Oh I don't disagree that it's shit.
And it seems that, at least from your example, keywords at least still have something to do with is. See
screenshot for keyword popularity for 'what is the tea party' and
here for a search on 'what is the torrah'.
It's a stupid system and it's pissing a lot of companies off; I've just started learning a bit about SEO and now this crap happens.