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Bread and Circus

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11. It's a lot easier to seem polished when you don't let the truth stand in your way.
Thu Oct 15, 2015, 07:14 AM
Oct 2015

I really mean that and not just in politics. The truth is often dirty and messy and complicated. It is often easier to come off as confident, smooth, and polished if you ignore the real truth and offer some alternate recount of circumstances that sounds better if you don't tell the truth.

I personally think this is one of Hillary Clintons and many many politicians keys to success is that they can ignore the truth very easily and say whatever sounds good at the time. Good politicians are often good liars. We all know that. Being slick is a good thing when it comes to politics because most people emotionally prefer an easy lie over an ugly truth.

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