"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." . . . . . . Molly Ivins

"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn.  The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."

--P.J. O'Rourke

Pieced and applique quilt, Mary Baxter, 1898, New Jersey

"If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates."

--Jay Leno

"There are times in politics when you must 
be on the right side and lose."

--John Kenneth Galbraith

An American Portrait, Sally Smith, 1986, Mississippi

"In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one, and hounded another out of office.  And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character."  

--P.J. O'Rourke

 Historic U.S.A., Fanny and Charles Normann, 1936, Texas

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."

--Groucho Marx

Pieced and applique quilt, Martha Hewitt, 1855, Michigan

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

--Lily Tomlin

Pieced, applique and block-printed quilt, 1852, New Jersey or Pennsylvania

"Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory."

--John Kenneth Galbraith

"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year.  And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

--Winston Churchill

Putnam Valley Quilt, designed by Gladys Boalt, 1976, New York

"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right."

--Confucius

Liberty Flight, Dawn E. Amos, 1985-86, South Dakota

Personally, I think I would have most liked to vote 

for Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry.   The other day I was watching The Andy Griffith Show and as Opie was leaving for school, Andy said to him:  

"Do a good day's work and act like somebody."

Now THAT'S a platform.