Crowell's Slick Politicians

Yes, Rodney Crowell's Sex & Gasoline (Yep Roc) is good, but I have a quibble. Twice he on this album, on different songs, he uses the phrase "slick politicians". On his 2006 album, Outsider, he used the same phrase. That phrase must be dear to Crowell, who is by all I've read, a Democrat. So using that phrase instead of saying terrible President is easier on the Country conservatives that like Crowell's music. Of course, I could be reading into this all wrong, and "slick politician" is just a phrase that Crowell likes to say about all politicians. Like all of Crowell's albums this isn't a political album, and the most biting songs are about relationships. Still, for such a gifted wordsmith, the best cut on his album is a Dylan inspired track, you'd think he could come up with something more cutting.