I think that people with an intensely cynical outlook of politics and people have a warped view of the world. "Blood for oil" made me roll my eyes. Ditto for "The two parties are the same", i.e. it doesn't matter who is President, Senator, or member of Congress. And if someone had suggested that President Bush held off attacking a major terrorist because it would damage his case for war in Iraq, I would have been taken aback by that person's cynicism. But for the last claim, NBC news says this may have happened.
If this is true (and it is an if), I am not going to start assuming that every politician is acting on the worst motives. You remember when Wal-Mart was selling a DVD player for $29.99 and a woman got trampled by the crowd rushing into the store? Well, it didn't happen. The woman who made the claim is a con artist with a long history of personal injury cases against corporations. But it was easy to many people to believe, because aren't people so greedy that they would cripple a person for a cheap DVD player?
My point is that assuming the worst about people often assumes the wrong. But at the same time, not considering the worst is naive.
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