Political Quote For The Week

Since my cable connection is piss poor and I had to resort to dial-up, I decided to start a new section to be posted every saturday, that being a political quote for the week. I will start with one of my favorites from Gore Vidal:

"Politics: A combination of two words, poli from the Greek meaning "many" and tics, are blood sucking insects".

How accurate is that? IMO, an excellent observation. Thoughts?