Bone into political jargon using this handy list of political phrases and expressions. There are many of these, but this list may be particularly relevant to the presidential elections 2008, so that the race unfolds in all its dramas
Absurdistan-a satirical term for any country where absurdity is commonplace. An interesting farm across the country. It is this election to feel how much rice.
Armchair Revolution-Related to "Arm Chair Quarterback" and "Weekend Warrior". Now that the Internet is giving us an easy way to do a lot of talk online without much action, it's more than ever
The Blue Rinse Brigade-It usually started in the UK to describe an elderly middle class woman of conservative sociopolitical persuasion. However, it is that the elderly are notoriously socially conservative, financially free, and in retired America there is plenty of time to vote and to elect.
Bolters-party members and soon won't get nominations leaving the party for another as their favorite candidate. Possible usage: "These Republicans went on to vote for Joe-Biden instead until they saw John-McCain got a nomination for the Republican Voltters!"
Bush's Confusion Syndrome-The tendency to blame George W. Bush for every single thing going wrong; right wing experts, they are Bush Bush now what Bush is to replace him now what incumbent Have left the office with, even the right wing to catch a touch of Bush's Confusion Syndrome
Cave people-C.A.V.E. stands for "the citizen for virtually all". Specifically, those who love something as long as it is already established, but dislikes all kinds of change. Whether to legalize marijuana or stop the war in Iraq as a social question like gay or women's rights, comments from cave people or two people
Christmas Tree Building-A bill that passes the House and Senate with many irrelevant amendments attached, rather than it began with. Usually, small minor bills can gain new terms such as favorable vendors and tax loopholes. The name is usually that it is the last bill handed over before Congress goes home for Christmas holidays.
Crony capitalism-just thought I reminded that this word exists. It is not supposed to think about any company that happens to be named "Halliburton" making huge profits from the Iraq war yet gets money from them
Groupuscule-It is a French way to describe the far more extreme tendency of parties to break up into a small little sub-party on top of some minor insults and extreme views Usage: "The Forerunner of the Popular People Judea It's just a groupuscule from the front of the people of Splitter! "
Kleptocracy-A government that increases the personal wealth and political power of the ruling class at the expense of the population. Now that you hear "the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poor", this time you "what do we think we are stealing"
The losers of past presidential elections and where they are now
It's hard to believe how much excitement is built for each candidate, but only to see the loser blur again. Here, shake your memory with rans' list from past elections and find out what's theirs. We don't care what is so obvious-you don't need to tell what we are doing? -But things that are question marks may be interesting.
John Kerry, Democrat, 2004-After giving the election to George W. Bush before the last vote was counted, Kerry is one of his supporters that he fights a good fight Last one He still Massachusetts Under state Senator Ted-Kennedy, he is basically not too busy. He attends the rally here, pushing out the bill occasionally and chairing some Senate committees, but generally avoid vampire-like spotlights.
Rospelot, Reform Party, 1996-If there was a wildcard candidate so far, this was it. Perrot, who had the opinion of free will above all, and made a huge amount of noise in the news media, became a dry sand race without him in the presidential election in 1996. He was actually hiding since then Oops. He abandoned the Reform Party, which he once operated, and is probably doing something in the business sector. Whenever a newspaper reporter spots him in the public and in interviews, he usually remains on his business career, and about something else, his only emergence from rice political asylum is he Texas Education in Texas in 2005 not surprising, as he made his fortune with a technology company
Michael Dukakis, Democratic Party, 1988-Boy, he has ever lost. George Bush Sr., can not decide to become Dukakis with this player. After losing Bush with a 4 to 1 margin on the electoral vote, he scrutinized and criticized all his movements, and under the spotlight of public and media Ma he was completely out of politics in 1990 Resigned and joined the board of all things-Amtrack, when the train was losing popularity and the recession was approaching. He later became a professor of political science at Northeastern University in Massachusetts, and occasionally took part in the grassroots movement, continuing on this day with most academic careers
Walter Mondale, Democrat, 1984-There was no chance to miss an opportunity against unshakable might, who was the incumbent Reagan administration. I will say something about running or not. After stomping in 1984 and his results, Mondale brushed the elephant's footsteps from his suit and returned to the private practice. In 1993, he was appointed ambassador to Japan by the Clinton administration. In 2002 he put in a vote to replace another Senate candidate who had died in a plane crash, he tried and finished very close but lost stuttering, racing he At the end of what the last campaign will be, "I want to tell Minnesota, you always treat me well, and you always retire to me", he is near a lake in the islands of Minneapolis Living today, he often walks his dog and sees and quotes lines from Monty-Python's cartoon skit
Eugene * McCarthy, Independent, 1976-Gerard * Ford and Jimmy * Carter, Wedge into a race during the time that independent candidates were standing chances, McCarthy, This US Senator from Minnesota- At all Joseph-McCarthy, to be confused with a senator from Wisconsin named Mackersism-he also continued to write his book, of which he was producing 17, 10 before dying in the month, 2005, 89.
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