{"id":1219,"date":"2009-10-14T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2009-10-14T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T20:02:16","slug":"dilbert-nails-washington-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/14\/dilbert-nails-washington-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dilbert Nails Washington Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strips\/comic\/2009-10-14\/\" title=\"Dilbert.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/000000000\/00000000\/0000000\/000000\/70000\/0000\/600\/70677\/70677.strip.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dilbert.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suppose for this cartoon to perfectly capture contemporary Washington ethics, the senator would insist on a conjugal visit with the lobbyist&#8217;s wife.   Or maybe that is only how Nevada senators operate. <\/p>\n<p>Scott Adams has again laid out political reality far more cleanly than the vast majority of the nation&#8217;s editorial pages.<\/p>\n<p>It is only a question of time until the next congressional ethics reform package sets Beltway hearts a-flutter &#8211; and it is a certainty that the Washington Post will be shoveling hooey for the cause. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose for this cartoon to perfectly capture contemporary Washington ethics, the senator would insist on a conjugal visit with the lobbyist&#8217;s wife. Or maybe that is only how Nevada senators operate. Scott Adams has again laid out political reality far more cleanly than the vast majority of the nation&#8217;s editorial pages. 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