Defending shortcomings of a political position or public figure by accusing the opposition of the same. The implication being that their opponent is a hypocrite and therefore can’t levy the criticism.
A: Donald Trump has a terrible track record with women: he paid a pornstar hush money, has been known to walk into the dressing room of underage women, is caught on tape talking about grabbing women by the pussy, and has more than 20 outstanding sexual assault allegations.
B: You can’t talk when the Democrats elected Bill Clinton.
A: Stop with the accusation politics, those are not even close to the same thing.
B: You can’t talk when the Democrats elected Bill Clinton.
A: Stop with the accusation politics, those are not even close to the same thing.
by CeeCoop February 12, 2021
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Last week Karen said Trump should get impeached because he incited violence, but if you look at her tweets, she said violence during BLM is justified. She's playing political hopscotch.
by idontwanttomakeupapseudonym February 15, 2021
Get the political hopscotch mug.The capacity to recognise that politics is more nuanced and complicated than most people make it out to be as well as the ability to come to, express, and debate one's own beliefs and opinions with critical thinking while keeping composure when others disagree.
"Dude Kyle blocked me for saying that socialism isn't just when the government does something you don't like."
"Bro Karen called me racist for laughing at a Pepe meme."
"Those two really have no Political Intelligence, anyway lets go back to watching Jreg and posting on r/PoliticalCompassMemes!"
"Bro Karen called me racist for laughing at a Pepe meme."
"Those two really have no Political Intelligence, anyway lets go back to watching Jreg and posting on r/PoliticalCompassMemes!"
by Doses of Happiness February 16, 2021
Get the Political Intelligence mug.The capacity to recognise that politics is more nuanced and complicated than most people make it out to be as well as the ability to come to, express, and debate one's own beliefs and opinions with critical thinking while keeping composure when others disagree.
"Dude Kyle blocked me for saying that socialism isn't just when the government does something you don't like"
"Bro Karen called me racist for laughing at a Pepe meme."
"Those to really have no political intelligence. Anyway lets go back to watching Jreg and posting on r/PoliticalCompassMemes!"
"Bro Karen called me racist for laughing at a Pepe meme."
"Those to really have no political intelligence. Anyway lets go back to watching Jreg and posting on r/PoliticalCompassMemes!"
by Doses of Happiness February 16, 2021
Get the political intelligence mug.abbreviation: P.U.S.; The only members of the U.S. Congress to belong to nonmainstream political parties or registered as independent for a long period of time between 1971- 2021. They are Representative James Stanton, Senator Bernard Sanders, Senator Angus King Jr., Senator James Jeffords, Delegate Victor Frazer, Resident Commissioner Baltasar Corrada, Senator Harry Byrd Jr., Senator Dean M. Barkley, and Representative Justin Amash. All of them were independent, but Justin Amash changed to a Libertarian during his last year in office due to the barrage of partisan bickering from the Republicans and Democrats, which he was the first Libertarian to have held a seat in congress.
Why does the Political Underdog Squad matter so much? Because these politicians are the only politicians in Congress, over a fifty year period, be members nonmainstream political parties, which helps to keep the two mainstream parties in check.
by Vanguard 1998 February 27, 2021
Get the the Political Underdog Squad mug.An individual or group that is actively involved in politics who deal with issues that deal with a lot of political topics that most politicians that are from the political mainstream won't deal with, and take positions on issues that most politicians will not take. Often times the odds of them being successful are slim, even if their positions are good ideas, or the topic is worthy of the government's time and resources, and they have a decent amount of support among the civilian population, because of the amount of opposition they receive from other politicians and or political groups.
Kailani: I heard that U.S. Representative Brendan Boyle reintroduced the STABLE GENIUS Act, which would require presidential candidates to have a medical exam, including a mental health examination, and publicly disclose the results before the general election.
Ian: I heard about that. Regrettably, after the house voted to send the bill to the House Committee on House Administration, they never heard back about it. I suspect the bill might have encountered a large amount of opposition because most of the political candidates don't want to publicly admit that they have a mental health issue.
Kailani: It was generally a good idea nevertheless. Brendan is a good example of a political underdog.
Ian: I heard about that. Regrettably, after the house voted to send the bill to the House Committee on House Administration, they never heard back about it. I suspect the bill might have encountered a large amount of opposition because most of the political candidates don't want to publicly admit that they have a mental health issue.
Kailani: It was generally a good idea nevertheless. Brendan is a good example of a political underdog.
by Vanguard 1998 March 2, 2021
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The new Bill strangely posed an excepted majority of votes from what I call the Rhelm of Hypnotic Politics.
by Abbynhacked March 4, 2021
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