7Not always. Politicians concentrate on hiding their flaws during election campaigns until they become fatal in office. For example, the object of the political debates on television is to demonstrate that your opponent is flawed while you are not. The assumption is that the flawed candidate should lose. Perhaps this theatrical farce is one reason why people are so fed up with political leadership.

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