We forgave, followed and accepted because we liked the way he looked. And he had a pretty wife. Camelot was fun, even for the peasants, as long as it…

- Joe Mcginniss

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

- Joe Mcginniss

Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause even…

- Joe Mcginniss

With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new, murky…

- Joe Mcginniss

The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him.

- Joe Mcginniss