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The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.

— Scott McClellan

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Politicians are masters of the art of deception.

— Martin L. Gross

The public should begin to understand that there's nothing that comes out of this campaign, or this Obama White House, that they can believe. It truly is all misrepresentation and deception.

— John Sununu

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

— Barack Obama

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

— Unknown

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

— Said Nursi

I think the best campaigns are campaigns of ideas and substance.

— Martin O'Malley

Almost all political campaigns involve falsity and playacting.

— Rich Lowry

I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and it diminishes the presidency.

— Mitt Romney

What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.

— Calvin Trillin

✗Opposing Perspectives

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.

— Nicolas Sarkozy