The Washington Post, December 7th, 1995
I made a terrible mistake the other day after hearing the congressional debate on the budget. I turned to my favorite Diamond Cab driver, Mo, and said, "This country is getting worse than a banana republic." To my surprise, Mo took umbrage at this remark and said, "That wasn't a nice thing to say. I come from a banana republic, and we would never behave like this." "I'm sorry, Mo. It's just that nobody in Washington gives a damn about anything except power, and the only thing that comes to mind is what spoiled banana peels our legislators really are." Mo told me, "I picked up a senator this mo...
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