Humor

==Background==
Humor is an excellent method for breaking through barriers. When people are laughing with your, it is harder for them to say "no" and keep their defenses up. As important as humor is the image: Projected confidence, positive expectation. You are, after all, presumably, the one who knows something about politics. Otherwise, how did you get to be the "chief agitator" for your state? Thus, when a person such as the state chair tells the potential candidates that what they are doing is important, it means something.
==Movies==
* Man of the Year with Robin Williams
==Statements and Zingers==
Target real problems in the political system: 
* special interests, 
* lobbyists, 
* the dumbed-down color-coding of states, 
* the raising of irrelevant issues, 
* the reliance on apple pie images.
==Logical Problems==
* Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary.
* Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
* Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
* The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
* A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.
* The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
* If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
* A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.
* Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
* Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
* A president lying about an extra-marital affair is an impeachable offense, but a president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
* Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
* The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's driving record is none of our business.
* Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
* What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.