Mention315683

Download triples
rdf:type qkg:Mention
so:text While they complain about candidates pandering to special-interest groups, 217 years of this republic have shown that deep down people want candidates who strive to be all things to all men. People say they want office-seekers who are candid, frank, straightforward, genuine, who tell the truth even when it hurts. Who are on the up-and-up, guileless, unartful, undesigning, unequivocal. But nobody has won running on that platform, including Lincoln, FDR and Reagan, and you will be no exception. Voters elect only candidates who are deceptive, duplicitous, bluffers, cunning, crafty and Machiavellian. That's because voters want politicians like themselves. The media agrees. So why are you out of step? Thus, you've botched your campaign. You're going to lose by a landslide. I accuse you of being politically pure, clean, pristine, impeccable and untarnished. Your very presence embarrasses the system because you don't play by the historic rules. (en)
so:isPartOf https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Keyes
so:description Miscellaneous (en)
qkg:hasContext qkg:Context155314
Property Object

Triples where Mention315683 is the object (without rdf:type)

qkg:Quotation298037 qkg:hasMention
Subject Property