As you know, my dear people, for the last year the Royal House of Clinton has been tormented by questions about our handling of finances and subjected to tiresome questions about the tragic events in Benghazi - in the furthest regions of our empire. And, sadly, also questions about my Royal e-mails.
Nevertheless, I will not be daunted in my desire and commitment to serve you, the people. For the next eight months I will be traveling among you as one of you, to listen to your deepest longings and needs. I will be with you in your Wal-Marts, and beside you in your Burger Kings. I will drive with you down the busy interstate highways of our land, sharing your poverty and needs.
How well I remember the days when the Duke of Arkansas and I were impoverished. After we were expelled from our Washington Palace we hardly had two mansions to rub together. We were so poor that we removed thousands of dollars of china, flatware, carpets and gifts from the Washington Palace just to survive. Shockingly, unscrupulous and ungrateful officials later forced us to return many of these treasures. Now, happily, benefactors from around our empire have given me just enough for us to scrape by.
During these difficult times, we had to cut back. When our daughter was married, we only had three million dollars to spend on her wedding. And, I remember our hopes, as she moved into her $10 million Manhattan apartment, that one day she would be able to move on from that humble abode to something more fitting. After working for MSNBC for a starting salary of a mere $600,000 per year, what else could she do? So I now pay her $3,000,000 a year to run the ‘Foundation’.
So, as I travel across our kingdom to meet you all, I will be listening and sharing with you. Then, when the time for the Royal Election & Coronation comes, I know I can count on you to crown me as your rightful monarch, with my assurance that I will continue King Obama’s policies, and we can all live happily ever after in La-La land.
Your Queen-in-Waiting,
Hilarity Rodham Clinton
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In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Speech is the vestibule to the palace of love. - Jami of Persia
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. - William Blake
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Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. - William Westmoreland
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation. - Paul Harvey
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. - William Shakespeare
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Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John P Barlow
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
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"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. - Malcolm Muggeridge
NEED now means wanting someone else's money. GREED means wanting to keep your own. COMPASSION is when a politician arranges the transfer. - Joseph Sobran
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey