Veep has always been about the absurdity of the political machine, and the vengeful, petty personalities that populate it. It’s your HOA board put on a national scale, with more money and bigger stakes, but where the same basic human principles apply. One of the issues the HBO series has had in recent years, though, is how to magnify its acid take on politics in response to the chaotic cartoon that realm has even more openly become. There have literally been moments from recent campaigns that have come straight from the show. But Veep is also its own world. …