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machine politician::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hack, political hack, ward-heeler |
| Type of | pol, political leader, politician, politico |
Examples of machine politician
machine politician
She, or rather it, would certainly be the ultimate machine politician.
From the time.com
But some comfort themselves with the belief that he is the last of a dying breed of machine politician.
From the economist.com
What is more, he is the consummate machine politician.
From the economist.com
But in truth he has always been a brutal machine politician.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ecevit is a classic Turkish machine politician, who's used to looking the other way at corruption in order to hang on to power.
From the time.com
Al Smith, a machine politician from the old school, was an early social reformer with whom Frances Perkins made common cause.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So, while Mr Gore is looking a bit like a machine politician of the old school, Mr Bush is emerging, Clinton-like, as the candidate of the centre.
From the economist.com
But the question many people in Blackpool were asking was whether choosing an old-fashioned machine politician as leader was really the best the party could do.
From the economist.com
A spate of strikes on the Tube has encouraged the view that Mr Livingstone, a machine politician and a man of the left, is better at dealing with London's ornery unions.
From the economist.com
