Originally Posted by sleepy jack

The nation is divided by Democrats and Republicans; not Washington. The political parties are like an old married couple, they're used to dealing with each other constantly. The giant corporations don't care how you feel about abortion unless they're making money off an abortion clinic in which case, conservative or liberal, if they need your vote they'll get it from you. The parties might be polarized on some domestic issues but they're issues that are largely outside of corporate interests. Sure you get moments of "ideological unity" but it's just for show. Most of the politicians in Washington only care about maintaining power; which means listening to the people giving you campaign donations and being an alternative choice to the opposition party. I'm not saying party politics isn't a problem there; it is but it's minimal and the larger issue here is the fact our country is run mostly by greedy, stupid pigs who care about their cozy jobs and status in life as opposed to serving the people.