I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

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If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates .*~Jay Leno~

*The problem with political jokes is they get elected. *~Henry Cate, VII~

*We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. *~Aesop~

*If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union Speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. *~Will Rogers~

*When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. *~Clarence Darrow~

*Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, they go out and buy some more tunnel. *~John Quinton~

*Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. *~Oscar Ameringer~

*I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. *~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~

*A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. *~ Tex Guinan~

*I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. *~Charles de Gaulle~

*Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. *~Doug Larson~

*There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on senators. *~Will Rogers~

BUT - my favorite is from Harry Truman: If you want a real friend - that you can trust in Washington — go buy a dog!

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The left inflicts poverty and then campaigns against it. It raises the prices of products and the cost of services, it devalues incomes, destroys jobs and raises energy prices… and demands even more regulatory powers so that it can finally solve the poverty mess it creates once and for all. Sultan Knish