Obama's Raw Deal

"Many a true word hath been

spoken in jest."  

- the Roxburghe Ballad (circa 1665) 

Time Magazine - November 2008

W.C.Fields published his first book, Fields for President, in 1940, an election year. As the only book he ever published, Fields for President is considered a unique collection of Fields’ comedy writing. 

In poking fun at presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fields wrote:

"I shall, my fellow citizens, offer no such empty panaceas as a New Deal, or an Old Deal, or even a Re-Deal.  No, my friends, the reliable old False Shuffle was good enough for my father and it’s good enough for me."

  ~ A Stimulus Joke ~

"Not Shovel-Ready!" - B. Obama

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!" ~ Will Rogers