It's no secret that in today's world, the vast majority of politicians are terrible and unfit for their jobs, either due to corruption or stupidity.
You've got a lot of untalented hacks out there here in America alone, such as Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
But what about the politicians currently in office you can actually tolerate or even respect?
For me, there's really only two that stand out to me.
First is Bernie Sanders, an Independent Senator from Vermont. The fact that he is Independent and places his principles above partisan bullshit is noteworthy, as is the fact he stood up to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and almost won. Had Hillary not rigged the primaries and used the broken super-delegate system to her advantage, Bernie would have won the nomination and possibly the election.
I like a lot of Bernie's policies but not all of them, however he's a lot better than either Grandma Nixon or Orange Berlusconi.
Next is Joe Manchin, a Democratic Senator from West Virginia. In many ways, Manchin is the last of the old-school Union Democrats. He's the closest thing we have to a classical liberal in the Senate and he is one of the few remaining Democrats who is pro-Second Amendment and is also pro-First Amendment, willing to call out Antifa's bullshit but also stand up to the Republicans when needed.
Yeah, at times Manchin can be a little too corporate, especially when it comes to the energy companies, but nobody bats a thousand and Joe Manchin is in many ways the last vestige of the old Democratic Party of JFK, LBJ, and Jimmy Carter, or as close as we're going to get to that in this day and age.
Basically, the two best politicians left are an independent mixed-market socialist and a moderate Democrat. Everyone else has gone to shit in my opinion.
Feel free to disagree with me on my choices and instead post your own choices!