“ There is nothing so potentially funny as the spectacle of politicians trying to behave like statesmen. Things would be so much more natural if they could light up cigars and continue the proceedings with shot glasses of whiskey in hand. After all, the result of politics, and not the sound and fury that attends it, is what is ultimately of interest to the voters. Unless of course, we’ve reached the point where nothing further can be expected of politicians but entertainment.
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Belmont Club » Shape of the Union
Vapid politicians of today resemble a child in their parent’s closet playing dress-up; too-large shoes, hats askew and coats dragging on the floor. They want to assume the grown-up roll of statesman but their atrophied intellect and lack of vision outside their party’s talking points is like watching that child scuff around playing adult.
