In honor of
today’s New Hampshire presidential primary: You know the definition of
politics, don’t you? It’s from the Greek — poly, meaning many; and tics,
meaning blood-sucking insects...
“My choice early in life was between whether to be
a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s
hardly any difference.” —Harry S. Truman
“What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.” —Edward Langley,
artist
“If his IQ slips any lower, we’ll have to water him
twice a day.” —Molly Ivins
“I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.” —Art Buchwald
“The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.” —Dave Barry
“It is fast approaching the point where I don’t
want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the job.” —Erma Bombeck
“He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything.
That points clearly to a political career.” —George
Bernard Shaw
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