Well, that's true for this topic as for any other... but yes, people seem to be incapable of having normal arguments, which really pains me, everyday.
I see what you wrote more as an exercise than an exact description of the world, although agreeing with a lot of what you say, both factually and figuratively. Although in the US politicians have to raise money, and that's something that doesn't occur in most countries.
Politicians having to raise money to participate in the game show we call democracy just leaves them indebted to their financiers, and thus instead of mob rule we have puppet masters that hide behind the figureheads, and own stock in any politician with a real chance of winning any given race. And the men behind the curtain answer to noone, and are insulated from repercussions from their schemes, leaving them in a position to just buy the replacements of any of their puppets to be ousted. This leaves the illusion of freedoms and government serving the public intact for the sleeping masses!
They have to raise money to stay in congress... it's a stupid system. Although it doesn't work that way here. What happens instead is that they make favours to big companies benefitting them or allowing them to earn a public contest for a big construction or whatever, and then when they get out of politics they are compensated with a nice job as consultant or ceo in a big company... not that everyone is like that. I refuse to believe that. But there are so many examples everywhere, frequently very well known by the public...
Oh and democracy is different than republic... we have republics =)