Then why make campaign promises at all? Is it a beauty pageant kind of thing -- "I need an excuse to stand here in front of the mic while you admire my [tits /

Then why make campaign promises at all? Is it a beauty pageant kind of thing -- "I need an excuse to stand here in front of the mic while you admire my [tits / gravitas], so here's ten [words / minutes] on feeding the homeless and achieving world peace."?