Michael1942's Blog

Perception as defined is : observation (see perceive) b : a mental image. Deception is: befuddlement, deceit, bluff, mystification, bad faith, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths). Many of us do not  think about these two words together or possibly singularly yet they collectively have given us the type of Congressional members who have all but subverted the offices of Congress. The advertising community has used perception and deception to entice the public to buy  goods and services Our political system has adopted these same concepts in political campaigns and subsequent elections. If a person has to convince us to support and vote for them why is it perception and deception even a part of the process? During the war of a political campaign the opposition denigrate their opponent with deception and sleight of mouth. How can we trust them to operate in an honest manner once elected? The worst of these 2 words is deception,  openly and with bad intention a candidate seeks to focus on the personal life of their opponent as a way to create an unfavorable view of them. This focus goes beyond the candidate and extends to  their families who are innocently dragged into the spotlight. It would be ungracious to say so what but what if it were you? What is the point here? The point is: “even generals at war spend no time “trashing” their opposition, their time is spent on learning the habits and abilities of the opponent to bring about a successful outcome. The office of President is an “on the job training” position that requires concentration on the tasks at hand rather than the rantings of other Government officials who often do not have all or any of the answers.Perception of deception is not necessarily fact.