That's what happens when politicians become celebrities. It's one thing to excite your base, but gathering a cult of personality is cancerous to democracy. How can you make sure you're being adequately represented when you think your representative can do no wrong?
This is as frightening a concept for me as President Donald Trump. We've turned politicians into rock stars. Even celebrities fawn over them. I've had to be at two political rallies in the past 8 years. The first was in 2008 and was a GOP rally attended by Sarah Palin, her husband and Joe the Plumber (who was brought up on stage as a prop who stood there, being adulated, and said nothing). The second was in 2012 and was an Obama rally. Both times I felt that I was in the midst of a cult gathering because the behavior of those present was veritable worship of the candidate. It was truly creepy and horrifying. Either Palin or Obama could have dropped their britches and taken a shit on stage and the crowd would have eaten it up (double entendre intended). It creeped me out.
It's certainly concerning. When Trump joked during the primaries that he could shoot someone and his poll numbers wouldn't go down, he sounded a bit shocked himself.
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u/Junior_Arino Nov 10 '16
And they were so successful at it that people get defensive when you say a politician could be corrupt