The character of Frank Underwood, played magnificently by Kevin Spacey  in ‘House of Cards’, represents the kind of politician you love to hate. He is a strange combination of ruthlessness and charm; amorality mixed with a façade of likability. Winston Churchill is credited with the line: “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” Frank Underwood has that political savvy. He is also the kind of person that, given a choice, you want fighting for you rather than against you. Politics has always been a nasty business, not for the faint of heart; dirty tricks, prevarications, deceptions, slanderous comments and a ‘take no prisoners’ attitude being the modus operandi. Both parties have long participated in such shenanigans; they then feign innocence when accused while simultaneously decrying such tactics. Hypocrisy is the norm, believability to 51 per cent the goal, to hell...(Read Full Article)