I read this when you first posted it, and was short of bandwitdth, so I never replied.
The last verse is true genius. . . and everything that precedes it sets it up perfectly.
Makes me think of an old, old joke about lawyers (but would easily be applied to politicians.)
The joke: "Have you heard that they have quit using white rats for research? They've started using lawyers instead. There are several advantages. First advantage is that research on rats doesn't really tell you exactly how a human would react. Second advantage is that the researchers sometimes get attached to the rats and hate to do things that could harm them. The final advantage is that . . . well, that there are things that a rat just won't do.
Oh. . . and btw. . . You think democracy is messy in CANADA? Ya oughtta live HERE right now. 'o)
BTW. . . some of my best friends are lawyers. ;o)