An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play.

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.