Let's face it: the news the last several weeks has been grim and grimmer. We're continually body-slammed with one scandal after heartbreak after outrage on what seems a daily basis, and there is no end in sight. We can't get the Democrats in Congress to stand up to the Bush Maladministration bullies, tell the health insurance industry to blow, the auto industry to suck it up, or the energy industry to play by the rules. We're angry, livid, depressed, and wrung out.
It's times like these when my mother-in-law's penchant for sending silly jokes over e-mail comes in handy: I've been really, really down lately. All the news in my life seems bad. After I read it, I thought -- hey, I bet I'm not the only one who needs a laugh this week. Hence the sharing. Here's where you come in: I think we should all take a moment to collect our favorite political jokes and share them with each other. If we don't start laughing, we're going to become basket cases in short order.
What I found in my in-box this morning:
Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and George W. Bush went to a fitness spa for some fun. After a stimulating, healthy lunch, all three decided to visit the men's room and they found a strange-looking gent sitting at the entrance.
He said,"Welcome to the gentlemen's room. Be sure to check out our newest
feature, a mirror that, if you look into it and say something truthful, you will be rewarded with your wish.
But, be warned: if you say something FALSE, you will be sucked into the
mirror to live in a void of nothingness for all eternity!"
The three men quickly entered and upon finding the mirror, Bill Clinton
stepped up and said, "I think I'm the most intelligent of us three," and he suddenly found the keys to a brand new Bentley in his hands.
Al Gore stepped up and said, "I think I'm the most aware of the
environmental problems of us three," and in an instant, he was surrounded
by a pile of money to fund his next Presidential Campaign.
Excited over the possibility of finally having a wish come true, George W
Bush looked into the mirror and said, "I think...," and was promptly sucked into the mirror.
-- author anonymous
God, I love my mother-in-law......
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