All politicians lie! This is a truth, of course, but like all truth, it can be, and often is, used or abused in a way that ends up being a deception. This is one of the tactics that makes up what is generally called "SPIN." SPIN is basically twisting (or spinning) the truth to cause the listener to arrive at a false conclusion and thus hold a false belief.
Politics is the area where SPIN lives and is used the most, and where SPIN has been refined to the point of being an art form. It is true that both sides (in our basic two-Party system) mislead, lie, embellish, deceive, and SPIN. However, stating that fact in an attempt to have people view both sides as equal in the deception business is, in itself, an extreme SPIN.
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