for those days when politics bothers you

[david johnson]

A Wonderful Compilation of Essential Truths...




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

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

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

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

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, 1952 campaign speech

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

[John F]

I don't know about Tex Guinan, but Texas Guinan was a movie actress who became famous as a New York saloon keeper during Prohibition, best known for greeting her patrons with "Hello, sucker!"

[lennygoran]

A Wonderful Compilation of Essential Truths...

Great stuff--thanks--still it didn't do enough to sadden me when putting on the news today and seeing Romney actually ahead pf Obama in certain polls! Regards, Len

[John F]

But not in others. It might be best for your mental health if you forget about the polls, which don't count anyway, and follow the real news. Time enough to fret about voting numbers on election night.


Oct. 8: A Great Poll for Romney, in Perspective
By NATE SILVER

Mitt Romney gained further ground in the FiveThirtyEight forecast on Monday, with his chances of winning the Electoral College increasing to 25.2 percent from 21.6 percent on Sunday.

The change represents a continuation of the recent trend: Mr. Romney’s chances were down to just 13.9 percent immediately in advance of last week’s debate in Denver. He has nearly doubled his chances since then.

But the gains that he made on Monday in particular were all because of a single poll...

The most unfavorable numbers for Mr. Romney came in the national tracking polls published by Gallup and Rasmussen Reports. Both showed the race trending slightly toward President Obama, who increased his lead from 3 points to 5 points in the Gallup poll, and pulled into a tie after having trailed by 2 points in the Rasmussen survey.

In both cases, the numbers looked more like pre-debate data than the stronger numbers that Mr. Romney has been receiving since then. On average between the Democratic convention and the debate, the Rasmussen poll showed Mr. Obama with a 0.7-point lead (the Rasmussen poll is Republican-leaning relative to the consensus), while the Gallup poll had Mr. Obama ahead by an average of 3.4 points.

A third national tracking poll, an online tracking poll published by the RAND Corporation, showed essentially no change from Sunday. All of this seemed to be consistent with a story in which Mr. Romney’s debate bounce was receding some. (A fourth tracking poll, from Ipsos, had not been published as of the time we ran our forecast on Monday.)

The swing state polls published on Monday might best be described as being OK for Mr. Obama. He led in polls of Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and in two polls of Michigan. In all cases, Mr. Obama’s lead was small. However, this particular group of pollsters had shown reasonably unfavorable numbers for Mr. Obama in the same states before. Three of the polls actually moved toward Mr. Obama from the numbers that the same polling firms had published before the debates...

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.co ... rspective/

[Auntie Lynn]

Apparently, Voltaire said about the castrati: 1/3 died from the operation, 1/3 became great singers and the other 1/3 became heads of state.

Also told King Louis with respect to the horses in his stable, that if he got rid of the asses in his cabinet, the state would be better off.

Presently, the press is saying we now have Chief Executive Officer Romney versus the grad student bedwetter...

Everything old is new again...which reminds me of a song...but then, everything does...

[jbuck919]

Everything old is new again...which reminds me of a song...but then, everything does...

Not the same song, I hope.

[Steinway]

"Presently, the press is saying we now have Chief Executive Officer Romney versus the grad student bedwetter..."

Is that what the "press" is saying??

It sounds like a Limbaugh/Hannity/Coulter kind of comment to me and is grossly disrespectful and not the slightest bit funny.

[Steinway]

A Wonderful Compilation of Essential Truths...




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

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

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

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

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, 1952 campaign speech

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

Here's a few more gems:

"The difficulty with businessmen entering politics after they've had a successful business career is that they want to start at the top."
~Harry Truman

"Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
~Ambrose Bierce

" Some politicians work for the people, while most politicians work for the people whom the people work for"
~ unknown

[lennygoran]

It might be best for your mental health if you forget about the polls, which don't count anyway, and follow the real news. Time enough to fret about voting numbers on election night.

Thanks, I'm temporarily pacified. Regards, Len

[RebLem]

"What this country needs is a more equitable distribution of graft."--Will Rogers.

"If you want loyalty in Washington, get a dog."--Harry Truman.

[jbuck919]

It might be best for your mental health if you forget about the polls, which don't count anyway, and follow the real news. Time enough to fret about voting numbers on election night.

Thanks, I'm temporarily pacified. Regards, Len

Unfortunately, the the papers often think that the polls are the real news. There are two poll stories on the front page of the online NY Times right now, including the lead story.

[John F]

Just 'cause they print it, doesn't mean we have to heed it. Leave that to the campaigns' backroom boys and girls.