Now that the election is over we can look back fondly.

I've updated this article to reflect the changes after the elections.

I know in this politically charged atmosphere ,

and with all the other troubles in the world today,

such as , the N. Korean Nuclear threat, Russia invading Georgia,

"The War" ,the collapse of our financial system, we Americans do

need some comic relief.. Don't get me wrong; I do think that all

that is going on in the world and our own backyards is not to be

taken lightly.

But , honestly, it's unhealthy to be constantly "on guard".

I've decided to lighten the mood, by poking fun at our former Presidential candidates.

The following are some quotes and clichés' I've found in print, on television and the internet said by the two former Presidential candidates. One of them won the election this past this January.

It may give us some insights into their psyches, anyway.

McCainisms

"Thanks for the question, you little jerk." -- John McCain, after being asked by a high school student if he was too old to be president. For good measure, McCain then threatened to draft him.

"Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simple minded."

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that

I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom

for a while a long time ago. On the subject of Osama bin Laden... we will track him down.

We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell.

Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black"

"It's easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have." --speaking at the Service Nation forum in New York, Sept. 11, 2008

"I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days., One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia." --referring to a country that no longer exists, Phoenix, Arizona, July 14, 2008

"I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited -- it will be spirited --because there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republican-- conservative Republican.

..Hello? Easy there."

"Only an a**hole would put together a budget like this ... I wouldn't call you an a**hole unless you really

were an a**hole." --to Budget Committee Chairman and fellow Republican Sen. Pete Domenici, during a Senate budget hearing

"Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys network in Washington.' Now I'm not making this up. This is somebody who's been in Congress for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign.

And now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna' to take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come, on!"

I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.

"Look, when I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point."

On the controversial Ukraine election: "Well, President Bush said he wanted to export American-style democracy and, by God, I think it's working."

"It's been a great ride. But I know how quickly these fads can pass. You all remember the pet rock, the mood ring, Howard Dean."

"Now that's my phone buzzing there. I don't want you to think I'm getting fresh or anything." --posing for a picture with supporters in Indiana, when he apparently felt his phone start to vibrate in his pocket, against which one woman was closely pressed

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes-- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotismis particularly strong."

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