"It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying." -- Ingrid Bergman
2007-12-08 03:29:32 · 8 answers · asked by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Perfectly applicable to today's politicians. They're no better than actors when it comes to feigning outrage, or compassion, or sorrow.
2007-12-08 03:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Read Thomas Sowell's " The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy."
I think the title pretty much sums it all up.
2007-12-08 11:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by mvpposada20 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In current politics it befitting on those politicians who befouling the voter with their false promises for sake of vote.
2007-12-08 12:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by GargVK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it relates to the dishonesty of politicians. They can tell people anything they want to hear, but when the day is over, the politician is still going to do and say what they want.
2007-12-08 11:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not whether you ARE going to do you what you are saying , but rather if people BELIEVE that you will actually do it.
2007-12-08 11:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by Izzat7 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's the difference between getting the vote, or not.
2007-12-08 11:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means that image and duping people is everything, not the reality of who you are and what you do.
2007-12-08 11:48:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
being able to lie convincingly and with a strait face.
2007-12-08 14:21:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋