Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
Honestly, the egos and the quest and thirst for power is very prevalent in Washington.
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.
I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.
I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.
To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and how people are trying to manipulate the truth. They speak in the language of spin, obsequiousness, obfuscation. The meta of politics is just this endless source of material that can shed light on the psychology of the process.
The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
You turn on the TV, and you hear all these guys: 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' I don't think that's the case.
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