Its not any more duplicitous than a running back faking to the left and going right, or leading on an enemy that you are goint to attack one place and then going for another instead, as per D-day. We are at war, and unless we get over this naivete and pollyannish attitude we will continue to be hammered like we were in CA 11 and Nevada.
Yes, we must be limited by morals and ethics, but faking it is all within fair play in politics. As for not being able to handle the vomiting “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
My problem with running a green candidate or someone else is that some of the activity/support/inducement MAY be illegal. I’m not at all sure where the line is, and I don’t want to come close to it.