Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.
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Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
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.
I'm the only honest person in Washington.
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.
Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms.
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.
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.
I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.