Politicians

DATELINE November 16, 2010:
Politicians

Things have been kinda quiet down here in Nankipooh ever since the big election for mayor of Nankipooh between the "Skunks" and the "Polecats". Why its so quiet, that on a still night you can hear the rust growin on those campaign promises. When we was talking the other day, my cousin Elmo asked why I called the two parties the "Skunks" and the "Polecats" I told him that they wasn't much different, they both just want to get elected and then take our money and use it to get re-elected. And, besides, they both stink!

Now I ain't saying that they are all bad, just most of them! Now if you don't like callin them skunks and polecats, I looked up some other words you might use in my friend Mr. Webster's big book, that might describe them better for you.

carpetbagger:
n.- any of the Northern politicians or adventurers who went South to take advantage of unsettled conditions after the Civil War: contemptuous term with reference to the luggage they used in traveling light, any politician, promoter, from the outside whose influence is resented

scalawag: 
n.- a scamp; rascal, a Southern white who supported the Republicans during the Reconstruction: an opprobrious term used by Southern Democrats

scoundrel: 
n.- a disparaging dim. mean, immoral, or wicked person; rascal, rogue; scamp, low; dishonest; base

Skunks, Polecats, carpetbaggers, scalawags, and scoundrels, they are all about the same!.


Now that's the way I see it, and you can tell-em I said so!

Bascomb Biggers
11-16-2010