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lastlib

(23,159 posts)
Thu Mar 16, 2023, 07:00 PM Mar 2023

Bush's Law--

I recently remembered something facetiously attributed to Daddy Bush in the 1988 presidential campaign:

"A politician will be successful in direct proportion to his ability to convince enough voters that the bullshit he is feeding them is actually whipped cream."

(I can hear Junior Dimson saying, "And Howdy." And FOOL* saying, "I am the bestest.&quot


(*FOOL: Former Office-Occupying Liar)

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