[ghost of nixon]

How did we ever get to this point, where the majority of our elected government are this pathetic and unqualified?

it started with the rise of the "professional" political class - if politics is your profession, then you are a know-nothing, glad-handing, manipulator of public sentiment. That describes most of the media also.

[neverevergiveup]

I agree entirely. Adding insult to injury, they are treated like celebrities, become wealthy in office, are extremely egotistical, and actually think they are the ‘brightest and the best’.