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The Reek And Reward Of Politics

The Reek And Reward Of Politics

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Mar 04, 2021
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Why Would Honest People Get Involved In Such A Dirty Business?

The West Wing aged poorly, but one of the things Aaron Sorkin's early 2000s political drama taught us that is definitively applicable now is politics is messy and involves a lot of compromise and complex nuance debates that leave us feeling like we've just bathed in a pig trough full of shit.

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