For a peek into nefarious and sleazy D.C. deal-making, phony nonprofits, and lobbyist misconduct, it’s hard to beat The Washington Post’s account of the Senate hearing about lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Whetting your appetite:
(David) Grosh, with tousled hair and long sideburns, told about a call from (Michael) Scanlon asking, “Do you want to be head of an international corporation?” That, Grosh added, was “a hard one to turn down.” The lifeguard/excavator/bartender had the gallery in stitches, and he wasn’t finished. “I asked him what I had to do, and he said ‘Nothing.’ So that sounded pretty good to me.”
