A representative of the people who wears the collar of the special interests has touched bottom.

He can sink no farther.
Who is to blame because representatives of the people are so commonly led to betray their trust?
We all are--we who have not taken the trouble to resent and put an end to the knavery we knew was going on.

The brand of politics served out to us by the professional politician has long been composed largely of hot meals for the interests and hot air for the people, and we have all known it.
Political platforms are not sincere statements of what the leaders of a party really believe, but rather forms of words which those leaders think they can get others to believe they believe.

The realities of the regular political game lie at present far beneath the surface; many of the issues advanced are mere empty sound; while the issues really at stake must be sought deep down in the politics of business--in politics for revenue only.

All this the people realize as they never did before, and, what is more, they are ready to act on their knowledge.
Some of the men who are responsible for the union of business and politics may be profoundly dishonest, but more of them are not.