While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the Doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to politicians and their role as our leaders.
The old rancher said, “Well, you know, most politicians are ‘Post Turtles.’ ”
Not being familiar with the term, the Doctor asked him, what a ‘post turtle’ was.
The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the Doctor’s face so he continued to explain.
“You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, he’s elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumb arse put him up there to begin with.”
Best explanation I’ve heard yet.
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Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs
Sudafed: Brought litigation against a government official - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. - William Westmoreland
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
We need a leader that wrote "The Art of the Deal". - Donald Trump
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
An honest politician is one who when he's bought stays bought. - Simon Cameron
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis
Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. - Malcolm Forbes
Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader's arsenal. - Howard Gardner
Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. - Ray Kroc
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. - Ken Blanchard
Personally, I'm against political jokes. Too often they get elected to office. - Henny Youngman
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. - Harry S Truman
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell
The best leaders incentivize, inspire and empower their teams to be creative and innovative. - Michael Bloomberg
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him. - W.A. Nance
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. - Maggie Gallagher
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John P Barlow
The best leaders identify what promises they are being held to, manage expectations, and honor those promises. - Bob Anderson
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner
The leader's job is to see the best in human beings who have never caught sight of the best within themselves. - Robin Sharma
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx
Doing well with blogging is not about writing one key post, it is about performing day after day and helping a few people at a time. - Aaron Wall
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. - Rosalyn Carter
A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. - Conan O'Brien
Politics is the art of the possible. - Otto von Bismarck
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs
Sudafed: Brought litigation against a government official - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. - William Westmoreland
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
We need a leader that wrote "The Art of the Deal". - Donald Trump
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
An honest politician is one who when he's bought stays bought. - Simon Cameron
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis
Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. - Malcolm Forbes
Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader's arsenal. - Howard Gardner
Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. - Ray Kroc
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. - Ken Blanchard
Personally, I'm against political jokes. Too often they get elected to office. - Henny Youngman
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. - Harry S Truman
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell
The best leaders incentivize, inspire and empower their teams to be creative and innovative. - Michael Bloomberg
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him. - W.A. Nance
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. - Maggie Gallagher
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John P Barlow
The best leaders identify what promises they are being held to, manage expectations, and honor those promises. - Bob Anderson
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner
The leader's job is to see the best in human beings who have never caught sight of the best within themselves. - Robin Sharma
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx
Doing well with blogging is not about writing one key post, it is about performing day after day and helping a few people at a time. - Aaron Wall
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. - Rosalyn Carter
A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. - Conan O'Brien
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