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On the subject of political comments...

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, 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~

There ought to be one day -- just one --
when there is open season on Congressmen.
~Will Rogers~

My favorite:
If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington
get a dog.
~Harry Truman~
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