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That's just 'realpolitik' [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk].
If Romney hadn't tried to score cookie-points via Sandy. There is a chance a joke about a 'Soulless-alien-Romney' would have been uttered somewhere. That's a chance Romney team couldn't take. Whether Romney actually feels empathy for hurricane victims is irrelevant. Any political will attempt to kiss the baby at the photo-op.
Meanwhile years ago in my country:
"But how can you not make campaign promises?!"
A soundbite from a politician when confronted about unreasonably lavish promised pensions. Mostly just laughs from the public.
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