American Politics on the Rocks by Rich Rubino
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With our nation’s deep political divide, conversations around politics and current events can get downright nasty, even among family and the best of friends. But they don’t have to be!- Which presidential candidate told a reporter: “There is too much dignity in government now. What we need is some meanness.”
- The losing presidential candidate who deadpanned: “There’s nothing left to do but get drunk.”
- Which president threatened to fire, on the spot, any staff members who referenced the White House ghost, which they referred to as “the thing.”
- How American politics popularized the word “OK.”
- Which Republican U.S. senator loves Gangsta Rap.
- Which former president asked a journalist seconds before an important interview, “Well did you do any fornicating this weekend?”
- Which of the Congressional leaders pledged to fellow caucus members to be “a nicer son-of-a-bitch.”
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