http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/22/who-are-the-congressional-elite/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/22/who-are-the-congressional-elite/#comment-16256 grumpypilgrim Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:28:51 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/22/who-are-the-congressional-elite/#comment-16256 Having lived inside the Beltway myself and attended some of the lavish parties there, I'm going to offer a different view of things. There are a LOT of parties in Washington, with LOTS of politicians, LOTS of lobbyists, LOTS of good booze at open bars, LOTS of money on the table, LOTS of ambitious people, LOTS of attractive women in tiny dresses.... Take a congressperson who hasn't had much experience in such an environment, ply him or her with some alcohol (and, for many people, it doesn't take much), and even good people can go bad. People make mistakes, pictures get taken, evidence is collected, and pretty soon there is dirt on everyone. Having lived inside the Beltway myself and attended some of the lavish parties there, I’m going to offer a different view of things. There are a LOT of parties in Washington, with LOTS of politicians, LOTS of lobbyists, LOTS of good booze at open bars, LOTS of money on the table, LOTS of ambitious people, LOTS of attractive women in tiny dresses…. Take a congressperson who hasn’t had much experience in such an environment, ply him or her with some alcohol (and, for many people, it doesn’t take much), and even good people can go bad. People make mistakes, pictures get taken, evidence is collected, and pretty soon there is dirt on everyone.

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