Red Bear

Howdy all, An old friend that works for the DVA sent me this and I thought that it might generate at least a few bemused smiles. Remember that some of these comments go very far back in time.

If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~Jay Leno~

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry Cate, VII~

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~Aesop~

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers~

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev~

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow~

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author unknown~

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton~

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer~

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Tex Guinan~

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians... ~Charles de Gaulle~

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson~

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~

infocus Loc: Australia

You have to love those quotes. Some one once said there is much truth in comedy. Thanks for posting, they have gone straight to my "keeper" file.

Red Bear

Have a great day. :thumbup:

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

Some of these are definitely good for a chuckle! Thanks for the laughs Red Bear! :lol: :lol:

Red Bear

You're welcome, Penny. Thanks for the kind comment.

NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian

Profound - and so true. Thanks, Red Bear.

Red Bear

Thanks for looking!

Billbobboy42 Loc: Center of Delmarva

These are classics, to be sure. My favorite has always been Will Rogers. Wish we had more like him today.

EngineerAl

Filthy rich liberals on class warfare:

1) "I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay… back anything over 100 million in personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of 100 million dollars and if they’re unable to live on that amount then they should go to the reeducation camps, and if that doesn’t help, then be beheaded." -- Roseanne Barr. Net Worth: 80 Million.

2) "This book is about how Washington is rigged to work for those who can hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers and make sure that everything that they want gets done in Washington. The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power." -- Elizabeth Warren. Net Worth: 14.5 million.

3) "If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet." -- Barack Obama. Net Worth: 11.8 million

4) "These billionaire oil tycoons (the Koch brothers) are certainly experts at contributing to climate change. That's what they do very well. They are one of the main causes of this." -- Harry Reid from the senate floor. Net worth: 5 million

5) "What more do they want? They have a number of homes, the bigger the yacht, da da da da da, the taller the mast, the whole thing. They have museum quality art. They want immortality. (laughter) They want so much money that their names are all, for prestige they could never get any other way, they could buy with endless money. Because what else could you possibly want?" -- Nancy Pelosi. Net worth: 26.43 million

6) "How in the world do you, Mitt Romney, justify making more in one day than the median American family makes in a year while paying the effective tax rate of the guy who has to scan your shoes in the airport?" --Jon Stewart. Net worth: 80 million.

7) "It's time to make the rich pay. Tax them! How much? Not enough! How much? Still not enough! They are thieves. They are gangsters. They are kleptomaniacs. They have tried to take our democracy and turn it into an hypocrisy." -- Michael Moore. Net Worth: 50 Million.

dljen Loc: Central PA

Red Bear said:

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author unknown~

Isn't that the truth! ;) Thanks for posting these, Red, some really made me smile.

Red Bear

I totally agree. :thumbup:

Red Bear

Here's another one for you, EngineerAl:

"How can you tell if a politician is lying? Are their lips moving?" - but I can't remember who said that first.

I don't have a lot of problem with wealth - if it was honestly earned. Entertainers sorta get a pass from me because if they're not good (at whatever they do) they don't get rich.

I will also note the the CEO(s) that drove GM into bankruptcy were all making (pay, allowances and 'bonuses') were all making $20 million/years or MORE and the head of Toyota was earned $660,000/year when Toyota passed GM as the world's largest automaker.

Thanks for your post.

:thumbup:

SmittyOne Loc: California

I won't quote the original, they are all good. Here is one from Robert Heinlein's novel, Methuselah's Children. "Political tags, such as royalist, communist, deocrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealist acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."

Red Bear

Good one. If you like Heinlein's novels, you might be interested to know that he was once my neighbor - and I was the youngest "member" of his "Manana Society" that were all writers, poets and scientists that met at his house just about every weekend. :thumbup: