Telling truth from lies
Bear in mind that political campaigns have never been clean or honest, all the tricks justified by "We can't make the changes, do the work, defend the right, etc, if we don't get into office." So candidates hand themselves over to professional campaigners who make every effort they can get away with to get their guy/gal elected. The Candidate is an artificial construct and, at the worst, an outright lie. We don't get to see the real person, the real character of that person when the 'handlers'... Sign in to see full entry.