Why Do Politicians Pander? Because It Works.

"Why are all the political campaign sound-bites dominating the media trivializations and pandering? Because it works. From bread and circuses, to scapegoating the Jews as the source of all ills, to today’s headlines of “The Rich Are Different From You and Me—They Pay Fewer Taxes,” to Trayvon Martin as a “martyr,” to a supposed “War on Women”, divisiveness protects those in power and helps them garner more power."