So on a scale from Mildly Cringeworthy to Totally Kardashian, how shameless would you rate this pandering?
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Somewhere in the middle. Call it Standard Politician. It's why lesbian feminist politicians like to visit mosques and show themselves smiling with imams and millionaire politicians talk about their deep concern for the middle class. It's why politicians glad-hand at bake sales and embrace environmental causes they don't care about and conservative politicians embrace multiculturalism they don't believe in or, for that matter, devout Muslim and Sikh politicians embrace positions on sexual morality which are completely at odds with their religious and moral beliefs. You don't expect much honesty or integrity from a politician.