Quote by James McGreevey

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The po

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The quote suggests that the current state of American politics is plagued by a pervasive lack of genuineness. The author draws parallels between their personal life and their career in the political backstage, stating that both were characterized by deceit, hidden agendas, and truths that were intentionally concealed. The statement implies that the author existed in multiple figurative "closets," living in a constant state of pretense and disingenuousness. This observation sheds light on the duplicitous nature of American politics and the challenges in finding authenticity within it.

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