It never ceases to amaze me when I see such statements. I can only conclude that either Bernstein is lying in a way that is incomprehensible to me, or that we really do see things that differently. Kind of like the blue dress/white dress thing.
Agreed. If you want to focus just on Congress, my personal choice is when Puerto Rican separatists shots up the House of Representatives in 1954, while it was in session. Some prefer when Obama’s buddy Ayer’s pals bombed the Capitol circa 1971, but me I prefer the Puerto Rican’s because you get to add in when other Puerto Rican’s assaulted Blair House while Truman was living there… and at home