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president in 1992 talked about the giant sucking sound. well today there s another giant sucking sound going on in washington, d.c., and that s the tightening of sphincters on both sides of pennsylvania avenue as people are having to explain who put into the stimulus bill this provision of law. see, the headline was not wrong. he did actually blame a d.c. sucking sound on politicians sphincters. here s the thing, though. what ended up having the most impact on steve latourettte s long-term career prospects was not that he criticized politicians sphincters and what sounds they could make, but when he leied it, he levied it at politicians of both parties and politicians in the white house and in the congress. steve latourettte was not the most partisan or the most conservative republican in the world, and if you are not the most part season and not the most conservative, it is a