I love a clever pun, don't you? Though, as a brash and obnoxious American, my humour also goes to the lewd and bawdy. What about you? I think you're more of the West Wing type.
In my mind, areas become tourist traps for a reason, though. It doesn't make them any less beautiful just because a hundred other people think so too. Though one of the best - and only - vacations I went on was to Washington D.C. and I stayed out of the political landscape, literally.
Never think of tea. Think of coffee, steak for breakfast, and the stars and stripes of old Glory. We won in the end, after all.