Homo Politicus
Subtitle: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780385517508
Subjects: History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Essays; Government - U.S. Government; Political Process - General; Current Events / Political; Modern - General; Political culture; Politicians; Social life and customs; Washington (D.C.)
Description: 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.