I'm sorry but my reputation is too important to be seen talking with you any longer, without my street cred around here no one would respect me, I can't have that, I can't have that at all, it'd be political suicide on a massive scale, on par with watergate, I'd never get elected mayor, I'd never survive a demote vote, I'd never gain my long desired respected role.
"I might be a slave to appearances, but it'll be the pig in lipstick that survives the slaughter. "
-Socrates