What is Teflon President?
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A president who manages to remain popular and continues to get elected, despite scandal surrounding the administration or general dissatisfaction with government in general. Examples include
Iran-contra? It slides right off the Teflon president.
Monica Lewinsky? Impeachment, maybe, but the polls don't look too bad for this Teflon president.
Plamegate? Wire-tapping? Maybe your average Joe would be affected, but this is a Teflon president.
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a president who cannot be removed from office because the accusations won't stick despite the corruption surrounding them. (from teflon, a material used in frying pans to prevent sticking, that has recently been shown to be unsafe)
Since the 1980s the U.S. has ended up electing one teflon president after another.
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