Just got this in email. Don't know who to credit.
Politics in America
My son was flunking out of college, so I told him, "You will have to marry the girl I choose."
He said, "No".
I told him, "She's Bill Gates' daughter."
He said, "Ok".
I called Bill Gates and told him, "I want your daughter to marry my son."
He said, "No."
I told Bill Gates that my son is the CEO of World Bank.
He said, "Ok."
I called the president of World Bank to make my son the CEO.
He said, "No."
I told him that my son was Bill Gates' son-in-law.
He said, "Ok."
— And thus, began the practice of hiring morons in influential positions of government, still in practice today.