Generally, I’m ahuge fan of irony and hopefully, regular readers are also all too aware of my persistent and maniacal search for humour in the mountain of manure that is recent US history. That it’s possible, however, our democracy has become aworldwide laughing stock thanks to afew good jokes from 2011 is too much, even for me.
On April 30 of that year, at the annual White Housepublishers Donald and Katharine Graham, anepo baby of the first order. In this fairly creepy gathering, journalists pretend they’re celebrities by inviting actual celebrities to sit with them in a fancy DC ballroom in fancy clothes and eat fancy food.
