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standpatism \STAND-PAT-iz-uhm\ noun:The practice of refusing to consider change in one’s beliefs and opinions, especially in politics.

[The term has its origin in the game of poker. It stems from stand pat, to play one’s hand as it’s dealt, without drawing other cards.]

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Now, I’m not going to point any fingers, but this does sound mighty familiar, this standpatism business. Let’s take a trip back in time… Say about 6 or 7 minutes ago… Or the last time you talked to a Red State fanatic… Ah, yes, there it is, isn’t it? It’s all coming back to you, eh?Don’t confuse standpatism with patty cakes, which is, of course, a game in which two participants (as mother and child) clap their hands together to the rhythm of an accompanying nursery rhyme. Or red fish blue fish one fish two fish.