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The first one fits Cain! Anyone running for his second office is politician. By the way politicians aren’t limited to government office.

pol·i·ti·cian (pl-tshn)
n.
1.a. One who is actively involved in politics, especially party politics.
b. One who holds or seeks a political office.
2. One who seeks personal or partisan gain, often by scheming and maneuvering: “Mothers may still want their favorite sons to grow up to be President, but . . . they do not want them to become politicians in the process” (John F. Kennedy).
3. One who is skilled or experienced in the science or administration of government

Yes, that makes sense; kind of... Of course, you are avoiding the "especially party politics" portion of that definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/party+politics party politics noun politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism. Obviously, "A'elian' nation" meant "politician" in the generic negative sense (as in the last half of definition 1, and all of 1b, 2, and 3) and certainly not in the same sense that you have attached to his already contextualized usage. Anyway, my point isn't to deride you or argue with you, or anything like that, it's merely to point out that the word politician has more than one meaning and it is the context in which it is used which determines the correct interpretation of the meaning ascribed to it. Cheers P.S. - Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that everyone here lately seems to be getting their panties in bunch whenever debating over a candidate? That's why I let everyone know exactly where I stand via my tagline. I don't want anyone making the mistake of thinking that I'm pretending to be unbiased or something! LOL! Have a good one, my friend!

Aw, cr@p! Not again! Let me try reformatting this again:

Yes, that makes sense; kind of...

Of course, you are avoiding the "especially party politics" portion of that definition:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/party+politics

party politics

noun

"politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism."

Obviously, "A'elian' nation" meant "politician" in the generic negative sense (as in the last half of definition 1, and all of 1b, 2, and 3) and certainly not in the same sense that you have attached to his already contextualized usage.

Anyway, my point isn't to deride you or argue with you, or anything like that, it's merely to point out that the word politician has more than one meaning and it is the context in which it is used which determines the correct interpretation of the meaning ascribed to it.

Cheers

P.S. - Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that everyone here lately seems to be getting their panties in bunch whenever debating ANY candidate, here?

Of course, that's why I let everyone know exactly where I stand via my tagline. I don't want anyone making the mistake of thinking that I'm pretending to be unbiased or something! LOL!

Have a good one, my friend!