The break-up of Russia that people boast about has brought about nothing but a bunch of dictators and fake democracies. Just awesome.

And GW is talking to the UN about freedom. He knows it well; the people locked in secret prisons around the world don't.
The modern politicians regard being elected is a mandate to follow their own, or their seniors, agenda. They don't represent us until election time and then we re-elect the bludgers.
Political office has become the place to be if you can't make it in the real world honestly.
How many politicians have actually passed a course in Politics at a tertiary institution?