Will Rogers was, among other things, a politician. On Mar 12, 2007, at 11:41 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>> From: Doug Franklin >> Bob W wrote: >> >> >>>> I'm not sure how grown up they are, really. >>>> >>>> Labour MP Tony Banks once described Tory MP Terry Dicks as "living >>>> proof that a pig's bladder on the end of a stick can be elected to >>>> Parliament". >>>> >>>> Churchill said Clement Attlee was "a sheep in sheep's clothing". >>>> >>>> Harold Wilson described Edward Heath as "a shiver looking for a >>>> spine >>>> to run up". >>>> >>>> Clement Freud called Margaret Thatcher "Attila the Hen". >>> >> >> And just how many US politicians could be accused of having a good >> enough command of the English language and diplomacy to have made >> /any/ >> of those statements? > > One or two in the last hundred years or so ... > > Ann Richards (Texas Governor) said of George H.W. Bush, that "he was > born with a silver foot in his mouth." > > Senator Everett Dirkson, "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon > it adds up to real money." > > H.L. Mencken, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the > American public." > > Mark Twain, "There is no native criminal class except Congress" > > Will Rogers, "I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a > Democrat!" > > I know, the last three aren't politicians, but they did have a nice > turn > of a phrase. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
