A smart kid!

A stranger was seated next to little Tommy on the plane when the
stranger turned to the boy and said, "Let's talk, I've heard that
flights will go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow
passenger."

Little Tommy, who had just opened his book, closed it slowly, and said
to the stranger, "What would you like to discuss?"

"Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "How about politics? Should we
keep Bush or elect Kerry?"

"OK," Said Little Tommy. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me
ask you a question first. A horse, a cow and a deer all eat grass. The
same stuff. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a
flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you
suppose that is?"

"Jeez," said the stranger. "I have no idea."

"Well, then," said Little Tommy, "How is it that you feel qualified to
discuss who should run the country when it appears that you don't know s**t?

"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them." Adlai Stevenson