Antipartisan
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I was thinking about the word partisan the other day as I was trying to come up with a slogan for the campaign. For those who don't know, a partisan is anyone passionately displaying support for a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. It's typically used with a negative connotation, as in: "that congressmen is a partisan hack".
Using the word implies that the "partisan" is serving an interest other then country, common sense, or justice. Listen long enough to cable news networks or read a few political themed websites and you'll come across the word for sure.
I was thinking the slogan would be something like "not partisan, not nonpartisan, antipartisan", but I decided against using the word. The message is too easily lost on voters who don't have much time to focus on what's really wrong with politics today.
Many even wear the word partisan like a badge of honor. I don't care for these people, most of which are either party leaders or media personalities who profit off of division. But, as long as we have parties, we will have partisans, and we're not getting rid of them anytime soon.
Send me to D.C. and I will call out anyone who puts party ahead of country: I will be antipartisan.