From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 09:11:09 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> Spike Jones wrote,
> > I read in today's Chron that Red had petitioned the shrub and
> > was turned down. The way I read it is he tried the Klinkton
> > people, who did nothing, then he later tried the shrub people
> > who just said no.
>
> This reminds me of an old joke that demonstrated how the parties were the
> same. Big Business came to Jimmie Carter for help and he shrugs sadly and
> tells them, "You will have to help yourselves." Then Big Business goes to
> Ronald Regan who opens the country's back vault and says, "Help yourselves."
Except that I am reminded of Lee Iacocca's autobiography where he talks about
how the Reagan White House told Chrysler to take a hike when he went lobbying
there for a federal guarrantee on Chrysler's bailout loans from private banks.
He had to get congress to pass a law to get the bailout guarantee approved, and
got most of his support from the Democrats, who were obviously afraid of union
job losses if Chrysler went belly up.
> But my favorite cartoon that shows how the parties are the same shows the
> Donkey and the Elephant at podiums during some sort of debate. Above the
> caption "Republican Plan" it shows the Elephant speaking and gesturing, but
> his speech balloon is empty and does not contain any actual words. Above
> the caption "Democratic Plan" is shows the Donkey pointing toward the
> Elephant and declaring emphatically, "Look! No plan!".
>
> The more things change, the more they stay the same.
You forgot that the donkey had his earmuffs on as well, which is why he couldn't
hear what the elephant was saying....
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