'Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!' Stevenson called back 'That's not enough,

[Pirate Smile]

madam, we need a majority!'”


For some reason, that quote has popped into by head tonight.

[rusty_parts2001]

1. Good one!

[scarletwoman]

2. I can maybe sorta guess why. But then I'd be accused of not appreciating elite "humor". (nt)

[cliffordu]

3. Me too.

[Pirate Smile]

4. Heh.

:D

[Pirate Smile]

5. kick

[crankychatter]

6. I love that guy NT - k/r

[JI7]

7. i read that as "stevens" at first

and didn't get it. hahahha

but i agree, i think people are stupid. it's not just people who tune in to Rush and Fox either.

[grantcart]

8. by odd coincidence I posted an OP about Stevenson and had

referred to him a a Senator. Replies informing me of my error brought me to his wikipedia



Here is the exact quote and one that's even better


Stevenson's wit was legendary. During one of Stevenson's presidential campaigns, allegedly, a supporter told him that he was sure to "get the vote of every thinking man" in the U.S., to which Stevenson is said to have replied, "Thank you, but I need a majority to win."

On another campaign occasion, he was somewhat rudely introduced at a Houston Baptist convention in the following way: "Gov. Stevenson, we want to make it clear you are here as a courtesy because Dr. Norman Vincent Peale has instructed us to vote for your opponent." Stevenson stepped to the podium and quipped, "Speaking as a Christian, I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the Apostle Peale appalling."<7>

Here is what go me thinking about it

[RichardRay]

9. The statue of Adlai is good, too...

He was my first political choice (before I was old enough to vote, but my Dad made certain I knew who I would have voted for if I could).

[SparkyMac]

10. I wish he'd keep his hoofs off the table

His workers have to eat off it