Some real truths

[Big N' Blue]

*If God wanted us to
vote, he would have given us good 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~


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


*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 senators.*
~Will
Rogers~


BUT - my favorite is
from Harry Truman:
*If you want a real
friend - that you can trust in Washington - go buy a dog.