What does "political pawn" mean?
what does it mean when you call a person a political pawn
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whgilmore answered 6 years ago
If you are not familiar with the game Chess, one of the minor pieces for winning the game are pawns. They have minimal value than the major pieces, but are used to maneuver your opponent's pieces in order to win the game. Pawns are the most used pieces and are often sacrificed.
After explaining what a pawn is in chess, it is similar in politics. In politics a pawn is a person used to maneuver your opponent into a position so you can win over them often at the pawn's sacrifice.
Sarah Palin is a good example of a political pawn. McCain selected her with the intention of making her a distraction so that he can increase his chances of winning.
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Exemple:
2008 US election: John McCain chooses Alaska governor Sarah Palin as running mate
Kuo, a naturalized citizen, began spying for China in March 2007. He obtained national defense information from Gregg W. Bergersen -- a weapons systems policy analyst at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, an agency within the Department of Defense in Arlington. The information mostly involved U.S. military sales to Taiwan and U.S. military communications security classified as secret.
Kuo was also prominent in Louisiana's business community. He came to the U.S. in 1972 and attended Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., on a tennis scholarship before building his own business.
司法部主管國家安全事務的助理部長魏斯坦、維吉尼亞州東區法院法官羅森堡,以及聯邦調查局負責國家安全部門的執行副局長康明思共同宣布,11日在路易斯安那州的紐奧良郊區,以傳送美國國防機密資料給中華人民共和國政府的罪名,逮捕並起訴了58歲的郭台生和33歲的康玉新(譯音 Yu Xin Kang),同時也在華府附近的亞力山卓市,逮捕了隸屬美國國防部的國防安全合作署 (DSCA) 官員柏格森 (Gregg W. Bergersen)。據了解,郭台生為抗日名將薛岳的女婿。