At this point I don't think it's fair to compare even NTR male protagonists to Current Year American politicians. I'm sure the former universally put up a stiffer fight for, and experience a higher rate of success in defending, their love interests than the latter ever would for their country and constituents.
Eh, it wasn't even that long ago that there were still a few souls in the American halls of power who still had honor and integrity. Barry Goldwater, for example, who stuck to his guns no matter how many enemies he'd made or how badly it crippled his already marginal chances at victory in 1964 (which were further hobbled when LBJ had the CIA spy on him, but of course that never got as much attention as Watergate).
But men like him seem to be rarer than diamonds in the best of times, and these times are anything but. The modern political class, much like most of his generation, doesn't deserve to clean his shoes with their tongues.
At this point I don't think it's fair to compare even NTR male protagonists to Current Year American politicians. I'm sure the former universally put up a stiffer fight for, and experience a higher rate of success in defending, their love interests than the latter ever would for their country and constituents.
your mistake was believing politicians were anything other than this, ever
Eh, it wasn't even that long ago that there were still a few souls in the American halls of power who still had honor and integrity. Barry Goldwater, for example, who stuck to his guns no matter how many enemies he'd made or how badly it crippled his already marginal chances at victory in 1964 (which were further hobbled when LBJ had the CIA spy on him, but of course that never got as much attention as Watergate).
But men like him seem to be rarer than diamonds in the best of times, and these times are anything but. The modern political class, much like most of his generation, doesn't deserve to clean his shoes with their tongues.