TOO TRUE TO BE FUNNY   Some of these quotes are just too true to be funny 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 ~ 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 ~ And now, a favorite:   If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington - get a dog.  ~ Harry Truman ~                               TOP          CROSS-THREADED POLITICS          HOME