The word smacks of backroom deals, abuses of power, corruption, lying, broken promises, and a cornucopia of other corruptions.
Few persons seem to have a good word to say for politics.
You may suspect that I am just trying to make a rhetorical point and that I don't really meant it, but I do. I thank God for politics because it's as essential as gravity. When I play basketball, I bemoan my limited leaping ability, but without gravity there would be no basketball in the first place. I can't, for politics is essential to human life. God created us as political beings.