I would definitely say a lot of this is probably true and the rest more credible than the narrative of television & the common populace. Generally those who are promoted through television and other media outlets didn't do anything especially great to get there; they networked the hell out of themselves and sold their souls. A quick look into Saudi Arabian relations, Skull & Bones, Masonry, Yale and other factors will shed light on the obvious nature to how these "candidates" rise to power.

In America, the majority vote for republican or democrat as the TVs and "trusted news sources" feed them. Thus, whoever runs the same "mainstream news channels" that all "mysteriously" discuss the same new stories with the same agendas (and no, it isn't competition)—and the NY Times, Time, Huffington Post, Facebook, Google, and Hollywood pretty much feed people what to think, say, and vote for. It's very simple.