'Sink' to their level? Give me the go command and a good set of coordinates, I'll tunnel under 'em and shove a red-hot poker up their asses.
It's all a matter of when that final line is crossed.
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920