Prezentare și exemple

A newcomer to the Ashe County political scene was out canvassing votes. He came to a farm and approached a young man milking a cow.

Just as he was starting to make his pitch for a vote, an old man came out on the back porch and called to the young man, „Luke, come on in the house. Who’s that man talking to you?”

„Says he’s a politician, Pop”, replied Luke.

„Well, in that case”, says the old man, „better bring the cow in with you.”

Discuţie despre politică şi politicieni

A newscaster interrupted scheduled programming to announce the outcome of a political election. At the end of the announcement, he said, „More on candidates at 10 P.M.”

A ten-year-old girl looked in disbelief. „I didn’t know they could call politicians ‘morons’ on national television!” she remarked.