Does a politician think, "Well ... nobody called, so I guess I'll be a Socialist" ???
No. They are not out of touch. That statement implies that their current actions have good intentions guided by ignorance. Absolutely untrue.
Like ObamaCare, they know exactly what they are doing, they know exactly what we think. They do not believe they are there to do what is in our interests, nor do they believe that what we want matters. The notion that they would do what we want (i.e. the Constitution and the rule of law) if they just understood how strongly we feel and how many of us there are is total bunk.
The members of congress consider us to be nothing more than annoyances on the implementation of their agenda.
We can submit all the petitions we want. We can also pee into the wind.
The Republican Party is populated by traitors that have been backdoor collaborators with the fascist Democrats for a *long* time. Reagan slowed it down for a while. When he left office it was full steam sell out again.
Who have we had in the WH since Reagan? Hmm? Two Bushs. Think about that. Since 1988 (25 years) the best we have done is two Bushs! A serious study study of each's time in the WH reveals collaboration, and lots of it. And the 20 years preceding Reagan's entry into the WH? Nixon & Ford. What do we have to show for supporting the Republican Party? I submit that we are exactly where we would have been had we all voted Democrat all along. Maybe 10 or 15 years longer to get there.