POLITICIANS
"And why is he here?" we inquired, stopping in front of Padded Cell No. 44.
"He was a politician and when he finally got in office he really tried to carry out his campaign pledges," replied the attendant.—Judge.
"Do you find public office an easy berth?"
"I shouldn't exactly call it a berth," said Senator Sorghum, thoughtfully. "It's more like a hammock: hard to get into comfortably, and still harder to get out of gracefully."
Here lies Mr. Blank, who, on politics bent,
Was at first quite unable to say what he meant;
But schooled by experience, he soon went ahead,