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I think that you outline one of the great problems in politics today. To get votes, you often have to hide what you really think and speak in doubletalk and euphamisms. But then voters will turn around and say they value honesty, truthfulness, sincerity, etc. in their politicians.
So what ends up happening is you get alot of lip-service laws (like Kyoto) where it doesn't seem possible that those who write and vote on them expect the laws to do anything, but they also want to get looked upon favorably.
And this is also one of the reasons that I initially was very anti-Bush up until 02-03: I saw him as the talking head/stuffed shirt that many politicians are. I supported McCain in the primaries, and didn't vote at all in that election. I might have seriously considered voting for Dean had he run against Bush that year (and wasn't the cartoon character that he is now).
Although in the Kyoto instance, in the long run it won't be as bad politically simply because we won't have to fret so much about breaking it later.
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