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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Hill Staffers Funny

A great source of political inside comedy for the wonky: Stuff Hill People Like. This blog itemizes things that Congressional staffers and interns like and do, which makes them slightly different, perhaps than the vast majority of Americans.

A taste:

It's hard to imagine that there is anybody on the Hill who has a more menial job than a Hill Person. Well, in fact, there are thousands of them, and they are known as Hill interns. An intern's "official" function is to do the mail, answer the phones, and give tours to constituents. When interns aren't around, these are all things Staff Assistants are made to do, so Hill People love interns because interns are essentially everyone's bitch. Plus, when you're fresh out of an Ivy League college and working a job a dyslexic six-year-old could probably do, you really need to degrade and humiliate an intern every few hours to remember how super awesome you are. - Stuff Hill People Like
(Incidentally, it's clearly inspired by Stuff White People Like. With a tip-o-the-hat to DailyKos.)

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