"I keep my core beliefs written on my palm for easy reference."
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politics, political, politician, politicians, hand, hands, writing, written, palm, reference, refer, washington, washington dc, washington d.c, washington dc, capitol hill, capitol, executive, executives, ethic, ethical, ethics, moral, morals, morality, belief, beliefs, value, values, memory, remember, forget, forgetful, forgetfulness, absent, absent minded, absentminded, absent mindedness, core belief, campaign platform, campaign platforms, core beliefs"O.K., who else is writing a book?"
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worm, book, books, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, book lover, book lovers, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, critic, politics, politician, politicians, politically, politics, washington, washington dc, capitol, white house, congress, senators, senate"You've been around here longer than I have. What are 'congressional ethics'?"
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congress, united states congress, congressman, congressmen, congress person, congress people, congressional representative, corrupt, corrupting, corruption, ethics, congressional ethics, congressional oversight, law, laws, lawbreaker, lawbreakers, washington, washington dc, politician, politicians, capitol, ethical, moral, immoral, experience, inexperienced"Someday, son, all my campaign funds will be yours."
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politics, politician, politicians, government, money, finance, finances, election, elections, campaign, campaigns, election campaign, election campaign, campaign funds, election funds, family, father, fathers, dad, dads, son, sons, child, children, nepotism, favouritism, favoritism, favourite, favorite, ethics, unethical, washington, dc, d.c., capitol, capitol hill, american politics, america, us, u.s., united states, inherit, inheritance, inheritances, pac'In Rather Than Out' and 'Out Rather Than In'
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politics, politician, politicians, politic, political, white house, govern, government, president, presidential, presidency, commander in chief, elect, elected, washington, word play, play on words, word-play, office, office work, in tray, out tray, in trays, out trays, capitol, capitol hill, press, press release, press releases, cover up, cover-up, oval, oval office, head office, article, news article, news, newspaper, newspapers, spin, spinning, spin doctor, spin doctors"The problem is to get rid of the perception that we receive perks but not get rid of the perks."
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politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, washington, washington dc, capitol, capitol building, senate, house of representatives, senator, senators, congressmen, congressman, representative, representatives, perk, perks, benefit, benefits, problem, problems, perception, perceptions, optics, receive, receiving, hide, hidden, secret, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american"Still, you've got to applaud the transparency."
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hot dog vendor, hot dog vendors, vendor, vendors, street cart, street carts, food truck, food trucks, outside influence, money in politics, influences, influencer, lobby, lobbyist, lobbyists, moneyed interest, moneyed interests, corporate interest, corporate interests, corrupt, corruption, washington culture, washington elites, capitol, congressmen, transparency, vendor, senators, influence, campaign finance reform, mankoff"Where there's smoke, there's mirrors."
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smoke and mirrors, deception, deciet, trickery, magical illusion, illusion, illusions, capitol hill, washington dc, political deception, art of deception, politician, politicians, politics, president, presidents, senate, house of representatives, united states capitol, capitol, where there's smoke there's fire, smoke and fire, fire, fires, no smoke without fire, rumour, rumours, rumor, rumors, corruption, currupt government, corruptSorting Papers Into One Of Two Baskets: 'Waffle' and 'Pander'
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adviser, advisor, advisers, advisors, advisory, advice, congress, congressional, congressman, congressmen, office, offices, basket, baskets, political, politician, politicians, capitol hill, capitol, dc, washington, washington d c, citizen, citizens, governing, government, govern, governance, spin, spinning, spins, waffle, waffling, waffles, pander, pandering, elected, election, elect, elects, party politics, critic, critical, critique, critiques, exec, executive, executives, paperwork, issue, issues, ignorance, ignorant, american, american politics, political figure, political figures, corrupt, corruption"One no-trump. Oh, please, God, no Trump."
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politics, political, politically, current, current events, american politics, us politics, politicians, political figures, president, presidency, presidents, presidential, presidential candidates, election, elect, elected, election 2016, 2016, 2016 election, 2016 elections, republican, republicans, democrat, democrats, trump, donald trump, donald, anti-trump, anti trump, anti, capitol, capitol hill, play on words, white house, word play, word-play, card, cards, trump card, card game, card games, dread, oh no, god no"Do you take dark money?"
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dark money, bar, bars, bartender, bartenders, campaign finance, campaign finance reform, campaign, campaigns, campaigning, interest group, interest groups, special interest group, special interest groups, donation, donations, contribution, contributions, d.c., dc, washington, capital, capitals, capitol, capitols"Doesn't it bother you that somewhere down the line we may get indicted or convicted of something?"
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indict, indicted, indictment, accuse, accused, convicted, conviction, convicts, convict, capitol hill, capitol, politician, politicians, corrupt politicians, corrupt politicians, corruption, corrupt, con, cons, crimes, criminal, criminals, break the law, breaking the law, broken the law, worry, woories, worrying"It's the never-ending struggle between the State Department and the Department of Defense."
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capitol hill, capitol, capitol building, politics, us politics, american politics, state department, department of defense, interdepartmental fights, interdepartmental conflict, struggle, struggles, conflict, conflicts, fight, fights, fighting, bun fight, childish, childish fight, workplace competition, bad conduct