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Subject: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Susu's Hubby Date: 25 Apr 05 - 07:44 AM I know that there are many of you that lean to the left and a few of us that lean to the right and even some just trying to straddle the fence on certain issues but that doesn't mean that we still can't have fun with each other from time to time! What are some of the funny political phrases and/or slogans or bumper stickers that you've seen? such as...... White, tobacco using, christian, redneck who just happens to think that spotted owl tastes just like chicken. or.... Everybody that voted for Gore please honk. (It's the big button in the middle of the steering wheel) What are some of the most humorous that you've seen? Hubby |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Bobert Date: 25 Apr 05 - 07:51 AM "God Bless America" comes to mind.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST,Bainbo Date: 25 Apr 05 - 07:54 AM In the UK, I knew a Labour politician who, nevertheless, had a soft spot for: "If Labour's the answer, it must have been a damn silly question." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: gnu Date: 25 Apr 05 - 08:33 AM I forget who it was, upon losing an election, gave the following speech, "The electorate has spoken, the bastards!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 25 Apr 05 - 08:44 AM "Vote Labour" handwritten on the back of a local conservative Independent candidate's posters. The 12 defaced posters were 3 or 4 metres above the pavement on streetlight poles & a lot of effort had gone into getting up the poles, unfastening the posters & turning them around. So much effort that the perpetrators appear to have forgotten to bring a good thick pen as it was a tad hard to read the spidery graffiti. The sitting member had been dumped by the local branch (& wot an amazingly nasty branch-stacking that was!!), so ran as an Independent (hmmmm) & tried to get support fom the Greens (Greens???). We were entertained for months as the sitting member & his ambitious expected successor in this blue-ribbon conservative seat traded insults & accused each other of branch stacking (zillions joined the branch signed in by the new bloke who is a millionaire & beloved by Head Office) I'm sure no future election will be such fun. sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Donuel Date: 25 Apr 05 - 08:50 AM "There needs to be limits on freedom" GWB |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:00 AM I forgot to include my favourite US statement. It's an oldie, but a goodie. This came from Geroge W.s' last campaign for the Gov job, & I read it in 'The Economist', I just love their weekly election roundups in campaign times. Rep Gov & Dem opponent had taken diametrically opposed positions on stats issued by some Govt agency. He said one thing, she said the opposite. The quote came from the President of the West Texas Ratepayers Association & I'm sure he said it in a very weary tone of voice. "Statistics will say anything if you torture them enough" sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:13 AM Barry Goldwater wasn't it who used the slogan In your heart you know he's right I heard on US political commentator add In your guts you know he's nuts. current Tory slogan - Are you thinking what we're thinking? To which the answert is "YES, where is Michael Howards shadow?" (OK! he left it in the cabinet) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:14 AM Yes Sandra, and he will be our future PM too.. :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Rapparee Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:34 AM Seen in Anchorage: "I'm pro-choice. I chose to own guns, eat meat, and wear fur." One that's beginning to be seen around here is "Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:34 AM I wonder if he will wait his turn? or will he elbow aside the current candidate-in-waiting? will we have such fun again? sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: George Papavgeris Date: 25 Apr 05 - 10:58 AM "Don't vote for politicians - it only encourages them" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST,Jimmy B Date: 25 Apr 05 - 10:59 AM If it's laughter you're after, I know just the party. My local BNP candidate, standing for Easington, in North East England, promises that when elected he'll stop Sunderland Housing Group pulling down housing estates. I suppose it's an easy mistake to make, but there's a little clue in the name - Sunderland Housing Group is responsible for Sunderland. It's got nothing to do with Easington. And when the party launched its national manifesto, it promised to return British troops from Iraq the day after it gains power. Gains power? It's fielding 100 candidates for a chamber with 650 seats. Maybe my maths are out, but even if every single one was elected,how would it gain power? I'll vote for them if they promise to be as funny after the election as they are beforehand. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Bill D Date: 25 Apr 05 - 12:47 PM a button for a local election in Kansas. The candidate was named Veshivilosky of some such..(I think it was even worse). The button said "Vote Whatsisname" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Susu's Hubby Date: 25 Apr 05 - 01:27 PM Though not really humorous but more memorable is the story of the campaign of Clayton Williams vs. Ann Richards for the governor of Texas in the eighties. As Williams, members of his campaign and reporters following the campaign were sitting around the campfire on a foggy Texas morning, the would have been governor told everybody around and I quote - "Boys, the fog is a lot like rape. If it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it." After the news reports came out, Richards rebounded and soundly drummed him at the polls. Hubby |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 25 Apr 05 - 11:05 PM That's why I didn't aplaud, El Greko - didn't want to encourage you! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: sixtieschick Date: 25 Apr 05 - 11:11 PM Wavy Gravy's presidential campaign: NOBODY FOR PRESIDENT U.S. OUT OF NORTH AMERICA |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Lin in Kansas Date: 25 Apr 05 - 11:19 PM I like Willie Nelson's campaign slogan: "Willie for President, Paul English for Vice" Lin |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 25 Apr 05 - 11:23 PM On a sign outside the Whitehouse "Yankee go home" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST,john wesly Date: 09 Oct 05 - 09:18 PM I'm Rick James bitch! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 09 Oct 05 - 09:32 PM "A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House." -- Adlai Stevenson "Now I have the best of both worlds -- a Harvard education and a Yale degree." -- John F. Kennedy, on being awarded an honorary doctorate at Yale "There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos." -- Lyndon B. Johnson "I hoped so until 1914, but then all the socialists of Europe started killing each other just as if they'd been Christians." -- Norman Thomas, ca. 1970, on being asked, at an anti-Vietnam War rally, whether he thought socialists had any special role to play in the antiwar movement --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: "Need" needs "in order to" in order to make sense. :|| |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: pdq Date: 09 Oct 05 - 09:32 PM During his run for president, Pat Paulsen's campaign slogan was: "We Can't Stand Pat" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Dharmabum Date: 10 Oct 05 - 08:00 AM Politicians,like diapers,should be changed often. .........& For the same reasons.................. D.B. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous aussie rhyme or song From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 06 - 08:54 AM |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: DebC Date: 27 Jan 06 - 09:14 AM "Someone give him a blowjob so we can impeach him" I am not sure where it came from. I got it word-of-mouth (so to speak) Deb |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Amos Date: 27 Jan 06 - 09:50 AM Republicans |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Wesley S Date: 27 Jan 06 - 11:04 AM Kinky Freidman is running for Governor as an independant here in Texas. His slogans include : Kinky - Why the hell not ? Kinky - How hard can it be ? He has also been quoted as saying that the difference between democrat and republican is the difference between paper and plastic. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST,Larry K Date: 27 Jan 06 - 11:12 AM You left out the best Kinky Friedman lines. The first thing he would do as governor was reduce the speed limit from 55 mph to $54.95. He had a bunch of them which I can't remember. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Peter T. Date: 27 Jan 06 - 11:16 AM I remember from my days in Missouri that they ran ads for a guy called Mellon to be Attorny General, and his slogan was "Vote Mellon. Mellon is tough on a felon." yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Rapparee Date: 27 Jan 06 - 03:41 PM "I am not a crook." --Richard Milhouse Nixon. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: Wesley S Date: 27 Jan 06 - 04:51 PM Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote - Grover Cleveland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: GUEST Date: 27 Jan 06 - 11:12 PM The problem with political jokes is they get elected! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: JohnInKansas Date: 28 Jan 06 - 08:16 AM From: Wesley S - PM Date: 27 Jan 06 - 04:51 PM Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote - Grover Cleveland "(women voting) is a symptom of something I don't approve of." "It's unfortunate that women had to get the vote" "Women wouldn't need to vote if their men took care of them as they should" Both by Kansas State Senator Kay O'Connor (2005 - again) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: freda underhill Date: 28 Jan 06 - 08:21 AM John Hunt is a Coward. (you have to be an aussie to get this one). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: freda underhill Date: 28 Jan 06 - 08:23 AM vote green, not khaki. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Humorous political slogans/statements From: JennyO Date: 28 Jan 06 - 09:16 AM I get it freda. Now he's a political joke if ever I saw one! |
