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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

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.

If ever there were a place where people not only tend not to face economic facts, but it's almost their purpose not to face economic facts, it's Washington.

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

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.

Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.

Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements.

I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.

I'm not a Washington person.