The Rosty Man
The DEMISE of the Honorable Rostenkowski has provoked orgies of hand-wringing here in Washington, the likes of which the city hasn’t seen since, oh, early May. Establishmentarians assemble shoulder to shoulder around the bier, gazing sadly upon their fallen colleague, heads bowed, blinking back the tears. Their tears are not crocodile tears; the expressions of remorse are genuine, de profundís. When the professional Congresswatcher Norman Ornstein praises Rostenkowski’s “combination of brains, guts, heart, toughness, savvy, and integrity,” he’s not kidding. Really. He’s not.
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