<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[ [Patrick Appel] The Onion has a very helpful <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/73874">glossary</a> of commonly used political terms. Some of my favorites: </p><blockquote><p>ballot-<br />An object recording a voter's decision that is frequently counted toward an election's outcome  debate-<br />A contest to see which candidate can answer the fewest questions.]]></html></oembed>