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Oh, I agree that compromise is the name of the political game, and as you note, being consistently ethical can actually be a drawback in getting things done. But I'm always amused when people act shocked that a President lies or a politician appears unethical. How would you ever get to be President if you didn't have a finely developed sense political lying?

> I've become a political agnostic. Compromise, equivocation, and position 
> >switching are in the very nature of politics.
>
> And not, in themselves, bad things, in my opinion. I would far rather have 
> politicians in office who can change their minds than ones whose stands are 
> carved in granite from start to finish, regardless of changing circumstance 
> or new information.



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