Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster. – James Harvey Robinson, The Human Comedy, 1937

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. – Clare Boothe Luce

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? – Author Unknown

During a campaign the air is full of speeches – and vice versa. – Author Unknown