Homo politicus : the strange and barbaric tribes of the Beltway /

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Author / Creator:	Milbank, Dana.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Description:	276 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) Politicians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Political culture. Politicians -- Social life and customs. Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs. Washington (D.C.)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6648773

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ISBN:	0385517505 9780385517508
Summary:	Dana Milbank writes The Washington Post's "Washington Sketch" column, a takedown of the ridiculous and the powerful that appears four times a week, and has earned the title of "the most hated man in the White House Press Corps." Here he skewers the peculiar and alien tribal culture of politics, examining the mating rituals of Homo politicus, demonstrating how status is exhibited in the Beltway's rigid caste system, and detailing the ritual sequence of human sacrifice whenever a scandal erupts (the sacrificial victim is not the guiltiest party, but the lowest ranked). He mows down the pompous and the stupid among Democrats, Republicans, reporters and bureaucrats by naming names. Every appalling anecdote in this book is, alas, true.--From publisher description.

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