When you strip all of the gingerbread off of it: all of the blue suits and red ties—all of the conventions—all of the news conferences and lapel pins, politics is manipulating perceptions to make yourself and your side look good, and the other side look bad. Whatever that takes.
Unfortunately, there are times that honesty gets in the way of that, and unfortunately that often doesn’t stop the ilk of people who self-identify as politicians.
What is politics? Nothing you will find in the 10 Commandments.
