"If you represent special interests, I can seat you immediately."
Tags:
restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, maitre d', head waiter, head waiters, front of house, service, customer service, seat, seats, seating, table, tables, government, government, politics, political, washington, d.c., washington dc, capitol hill, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, american politics, american government, special interests, special interest group, special interest groups, sig, sigs, lobbying, lobbyist, lobbyists, unethical, ethics, corruption, vip, vips, v.i.p., v.i.p.s, very important people, very important person, special, special treatment, preferred treatment, preferential treatment"Gentlemen, it's time we gave some serious thought to the effects of global warming."
Tags:
global warming, floods, washington, water, pollution, thought, serious, environment, politics, incompetents, climate change, too late, tardy, tardiness, flood, flooding, flooded, global warming effect, global warming effects, delay, delays, apocalypse, end of the world, dragging our heels, worldwide flood, worldwide floods, environmental disaster, environmental catastrophe, catastrophe, catastrophes, disaster, disasters, natural disaster, natural disasters"I keep my core beliefs written on my palm for easy reference."
Tags:
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 beliefsThe Washington Arbitrators
Tags:
expansion team, expansion teams, baseball, baseball team, baseball teams, arbitrator, arbitrators, arbitration, pitcher's mound, pitcher's mound meeting, pitcher's mound meetings, pitcher, pitchers, litigator, litigators, litigation, litigating, lawyer, lawyers, washington, washington dc, beltway"Senator, the American people, whom you often mention in your speeches, would like a word with you."
Tags:
politics, politician, politicians, senator, senators, representative, representatives, political, speech, speeches, campaign, campaigns, election, elections, voting, vote, votes, voter, voters, constituent, constituents, constituency, people, crowd, crowds, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, americans, washington, american people, receptionist, receptionists, secretary, secretaries, assistant, assistants, office, offices"You can't please all the people all the time, so you might as well please the pharmaceutical lobby."
"It's nothing like that, Annie. I just want to start seeing women from other swing states for a while."
Tags:
politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, capitol hill, washington, washington dc, congress, house of representatives, representative, representatives, congressman, congressmen, senate, senator, senators, candidate, candidates, election, elections, campaign, campaigns, campaigning, political campaign, political campaigns, election campaign, election campaigns, vote, votes, voter, voters, voting, swing state, swing states, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, dating, infidelity, cheating, cheater, cheaters, affair, affairs, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, seeing other women, man, men, excuse, excuses, fear of commitment, noncommittal"Of course you know Congressman Beasley."
Tags:
clown, clowns, politician, politicians, politic, politics, congress, congressman, congressmen, congressional, house of representative, senate, senator, washington dc, washington, d.c., incompetent, make fun, introduction, introductions, poor, rubbish, laughing stock, laughing-stock, clowning, clowning around, inappropriate, joker, jester, unpopular, standards, poor standard, unserious, light hearted"I may run, but first I want to toy with the electorate for a while."
Tags:
election, elections, electoral, vote, voting, votes, run, runs, candidate, candidates, unclear, toy, electorate, electorates, news, tv, report, television, talkshow, talk show, politics, political, washington, dc, washionton dc, washionton d.c., washiongton d.c., politic, contest, contests, politician, politicians, slimy, noncommittal, non committal, commit, commits"O.K., who else is writing a book?"
Tags:
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"We should lavish them with media attention when they pass a budget cooperatively, to reinforce good behavior."
Tags:
positive reinforcement, positive reinforcements, media attention, press attention, bipartisan politics, partisan politics, good behaviour, good behavior, journalist, journalists, politician, politicians, budget, budgets, teamwork, operant conditioning, federal budget, federal budgets, washington, republican, republicans, democrat, democratsNo Parking - Scandal or No Scandal
Tags:
ticket, tickets, parking ticket, parking violation, parking violations, no parking, government, politics, political, law, laws, law and order, crime, crimes, misdemeanour, misdemeanor, offense, offence, donald, manes, nyc, new york city, politician, politicians, 1986, parking violations bureau, scandal, scandals, scandalous, sign, signs, parking meter, parking meters, larceny, grand larceny, washington dc, washington, political scandal, political scandals"You've been around here longer than I have. What are 'congressional ethics'?"
Tags:
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"We must root out corruption at the highest levels of government and make it look like it's happening at the lowest levels of government."
Tags:
corrupt, corrupts, corrupting, corruption, coverup, coverups, cover-up, covers up, covering up, scandal, scandals, political scandal, political scandals, government, governments, washington, washington dc, protect, protects, protection, protections, protecting, hierarchy, hierarchies, deflect, deflects, deflecting, scapegoat, scapegoats, scapegoating, deflection, deflections, blame, blames, blaming, blame game, blame gamesBeltway Car Pool"Under the proposal, regional 'health alliances'—essentially, giant insurance-buying pools—would collect money from employers and individuals and in return offer them a variety of competing health plans. A national health board would control the alliances' budgets and prevent them from raising insurance premiums over a certain amount. Cool!"
Tags:
politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, capitol hill, washington, washington dc, congress, house of representatives, representative, representatives, congressman, congressmen, senate, senator, senators, federal, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, inside the beltway, beltway, american politics, business, healthcare, health care, insurance, health insurance, medical insurance, medicaid, medicare, obamacare, national health board, insurer, insurers, risk pool, risk pool, money, health plan, health plans, health alliance, health alliances, proposal, proposals, insurance premium, insurance premiums, kid, kids, child, children, explanation, explaining, carpool, carpools, car pool, car pools, carpooling, word play, wordplay"It was a complete blowout – I lost my seat, my house, my car, my wife, and my season ticket to the Redskins."
Tags:
politics, politicians, election, elections, electoral loss, loss, lose, loser, lost seat, unseated, unseat, capitol hill, congress, congressmen, congressman, losing it all, lost it all, losing everything, big loss, big losses, high stakes, blowout, priorities, season ticket, sport, sports, sports fan, american football, football, football fan, football enthusiast, washington, washing d.c., divorce, divorces, divorce settlement, divorce settlementsWashington Crossing the Delaware, Having Been Invited to Join the Faculty at Princeton
Tags:
new jersey, princeton, professor, professors, delaware, washington, george washington, icon, icons, iconic, cross the delaware, crossing the delaware, founding father, founding fathers, tenure, teacher, teachers, teaching, job offer, job offers, ivy league, faculty member, faculty members, teaching position, teaching positions, phd, phd candidate, phd candidates"Someday, son, all my campaign funds will be yours."
Tags:
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"All I know is she has unlimited access."
Tags:
politics, american, america, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., washington, white house, oval office, reagan, ronald reagan, nancy reagan, first lady, president, presidents, chief of staff, unlimited access, access, fortune-telling, fortunetelling, fortune, fortunes, fortune-teller, fortune-tellers, fortuneteller, fortunetellers, fortune teller, fortune tellers, psychic, psychics, seer, seers, astrology, secretary, secretaries, receptionist, receptionists, suspicious, questionable, strange, unusual