"That's just the public perception..."

I always quite like it when politicians say that. As though they, being of a higher calling, have some special other route to truth. Are they all Plato's acolytes? What special inside track do they have? can we all be privy to it, or do we have to receive this higher truth through the political priest class? How do we know they actually have this privileged knowledge? Do we just take it on trust? Have they demoted the knowing of mere facts to the status of 2nd class prosaic quiz-answering, whereas "real" knowing does not have such feet of clay? Can we on the outside ever take a peek inside? Do we have to give up all worldly, grubby obsessions with "facts", cleanse ourselves before we can appreciate This Place?
Hmm, it's not pyramid sales, is it? (sorry: "multi-level marketing")
Just checking.