John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

~Henry Cate, VII~
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office

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

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

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

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

~John Quinton~
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Politics is the gentle art of getting v**es from the poor and campaign
funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.

~Oscar Ameringer~
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I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about
us, I will stop telling the t***h about them.

~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~
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A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

~ Tex Guinan~
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I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to
be left to the politicians.

~Charles de Gaulle~
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Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be
better to change the locks.

~Doug Larson~
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There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on senators.

~Will Rogers~
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