This wholeLarry Craig sex sting fib , accompany by the one aboutfederal prosecutortrying to have sex with a five - yr - old got me to thinking about depravity in Washington . For better or for worse " “ well , really just for worse " “ our politicians seem to be a pretty obscene bunch . They imbibe like fraternity boys on natural spring shift ( and then sometimes force ) , they imprecate like they ’re in a Quentin Tarantino movie and fight like schoolyard enemies . All while incline the land .
As it turns out , we just leave out out ona Congressional brawlin August . Things started getting testy in the House over the delaying tactics the Republicans had been using on some placard . Jesse L. Jackson , a Democrat from Illinois , abuse that Republicans could n’t be trusted , which set up off Lee Terry , a Nebraska Republican . Terry shouted back " Shut up,“ which was immediately trump out by Jackson , who started dropping F - bombs all over the station and need Terry if they should take it outside . fortunately for Terry , some of their colleagues interfere ; that ’s Jackson on the left in the kung - fu rig .
This Slate quizalso has some brainstorm in how dirty politician judgment can be . It ’s dumbfound some raunchy transition of " literature" pen by people in Washington that you would n’t want to ever think of as write porno ( Lynne Cheney ! ) .
The granddaddy of Washington dirty mouths , though , belong to our thirty-sixth United States President , Lyndon Johnson . The Texas indigen ( that already explains a peck ) was notable for his outspokenness and often rash language . Probably more famous , though , was his penis , which is sometimes attribute to bringing us the slangJohnson . He was warm ofskinny dippingduring diplomatical get together , as he felt his legendary genitals would found dominance . He did n’t like interrupting meetings while he was in the toilet , so he would often just give the door subject and rent anybody watch . Mypersonal favorite anecdote(and the most recounting of any from Washington ) , though , comes from a meeting Johnson hold with reporters about Vietnam . He was repeatedly asked why American military personnel were fighting there and his patience put on thin . He finally shoot , unzipped his fly , whipped it out and declared , " This is why . “
