Well, the Democrats are bloviating through the so-called impeachment hearings, and some of what is being said is hilarious \u2014 when it isn\u2019t actually meant to be. So, it makes sense to hearken back to some political humor that actually is funny:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Democrats are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller, and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn\u2019t work, and then get elected and prove it.\u201d \u2014 P.J. O\u2019Rourke<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cPolitics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and then applying the wrong remedies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Groucho Marx<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cPolitics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Ambrose Bierce<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cReader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.\u201d \u2014 Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEverything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n \u2014Will Rogers<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cFor seven and a half years I\u2019ve worked alongside President Reagan. We\u2019ve had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We\u2019ve had some sex … uh … setbacks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 George H.W. Bush<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush\u2019s head.\u201d \u2014 Jim Hightower, former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, referring to the elder Bush<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know whether it\u2019s the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the federal prison system.\u201d \u2014 Bill Clinton, on life in the White House<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and … evil.\u201d \u2014 Bob Dole, watching former presidents Carter, Ford, and Nixon standing by each other at a White House event.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOutside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.\u201d \u2014 Marion Barry, former mayor of Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhat right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014Marion Barry<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Ronald Reagan<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cA mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that\u2019s what freedom is all about.\u201d \u2014 Newt Gingrich, speaking at the 1996 Republican Convention<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIn a recent fire, Bob Dole\u2019s library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn\u2019t even finished coloring one of them.\u201d \u2014 Jack Kemp<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI am not one who…who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.\u201d \u2014 George H.W. Bush<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe can\u2019t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.\u201d \u2014 Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards on misstatements made by George H.W. Bush<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn\u2019t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Dan Quayle<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAll that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.\u201d \u2014 Lyndon Johnson on Hubert Humphrey, his vice president<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s an old saying about those who forget history. I don\u2019t remember it, but it\u2019s good.\u201d \u2014 Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn\u2019t have declared their independence from it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cContrary to what people may say, there\u2019s no upper limit to stupidity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhy would we go to war on women? They don\u2019t have any oil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI would say laughter is the best medicine. But it\u2019s more than that. It\u2019s an entire regime of antibiotics and steroids.\u201d \u2014 Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cPersonally, I\u2019m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cTo improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe (The British) have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou have enemies? Good. That means you\u2019ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cShow me a young Conservative and I\u2019ll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I\u2019ll show you someone with no brains.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSocialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, the Democrats are bloviating through the so-called impeachment hearings, and some of what is being said is hilarious \u2014 when it isn\u2019t actually meant to be. 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