DEMOCRATIC PARTY, n. 1) The “good cop” in the biennial good cop/bad cop mugging of the American public; 2) A political party which has persevered and prospered for over two centuries without ever having had any principles to betray.
REPUBLICAN PARTY, n. The Republican Party is often scurrilously portrayed as consisting entirely of racists, but this is not true. Many Republicans leaders are not racists, but are merely content to pander to them.
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–from the revised and expanded edition of The American Heretic’s Dictionary, the best modern successor to Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary
Sharp and Pointed 