[i_robot73]

>But later came lesser men who thought they were wiser and proved themselves fools and jackasses.

The elected? Or the electorate that elects the former?

[baltimorepoet]

>But later came lesser men who thought they were wiser and proved themselves fools and jackasses. The elected? Or the electorate that elects the former?

To an extent, both. But mostly the former. The former has created a system that is hard to alter. Its like what Mark Twain said "Do you think they would let you vote if your vote actually counted?"