Originally Posted by PR_Tom

It's because there's enough dumb people to believe shit like it's us versus them. Us being decent people, them being the government. So vote me in fellow decent people, and we'll change them back into us. Every election is about changing them back into us and always will be. The trick is knowing which side of each wedge to be on.

Just speaking about how self righteous jerks like him get to positions of power. He probably actually believes he would be a good moral template. They all do.