Something mom said in 1984 about politicians:

[The Straight Story]

It was my first year voting and we were driving to the store and talking about Reagan:

"Politicians are like guys in bars, some are better looking and tell you what you want to hear, but in the end they all just want to screw you."

She had said worse before (she sometimes treated political speeches like football games, she would cuss at the TV then change the channel) but that one sticks out in my mind.

I didn't ask her how she knew that about men in bars.....

[dflprincess]

1. Very wise advice (n/t)

[DesertFlower]

2. my father in law who was a republican

said after the watergate scandal "show me a politician and i'll show you a crook".

[MotorCityMan]

4. I remember my mother being really upset during watergate

Mom is not one to get overly upset by politics, like her husband and son are. I distinctly remember my mother actually crying while watching watergate coverage. She turned to me and said angrily, "You know, this country started going to hell after they got away with killing Kennedy". I asked her who she thought 'they' where, and she said she didn't know, but never bought the Warren Commission "bullshit".

Mom's never been much for swearing, so I knew she was really upset.

[DesertFlower]

7. i'm 68 -- probably your mom's age

and i agree with her.

[StarfarerBill]

3. My mother tried to tell me the same thing then,

but I didn't listen.

The old adage about your parent(s) getting smarter the older you get certainly proved true in that case.

[tomm2thumbs]

5. Lieberman is the one with the pocket full of viagra pills...

and NO breath mints

[spin]

6. My uncle once said...

"Before the election the politicians kiss your ass. After they get elected, you kiss theirs."

Kinda sums it all up.

[The Straight Story]

9. The modern day version of that:

"Before the election politicians kiss your ass, after they get elected they screw it." :rofl:

[spin]

10. True, He did die 20 years ago...

he would have updated it if he were sill alive.

He was a tough old Irish-American who had been a life long Democrat and union member and retired from Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh.

I learned a lot from him.

[alterfurz]

8. my Depression-era grandpa once explained it to me this way

Politicians all mug the workingman, but the nickel's worth of difference between them is that the Republican will rob you of everything, while the Democrat might leave you a nickel to call home.