A successful politician radiates authenticity while living on cunning. Plain-spoken principle wins elections. Redirection and compromise get things done.
It is in the hope of keeping up the façade that, sooner or later, every holder of high office ventures into the great outdoors, dressed like an ass. The strategy has its logic: when hoping to appear natural, get close to nature. But in most cases, the contrast with a bucolic backdrop only highlights the artificiality of the politician.
The unparalleled example remains former US president Richard Nixon walking down a breezy California beach for the benefit of the press corps. He was attempting to ape his tanned rival John Kennedy. He wore black wingtips.
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