Come Tuesday, another election will be over. Thank God.
If you ever want to have doubt about the worth of the democratic process, cover it in the press. You get a first-hand seat to otherwise smart, rational human beings becoming reactionary, screaming lunatics, oblivious to reason or rational conversation.
There’s always the hope that once the election is over, people cool their jets and get back to normal. Most some, some don’t. A lot of the crazier ones start becoming habitual commenters on newspaper websites.
But I thought I’d get a head start on the healing by sharing some of my favorite humourous quotes about the political process. Left, right or otherwise, let’s all share a laugh before the polls open, OK?:
“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?” -Will Rogers
“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.” -P.J. O’Rourke
“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.” -Ronald Reagan
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.” -Mark Twain
“The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.” -Will Rogers
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies” -Groucho Marx
One last one from my obvious favorite, Will Rogers: “Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”
