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3 pointsbinnacle1y ago3 comments

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They literally never give up. No matter how unqualified, no matter how many stupid clips of them surface online, no matter how many times they get dragged through the mud. And a lot of people admire that.

diegoholiveira1y ago

> What makes politicians popular?

Their ability to lie.

cs7021y ago

A good smile seems to help:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-the-lif...

Above-average looks seem to help too:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002764216676249

Just sayin'.

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