Of Course, It Has Never Paid Much.

Politics Is Not A Picture On A Wall Or A Television Sitcom That You Can Decide You Don't Much Care For.

With Politicians, Artful Evasion Is Always Preferable To The Outright Lie.

I Know: "guns Don't Kill People." But I Suspect That They Have Something To Do With It. If You Point Your Finger At Someone And Say, "bang, Bang, You're Dead," Not Much Actually Happens.

On Bill Clinton: "if Left To My Own Devices, I'd Spend All My Time Pointing Out That He's Weaker Than Bus-station Chili. But The Man Is So Constantly Subjected To Such Hideous And Unfair Abuse That I Wind Up Standing Up For Him On The General Principle That Some Fairness Should Be Applied. Besides, No One But A Fool Or A Republican Ever Took Him For A Liberal.

It's All Very Well To Run Around Saying Regulation Is Bad, Get The Government Off Our Backs, Etc. Of Course Our Lives Are Regulated. When You Come To A Stop Sign, You Stop; If You Want To Go Fishing, You Get A License; If You Want To Shoot Ducks, You Can Shoot Only Three Ducks. The Alternative Is Dead Bodies At The Intersections, No Fish And No Ducks. Ok?