Politics Enthusiast Mugs

"It depends on which state we're visiting."

Uncle Sam prepares to fire a starting gun, while the Grim Reaper and a taxman from the IRS prepare to run a race against each other.

"But how do you know for sure you've got power unless you abuse it?"

'Now, where were we?...'

"Licence and registration please"

'I don't understand your question. Could you restate it as an answer?'

Man with megaphone lobbying parliament.

'Do you want to be manipulated by the left wing media or the right wing media?'

'The government announced that to reduce the budget deficit, it will move the decimal two points to the left.'

'How is the budget forecast looking?'

"Listen, pal! I didn't spend seven million bucks to get here so I could yield the floor to you."

"I said I would take questions - I didn't say I would answer them."

He was injured at a debate on healthcare reform.

'It guides you through the halls of bureaucracy.'

"I don't vote. They've got machines that do that now."

'The United States of America, I hear you knocking but you can't come in'

"Look, I know I'm here to answer some tough questions, but could I have some easy ones to warm up with?"

"There's not a dime's worth of difference between the candidates. They're both carnivores."

'I say let 'em stay... they can pick our crops... care for our kids... clean our lodges...process our food...'

"How do you feel about staying in power?"

1832 Reform Act: Satirical Defense of Rotten Boroughs

Joseph Stalin

How Governments (Don't) work...

''Consent of the governed'? -- that could be a deal-breaker.'

"But what if a tyrant comes to power and no one's able to stop him because the whole thing's king of funny."

Give them (not me) your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free.

Mentoring (in politics)

'This is not the solution we had hoped for...'

"What lies ahead? Oh, I don't know, but I daresay there'll be a few."

'Why would we need campaign finance legislation? I can't imagine public servants being so unpatriotic as to be influenced by money.'

Embargo on Cuba

Britain EU Referendum - the winds of change

"These days we try not to focus on 'facts'."

'I can't go cold turkey...just let me interfere a little. A few targets, that's all I need just a few targets.'

Big Sky Country