Confessions of an Elected Official - A devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own.

as told to:

       Zeno Potas

      I was raised as a Democrat. I was taught to stand up for the little guy, and that bigger government was the best way to do that. I registered to vote as a Democrat, and several years ago some Democrats recruited me to run for Congress. Now I see how the game is played. How we run the country is not how the public is led to believe. Our constituents aren't really paying close attention to what we do here in Washington, so we do it our way.  Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works. It's far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification. Here's how it works;

• Democrats have built their image off of class warfare, race-based-politics, and envy. They promise, in every election, to better the lives of the afflicted by afflicting the affluent. Their entire philosophy is based, not off of individual empowerment, but off of gaining comfort through government dependency.

• Our party used to be a strong advocate for the working class. We still pretend to be, but we aren't. Large corporations and public unions grease the palms of those who have the power to determine legislative winners and losers.

• Most of my colleagues want to help the poor and disadvantaged. To a point. We certainly don't want to live among them. Or mingle with them, unless it's for a soup kitchen photo op. ... Poverty's a great concern as long as it's kept at a safe distance.

• Screw the next generation. Nobody here gives a rat's ass about the future and who's going to pay for all this stuff we vote for. That's the next generation's problem. It's all about immediate publicity, getting credit now, lookin' good for the upcoming election.

• My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything.

The truth is only what we say it is.

• Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes boasted that most reporters were too dumb to know or care they were being misled. He said that much of what passed for independent analysis of Iran in the media was a regurgitation of White House talking points and was a fabrication sold to a lazy, gullible press corps.“We created an echo chamber,” he gloated. “They were saying things that validated what we had given them to say.”

• Voters claim they want substance and detailed position papers, but what they really crave are cutesy cat videos, celebrity gossip, top 10 lists, reality TV shows, tabloid tripe, and Trump's next Twitter message.

• Like most of my colleagues, I promise my constituents a lot of stuff I can never deliver. But what the hell? If it makes them happy hearing it, and they’re stupid enough to believe it, shame on them.

• I contradict myself all the time, but few people notice. One minute I rail against excessive spending and ballooning debt. The next minute I'm demanding more spending on education, health care, unemployment benefits, conservation projects, yadda yadda yadda. I'm for having everything, just like my constituents.

We represent the people?

• My staff gives me a last-minute briefing before I go to the floor and tells me whether to vote yea or nay.  I seldom read any bills I vote on. I don’t even know how they’ll be implemented or what they’ll cost.

• I sometimes vote “yes” on a motion and “no” on an amendment so I can claim I’m on either side of an issue. It’s the old shell game: if you can’t convince ’em, confuse ’em

• ObamaCare was a conspiracy not between Obama and the American people against the insurance companies, but rather, between Obama and the insurance companies against the American people.
  

      This has been an honest look at our government in Washington. The people in the political class constantly reveal their contempt for regular citizens. That contempt is the inevitable result of a group of people who have convinced themselves that big government is necessary because we, the little people, can’t control their own lives. These same politicians and bureaucrats then begin to see themselves a genuinely better than everyone else. After all, if they were just like us, then they’d be part of the rabble, and they can’t have that.