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Our Congress has become our own House of Lords. Those who don't claim hereditary rights ease into the mode of elitist benefaction just the same. Hence the Cunninghams, Stevens and others who view their position as a plum spot for exploitation and personal gain.(compare second son, Church of England, 19th Century)
Then there are the Larry Craig's waving their Senatorial business cards at arresting officers.
Hello. We're back in England, just after the Revolution. Who needs the history of the Churchills, or the Barchester Chronicles. All the same stories unfold daily on Capitol Hill. I just wish the costuming was authentic.
