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.