a·pol·o·gist
noun
1.
a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.
2.
Ecclesiastical .
a.
Also, a·pol·o·gete [uh-pol-uh-jeet] Show IPA. a person skilled in apologetics.
b.
one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.
via Apologist | Define Apologist at Dictionary.com.
Why waste your time engaging politically when it is ultimately money that buys results, at least if you’re not one of those few souls with vast sums of it?
“But maybe,” the apologist insists, “the problem is in what Americans believe. Maybe we should work hard to convince Americans that they’re wrong. It’s understandable that they believe money is corrupting Washington. But it isn’t. The money is benign. It supports the positions members have already taken. It is simply how those positions find voice and support. It is just the American way.”
Here a second and completely damning response walks onto the field: if money really doesn’t affect results in Washington, then what could possibly explain the fundamental policy failures–relative to every comparable democracy across the world, whether liberal or conservative–of our government over the past decades?
