Anyone can be a nice person

In reality, few decide to go that route, finding insteed an inward directed life of ego, self-absorbtion, and narcissisism to be more fullfilling.  Its a pretty shallow manner in which to make a decision - but like a friend of mine says, "If Dennis Kucinich looked like George Cloony he would be the front runner."  So, we get, not politics, but mere words and images - none of which is going to help us through what we are about to face.