1. politicians
Down with corrupt politicians.
At the same time, they allowed themselves to be duped and led in circles by a structure of politicians and bureaucrats.
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.
A self-proclaimed democrat, who is lucky enough to live in a democratic country, but who constantly swears at politicians without committing himself to politics, has probably not understood the word "democracy".
Everybody always knows when the politicians do something wrong and how they should do it better, but only a tiny fraction of the population is ready to commit themselves to politics.
For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.
We now have politicians who lack a child's knowledge of government.
Right now there are 2 types of Spaniards: the ones who are willing to vote for corrupt and indicted politicians, and the ones that aren't.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
Shocked by the events of September 11th, politicians all over the world condemned the terrorists for their reprehensible deed.
Enough jawboning! Why can't politicians just be honest?
Many leading British politicians studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford.
Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.
Sometimes, one of the politicians can be seen trying to keep the audience's opinions under control during televised debates.