The American public gets what they are comfortable with.
When you have millions saying "Anything is OK if I am safe", then that is what they get, "anything", even if it is useless and ineffective.
When enough people start engaging their brain, and asking the real questions, then maybe things will change. But as most people don't care what happens to the other guy, I don't see any hope.
Time to really put officials on the spot and quit taking their stock answers as an answer.
VP Biden and wife on Larry King is prime example. Take a look, and see how sickening both their (VP and Jill) remarks are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78k6OtkbYuI