A lot has been said about politics

A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate:

Please tell me you’re Republicans. - Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, to surgeons as he entered operating room after being wounded in an assassination attempt 30 Mar 81

Today Mr. President we are all Republicans. - The reply of one of the doctors to Reagan's previous remark

Honey, I forgot to duck - President Reagan to his wife, Nancy after being shot.

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other two percent that get all the publicity. But then - we elected them. - Lily Tomlin

It makes no difference who you vote for -- the two parties are really one party representing 4 percent of the people. - Gore Vidal

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President -- I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow

In California, 50 women protested the impending war with Iraq by lying on the ground naked and spelling out the word peace. Right idea, wrong president. - Jay Leno, comparing Clinton to Bush