rich history, a history as deep and wide as corruption.   Maybe because it is happening today, we seem to think it has worsened.   Perhaps. I think we are at the dangerous nadir of an ignorant misinformed electorate, unfathomable money in politics, the end of democracy, the establishment of an oligarchy, and the politicization of every possible issue or scandal, real or imagined. I love politics.   I love the gamesmanship, I love campaigns and elections, and I love the strat