(Stepping in for perhaps, the first time)
Politics, both sides, has been manufactured pretty much since the beginning; pandering, scandals, heroes, you name it.  While there will always be the questions and wanting to know the truth, I hold no illusion of ever knowing, nor do I really think there's a truth out there.  After all, it is subjective.  One man's truth is another man's lie.  
Which is pretty much why I stopped bothering years ago, and will live out my political days in silence and contemplation.
(Stepping out, because my shoes are covered in muck.)
How do you guys do it?  
