DC Isn't a Swamp, but a Tar Pit: Case Study, Alaska's Mary Peltola
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The nation's capital is frequently, and justly, referred to as the Swamp. It's not a comical appellation, unlike the famous name of the primary characters' lodgings in Richard Hooker's novel, "M A S H" - it's a pejorative--and a well-deserved one. Representatives from the various states run on one agenda, go to the Capitol, then amazingly and mysteriously get drawn into what is no longer really a swamp so much as an eastern version of the LaBrea tar pits.

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