Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster

After reading about a squabble between the current president's regime and Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign party, my frustration with political rhetoric has hit all-time highs.

Politicians laying waste to ethics, morals, and dignity for the sake of election is not a new development. It is the unspoken standard in today's political realm. Success lies within one's ability to say the right thing, in the right circumstance, pleasing the right number of people.

The problem with this, is that once a candidate expresses a policy, barring a change of events, they are married to that proposal until their term expires. But once they find another policy more beneficial for their popularity, they change faces quicker than Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible.

It's easy to deride these apparent scumbags, but imagine the situation they face. To combat political rivals making outrageous promises, they are forced to make promises of their own. As a result, they're branded liars once they are elected, and can't follow through with their spurious promises

Their situation is a lose-lose, and the American public is partly to blame. The lack of interest in political matters is causing mass ignorance. Crafty marketing campaigns prey on this apathy; disinterested 20-somethings need a shock to express support for a candidate, and a well-placed claim for a future policy might as well be 150 volts to the chest.

No revival is on the horizon. Politicians wanting power will be always be in plentiful supply, and many will do whatever is necessary for control. The best thing one can do is to sift through the rhetoric, and try to find the true intentions. Educate yourself on candidate's intended policies, and don't allow yourself to be another casualty of the marketing scam that drives this political juggernaut.