Politicians....

[imhotep]

Elections are around the corner. So, here are some witty & pithy quotes to both humour you & show you the reality.


Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor & campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Ameringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."

I offered my opponents a deal: "If they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them."
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
_~Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold in 1924 Paris Olympics)

We hang petty thieves and appoint the bigger thieves to the public office.
~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Russian politician

When I was a boy, I was told that anybody could become president; I'm beginning to believe it.
~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defence' by Irving Stone.

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out & buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton, American actor/writer

What happens if a politician drowns in a river?
That is pollution....

What happens if all of them drown?
That is a solution ....!!!

Have a fruitful week ahead!...............

 

[Mr Bones]

තෑන්ක්ස් බ්‍රෝ. පිට් තමා

 

[Solo Rider]

 

[Stimulus mind]

 

[dilann]

 

[bambuwathamai]

To my knowledge there are only 3 politicians who have the skills and mastery to survive and reach the top - they are Mahinda, Ranil and Anura. All three are master politicians

All have schemed, made deals, manipulated, played various political games throughout their carrier. All three are battle hardened politicians with skills and experience necessary to become a president.

Ranil and Mahinda have arrived at their expiry dates. They are old. They will now slowly fade out from politics,

Now its time of Anura. There is no question he will win tomorrow. This is not chance but an inevitable outcome.

How successful he will be, no one, not even Anura can say.

But here are some hints of how anura will behave.

1. Anura made JVP the richest party in Sri Lanka (while Ranil, who is often touted as an economic whizz made UNP bankrupted and was bailed out in hte last moment thanks to Mahinda)
2. Anura has managed to relatively stay away from corruption and controversy which makes it difficult for opposition politicians to attack him personally..
3. He has developed a massive diaspora funded network, which funds he is unleashing at this elections to make it the most successful campaign ever in the country's history.
4. He has developed a network for public servants (both working and retired) who are now actually acting as a shadow government for Anura - this has made the current government difficult to manipulate elections, despite trying every trick in the book and outside the book to castle Anura,

Considering all evidence above - I would say Anura is a very seasoned shrewd politician with necessary cunningness and competency to handle the massive amount of problems he will have to face shorty after he become the president, esp at economic front.

 

[sylvaticus]

He has developed a massive diaspora funded network, which funds he is unleashing at this elections to make is the most successful campaign ever in the country's history

you sure it's not a foreign power that's funding him?

 

[Xi Jinping]

 

[bambuwathamai]

you sure it's not a foreign power that's funding him?

if there was, he would already be attacked on those grounds by now.

The reason why Anura went around the world before Elections for fund raising is now clear. He used diaspora funds for the elections, while Ranil and Sajith also poured similar amounts (maybe even more)

 

[Reincarnator]

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[Fiona Dabare]

I see imhotep
I click

 

[sylvaticus]

if there was, he would already be attacked on those grounds by now.

The reason why Anura went around the world before Elections for fund raising is now clear. He used diaspora funds for the elections, while Ranil and Sajith also poured similar amounts (maybe even more)

Ok

 

[iworld]