Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In United States politics, opposed to the exclusive management of party polities by an organized body of irresponsible politicians; independent. See
machine .
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Examples
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As an interesting historical side note, Theodore Roosevelt was put on the 1900 Republican ticket because the New York political machine was trying to get rid of him (he was the anti-machine Governor of New York).
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Earlier that C-SPAN year, in February 2000, New York magazine predicted that Booker, "an anti-machine city councilman ... will probably be mayor of Newark in a year's time, and may well run for a higher office by the time he is 40."
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Yes, he is still Newark's struggling savior, though he is no longer its anti-machine councilman, the David to its Goliath.
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Earlier that C-SPAN year, in February 2000, New York magazine predicted that Booker, "an anti-machine city councilman ... will probably be mayor of Newark in a year's time, and may well run for a higher office by the time he is 40."
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As an interesting historical side note, Theodore Roosevelt was put on the 1900 Republican ticket because the New York political machine was trying to get rid of him he was the anti-machine Governor of New York.
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Yes, he is still Newark's struggling savior, though he is no longer its anti-machine councilman, the David to its Goliath.
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In June, he lost to an anti-machine candidate, Dawn Zimmer, by a mere 8 votes.
Plainfield's next question: Who replaces Van Blake? Dan 2007
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In June, he lost to an anti-machine candidate, Dawn Zimmer, by a mere 8 votes.
Archive 2007-11-01 Dan 2007
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Nutter, who boldly campaigned in 2006 with an anti-machine message in the city that coined "pay-to-play," got pressed into a tight fix, having to fall back from promises on the stump in an effort to stave off budgetary oblivion.
Charles D. Ellison: How Philadelphia Could Determine the Future of the Public Library 2009
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McNabb and Penty led the anti-machine forces, arguing that civilization could be saved by Distributism only if man totally abandoned machinery.
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