swamp turtle

A gerentocratic member of government who has a reptuation for elitism, dishonesty, and possible clandestine backing from the permanent institutions of state and the bureaucracy, the military-industrial complex, or corporate lobbyists, popularly referred to as "the swamp."

I believe in truth and justice as the next guy, but the only way you this bill passed is by letting those swamp turtles water it down in committee and earmark it with pork.