From the Halfwise Dictionary:
REPUBLIC: A state in which supreme power belongs to the public and to elected politicians and to anyone who has enough money to corrupt the system.
ELECTION: An institutionalized system of voting for candidates to fill political offices according to their apparent powerfulness and warmth.
POLITICAL PLATFORM: A political party's version of creative writing.
PRESIDENT: The country's scapegoat.
MEDIOCRACY: A government system in which the media tells people for whom to vote, calls the winners of elections, and otherwise takes authority over the democratic voting process, which often occurs through emotional manipulation, shaming, and other similar techniques. To be distinguished from MEDIOCRITY.
