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WE THE PEOPLE
PART TWO
​Parade of Politickers

“The further society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate the those who speak it.” - George Orwell

Go To: Part I: Pontificating on Politics

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​PART I: Pontificating on Politics ~ (government words)
​PART II: Parade of Politickers ~ (politician words)

AGINNER - Someone who vehemently opposes a plan, legislation or change.

CARPETBAGGER - a nonresident who meddles in politics.

CHICKEN HAWK - aggressively pro-war person who has never served in the military, usually because of some kind of deferment.

COCKALORUM - a self-important, weak or little man.

​DARK HORSE - one who achieves unexpected support and success as a political candidate, typically during a party’s convention.

DEMAGOGUE - a leader who gains popularity by using emotional arguments instead of rational ones.
DOPESTER - a person who attempts to predict the outcome of an election.
DRACONIAN - someone extremely harsh and severe.

EGALITARIAN - one asserting a belief that we are all equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

EMPLEOMANIAC - some with an obsessive mania for running and holding public office.

FLUSH-BOTTOM - wealthy contributor.
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HIGHBINDER - person who engages in fraudulent or shady activities; specifically : a corrupt or scheming politician.

HOI POLLOI - the common people or masses.
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HUFF AND SNUFF - (with both denoting "anger") a fierce, bullying person. A conceited man who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense. He scoffs loudly at others, but remains entirely oblivious to his own misdeeds.

ICONOCLAST - a person who attacks your cherished beliefs like your political opinions.

MUGWUMP - one who is unable to make a decision on a candidate or an issue in a political election.

MUMPSIMUS - person who obstinately adheres to old customs or ideas, in spite of evidence that they are wrong or unreasonable.
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NOD-CRAFTY - someone who is "given to nodding their head with an air of great wisdom that they don't actually have.

OBSTRUCTIONIST - one that hinders progress: one that deliberately and often by indirect or delaying tactics obstructs business (as in a legislative body).

​PALADIN - a determined advocate or defender of a noble cause.

PANJANDRUM - a self-important or pretentious official.

PETTIFOGGER - one engaging in trickery, avarice or immoral and deceitful behavior unbecoming of the political office.

POLICY WONK - a person who develops government policy with a keen interest in technicalities and process. Increasingly used to refer to a political individual with no direct experience of the real world.

POLITICASTER - a petty or contemptible politician.

PONTIFICATE - one who presents their views and opinions as if they are the expert and everyone else is wrong.

PUISSANT - one with great power or influence.

QUOCKERWODGER - a pseudo-politician who has his marionette strings pulled by somebody else rather than his constituents.

RASPUTIN - any person who exercises great but insidious influence.

​SLUMGUZZLER - one engaging in deceptive or fraudulent behaviour.

SNOLLYGASTOR - a politician who will go to any lengths to win public office, regardless of party affiliation or platform.

STEMWINDER - someone who gives great, impassioned speeches. Originally a person or event of exceptional character.

THROTTLEBOTTOM - a harmless incompetent in public office.

TIREKICKER - a politician who discusses and debates but takes no action (from car sales where a person examines a car at length but does not buy it).

VOX POPULI -the voice of the people

WHIP - party member who ensures all other members are resent for a vote and their votes are in accordance with the party line
“Let us not seek the republican answer or the democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame from the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
​- John F. Kennedy

P - R

“One of the penalties for refusing to
​participate in politics is that you end up being governed by inferiors.” - Plato

PERLOCUTIONARY - producing a reaction of a listener of a speech; persuading or causing a listener to to take action.

PECULATE - to steal or take money or public funds dishonestly.

PLUTOCRACY - the the rule or power of the wealthy.

POLEMIC - a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma.

POTEMKIN - a political device or tactic which gives the impression that a situation is better than it really is.

PREROGATIVE - a right or privilege that is exclusive to a particular person, group, class or association.

PREVARICATE - to avoid telling the truth by directly avoiding the question.

PROBITY - following the principles of truth, honesty and integrity.

PSEPHOLOGY - the scientific study and statistical analysis of elections and voting.

RAPPROCHEMENT- an establishment of harmonious relations.

REDINTEGRATE - to make whole again, restore to a better state.

REDISTRICTING - a process in which the physical boundaries of a voting district are change.

ROORBACK - a false, dirty, or slanderous story used for political advantage, usually about a candidate seeking political office.
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