Politics, the funny side —Khalid Hasan

This one is for Khalid Hasan: "Take a little bit of hotch-potch and add a little hotch-potch and you will have more hotch-potch" - Gen Zi(n)a ul Haque in an interview with CBS's Marvin Kalb- t

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Let me start with President George W Bush who made the following profound observation about Africa once: “We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.” Ronald Reagan, who had quite a wit, said after his 1984 debate with Walter Mondale, “If I had as much makeup on as he did, I’d have looked younger too.” Dan Quayle, vice president under Bush Sr, said of Desert Storm, the first Gulf war, “Desert Storm was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression and lawlessness.” Result: Game, set and match Saddam Hussain.

And for those who have wondered why President Bush likes books, here is the explanation in his own words, “One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.” Congressman Tom Feeney of Florida has this to say about Congress: “The only difference between Congress and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors spend their own money.”

Politics, the funny side —Khalid Hasan Harry Truman, going over his life in politics, summed it up thus: “My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference”