"Political Animals" or Not?

Taking a look at Aristotle's description of humans as "political animals" had me wondering, maybe I don't agreed with the statement. Breaking it down in pieces, the latter word in the phrase reduces us to our prime existence. Animals. Though we don't like seeing ourselves as animals, we ARE animals. Whether we like it or not. Where we differ from the rest of the animal kingdom, is our ability to be political. Now, here is where I paused, and thought to myself, "maybe I don't agree with Aristotle." Our instinctive nature is not to be political. Being very skeptical, I started to apply our nation's political state, and the effect it has had on us. Of course, many of the problems we face today, comes from politics. Bad politics. Messy politics. Insufficient politics. The idea of politics just made my face cringe. There is no way we could be naturally programmed for politics. I refused the idea. It wasn't until the end of my argument against Aristotle, and a substance-filled class discussion, that I realized, maybe Aristotle did not mean politics. That maybe his "political", was a form of social organization. The ability to reason and discuss problems between two or more people. This is a combination of our use of language, reasoning, and logic. The three most distinctive qualities of humans! Thus, in retrospect, "political animals" can accurately describe the human race. We communicate, reason, discuss, and delegate. Because of these abilities, we become "political'. Sorry for my confusion Aristotle.