I tend to think now that Hollywood and the media owns the politicians. They both play out of each others hands. And unfortunately our society is now wired for the drama, the scandals and such and really does follow these like a soap opera. So the media and Hollywood continue to feed it to the public.....and mostly the liberals lap it up.
We have the leader we do because of this....the dumbing down of Americans has worked.
In other words, there is a reason why Bill Ayers -- once he was acquitted -- went to Columbia and got a PhD in Education, so that he could become a leading national advisor on secondary school curricula.
When the Soviet-inspired fifth column went underground in the seventies, they focussed on taking over a few key institutions -- education, entertainment and, of course, the media.
And they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Because we weren't paying attention!