Political hack

General parlance

A political hack, also called a machine politician or ward-heeler, is a politician, which may or may not be ensconced in to the party apparatus, who chose to belong to a small faction or clique that at least in part controls a political party and it's political machine for there own private political or material gain rather than fulfilling the needs of the general public and\or broader party ideology.

American term

The term "political hack", also called partisan hack, is a pejorative term describing a person who is part of the political party apparatus, but whose intentions are more aligned with victory than personal conviction. The term "hired gun" is often used in tandem to further describe the moral bankruptcy of the "hack".

When a group of "political hacks" of a similar political affiliation get together, they are sometimes called a "political hack pack."

When one side of a debate has more "political hacks" than the other, this is referred to as a "hack gap" and gives an advantage to the side with more "political hacks."

Archaic British term

It is a political journalist.

Modern British terms

A Political hack is a politician or political commentator who spouts out an endless tirade of ideological or lobby group driven tirades, lectures, buzwords, parrot words and sound bites.

A party hack is a politician and\or political party member that made long and dramatic rise to power in the party and\or government because they spout out an endless tirade of ideological or lobby group driven tirades, lectures, buzwords, parrot words and sound bites.

Online turm

it is either hacking or being hacked by a political organisation.

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