Historical evidence suggests that radical honesty regarding complex issues is not a winning political strategy.

One of the main reasons democrats lose so much is because they often prefer to take the moral high ground instead of, you know, winning.

Psychology has been weaponized and your faith in the general public to reward honesty is, sadly, misguided. We know this. It’s been proven out over and over again, in many ways…

So we can stick our heads in the sand, or we can play the game and then govern to the best of our ability after winning.