... a career has centered around Washington, D.C. politics and be a "gatekeeper" to either a hugh chunk of money or a very powerful position, without virtue of being elected.
used by many because they think the unwashed in "flyover" country think its a pejorative. Just another easily bandied about term used by those who give loyalty to a political party and not a nation.
Likewise when a politician tells me they are a "christian conservative with family values" I respond by telling them that means you think I'm a fucking idiot who can be very easily duped into voting for you.
some knucklehead like McCain blather on against Washington Insiders. Every elected official in Washington is literally an insider. And being such does not make a person bad or against my interests. On the other hand, I am a member of the fleet reserve association which LOBBIES on behalf of retired Sailors, Marines and Coasties as Washington Insiders and I wish them all the best in their endeavors.
not the bit players. I think of 'insiders', as those people we don't know. The one's with all the real power. I bet there's lots of layers to 'Washington Insiders', but most are on the outside looking in.
7. A person who knows how the current dysfunctional system works.
The corporate media connotation depends on whether the subject is a Democrat or Republican, the emphasis can be subtly placed on either being adept or corrupt, depending on the corporate media motivation.
8. Capos, Bag-Men, Extortionists (usually from the Pentagon), crooks.
"Right here in this heart and home and fountain-head of lawyers, this great factory where are forged those rules that create good order and compel virtue and honesty in the other communities of the land, rascality achieves its highest perfection."
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."
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