[forkinsocket]

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[Rudder]

...but now the Republican senator from Arizona is currying favor with social conservatives...

All depends upon what your definition of curry is, huh, Shankar?

[EternalVigilance]

politicians can come to believe what they tell voters, even if they start out being insincere.

There is a term for this: Self-delusion.

And we wonder why we end up with a bunch of mental cases in office.