America is divided nearly 50-50 nowadays. A small minority of voters can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other by voting Democrat or Republican or merely by staying home.
When in front of a conservative group, a politician will claim to be conservative and, when in front of a liberal group, a politician will claim to be liberal.
Politicians are whores. It's as simple as that.
Well, the important fact is, a large majority of Republicans are conservatives. If they’re not in charge, something is seriously out of whack.
By the way, your generized statement, while true to a large degree, is not true in every case. We do have honorable and honest men and women in public office. Our job is to send them reinforcements.
Make that “generalized.”