Laughing All the Way [antikvár]

Chapter i Laughing at myself is what I do best. Lord knows I have had practice, there being no city like Washington for laughable situations, but it appears to me that I have outdistanced even politicians in my race toward the ridiculous. I wanted to make my mistakes at the top and I have. You may think it simple to play the fool in a town that pursues the activity with unrestrained zeal, but my success was no lucky accident. I have had to work making my blunders count against strong contenders through four administrations. Before you dismiss me as deranged for taking lightly aU the trouble I have caused or found in Washington, you had best understand that only somewhat unusual people choose to live in the nation's capital in the first place, and that those of us who know the city and still love it were probably certifiable to begin with. It is not that the U.S. government is an entirely comic matter; but to deal in power, ambition, and the people driven by both, a fine