Washington didn't invent the revolving door. Theophilus von Kannel of Philadelphia patented the first one in 1888. But the Washington version--traveling between the public and private sectors--was soon in full swing. As a D.C. tradition, the revolving door dates to at least 1897, when William McKinley [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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You’ve done a lot of groundwork Craig Aaron. I don’t know when I will be able to read the rest of the article—-might need to see some comments that will stop this INNER SCREAM!!! first:
RAT BASTARDS!!!
GRAVY SUCKING PIGS!!!
GRAVY SUCKING RAT BASTARD PIGS!!!
I’ll calm down when I feel like it. Way to nail it, Mr. Aaron.
Quoting your article:
“Seizing on the stench of corruption, more than a dozen groups formed the Revolving Door Working Group (http://www.revolvingdoor.info) to push a series of sensible reform proposals: doubling the one-year
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