Swamp

The mid-level bureaucrats who keep Washington and the nation going, I believe, are generally caring and hard-working individuals who believe that what they do is important to the running of the country. But go up the ladder to the top, and that’s where you find the swamp dwellers. But it’s more than the swamp. It’s a den of thieves, a nest of vipers, a temple of greed and corruption, a snake pit, a pigsty, a cancer ward, a devil’s den and a slush pit.

I guess it’s finally hit me as to why we have all these phrases in our language.