Thanks to Lisa's patriotic and winning essay in a Reading Digest contest, the Simpsons win a trip to Washington DC. However, Lisa's faith in democracy is shaken when she sees her local representative taking a bribe for a permit to cut down Springfield National Forest.
Most every piece of mail Homer received was thrown out in the garbage, except for a free Reader’s Digest magazine. Because it was free, Homer became oddly interested in it and was an avid reader. One day he came across an essay contest for children. Lisa, being the brainiac she is, wrote a very patriotic essay called “The Roots of Democracy”. The Simpsons are off to Washington D.C.! They stay at the Watergate Hotel, which obviously was meant to bring attention to how much corruption there is in the government. Homer goes crazy once they receive VIP passes and has massages and orders plenty of room service. They also got free tours of the white house! The night before the contest, Lisa takes a tour on her own only to come across a congressman accepting a bribe to cut down Springfield’s Forest. Lisa then is disgusted with him has a bad dream about how all they love is money, and she ended up changing her entire essay to make sure everyone knew about the bribe and the shady business. The congressman was arrested soon after, however Lisa’s essay did not win the contest.
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