"Don't you think our friend Crossum might loom up as a dark horse?"
"No," declared Senator Sorghum, "record's too shady. It would require a great deal of whitewashing to qualify him as a dark horse."
YOUNG HOPEFUL—"Father, what is a traitor in politics?"
VETERAN POLITICIAN—"A traitor is a man who leaves our party and goes over to the other one."
YOUNG HOPEFUL—"Well, then, what is a man who leaves his party and comes over to yours?"
VETERAN POLITICIAN—"A convert, my son."
During a municipal campaign in Chicago a politician dropped in one morning to see a certain grocer. During the conversation that took place, the politician asked, "And I may count upon your support, may I not?"
"Why, no, I am sorry to say," replied the grocer. "The fact is, I have promised my support to the other candidate."