I've yet to meet a politician who wasn't a personal POS the second they got away from a camera. It's a filthy business, so I found it a lot easier to simply distrust every last one of them. I guess I'm a cynic.
@Cyber Liberty Nope, I’m with you. The degree of suckage is relative.
One of our former congressmen was generally thought of as a decent guy. My father-in-law contributed substantially to him. At one point, he was being weaselly....didn’t follow through on a promise he made and was dodging contact.
So my FIL, who’s been on a first name basis with certain national- level pols and is not naive, confronted the guy at a function and wanted to know what the progress was.
Mr. Congressman just looked at him blankly, turned around, and walked off without speaking.
That incident was key in his decision to support Trump. I might not agree with it, but I understand it.