Actually we elect Pubbies that tell us they agree with us and then support democrat positions, judicial and other nominations, and do not control federal regulators. So most of the people we elect are lying to us straight to our faces. I don’t believe you can blame the people quite as much as is done on FR.
I definitely blame the people. The reason the politicians lie is because of the people and what they think they want to hear. The reason there are RINO politicians is because of RINO voters. One of the reasons the people are so ill informed and become RINO or liberal voters is because of the MSM and education system etc. It is not that lots of these people are necessarily stupid but rather that so many of them are easily manipulated.