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<blockquote data-quote="Admin." data-source="post: 305669" data-attributes="member: 1129">Not my first Rodeo,&nbsp; freshman poli Sci major..car·pet·bag·ger/ˈkärpətˌbaɡər/<a href="https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk03Rs_l8A3T0z8t5WCKNX4fKlYZRWw:1624829500563&amp;q=how+to+pronounce+carpetbagger&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcRoxy3w8sc9YSnTSWtOXmPU5-INKMrPK81LzkwsyczPE5LgYglJLcoVEpDi4-JJTiwqSC1JSkxPTy2yYlFiSs3jWcQqm5FfrlCSr1AA1JcP1JiqgKwMAMa1nvxjAAAA&amp;pron_lang=en&amp;pron_country=us&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj2_c3J4bjxAhWWvZ4KHUz4C-EQ3eEDMAB6BAgCEAc" target="_blank">Learn to pronounce</a>nounDEROGATORY•INFORMAL<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">HISTORICAL 
(in the US) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">a person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist. 
&quot;the organization is rife with carpetbaggers&quot;</li>
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[QUOTE="Admin., post: 305669, member: 1129"] Not my first Rodeo, freshman poli Sci major.. car·pet·bag·ger /ˈkärpətˌbaɡər/ [URL='https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk03Rs_l8A3T0z8t5WCKNX4fKlYZRWw:1624829500563&q=how+to+pronounce+carpetbagger&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcRoxy3w8sc9YSnTSWtOXmPU5-INKMrPK81LzkwsyczPE5LgYglJLcoVEpDi4-JJTiwqSC1JSkxPTy2yYlFiSs3jWcQqm5FfrlCSr1AA1JcP1JiqgKwMAMa1nvxjAAAA&pron_lang=en&pron_country=us&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2_c3J4bjxAhWWvZ4KHUz4C-EQ3eEDMAB6BAgCEAc']Learn to pronounce[/URL] [I]noun[/I] DEROGATORY•INFORMAL [LIST=1] [*]a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. [LIST] [*]HISTORICAL (in the US) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. [*]a person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist. "the organization is rife with carpetbaggers" [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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