You know what? I just realized that I have always assumed that politics and my real self would never actually mix. I had just assumed that honesty and politics were mutually exclusive. Maybe it’s true on some level, in this poisoned political environment.
But the disgusting rhetoric and outright lies are threatening to destroy the republic.  For politics, the truth is now more necessary than ever.
If I truly wish to devote myself to country, then I must also devote myself to truth. So if you ever catch me not being truthful, remind me of this.
…and how, exactly, would your anonymity or pseudonimity advance truth?
Isn’t a declaration of one’s selfhood, which is simply the mirror reflecting one’s most cherished beliefs, the sine qua non of the whole idea of truthfulness?
If you truly wish to devote yourself to country, you WILL declare yourself. Anything other than that is an unacceptable compromise (said he, in uncompromising language). ;p