If people use accessories like purses and shoes as a form of self expression - is it because they have nothing of substance to express. 

When we vote - what is it we vote for?

Are we electing a man or a message? Are we voting based on policy or popularity?

Candidates themselves are commodities that have gone through a long line of production that spruces them up, tacks on a mantra complete with sound-bites, photo ops, and ready made answers to any number of possible questions. We get the party line towed all the way to the podium. We get great speeches crafted by the best and brightest word smiths of the day presented by the best technology has to offer in packages we think are digestable.