Humor i den politiske hverdag

Humor er kanskje det kraftigste våpen. Det river ned autoritet bedre enn de mest gjennomtenkte argument.

Så også i kaoslandet Zimbawe, tidligere det sydlige Afrikas kornkammer, nå med matmangel på grunn av alt tullballet til Mugabe.

Her er en bra side med den slags. Og her er en virkelig god artikkel i The Times om spørsmålet. Alle politisk interesserte bør lese den.

Her er dagens vits fra meg (den er på engelsk, men jeg har faktisk laget den helt selv:)

Question: If Robert Mugabe, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin and a journalist were the only passengers in a plane going down, with only one parachute between them, who would survive?

Answer: Vladimir Putin

Why?

First they would throw out the journalist, to have a free and open discussion.

All being politician, they would then put the question of who should have the parachute to a popular vote. This vote would be won by George W. Bush, (though severly beaten up by the Zanu PF representative) with 3 votes and a hanging chad for Bush, and two for Putin. No one in their right mind would vote for Mugabe, so he would get one vote. The total number of votes amounting to 6,5 votes from 3 voters are promptly agreed upon to be a minor irregularity not needy of any further investigation.

George Bush then grabs the parachute, and jumps. Putin is promptly thrown off the plane by a raging Mugabe who claims he will never give up power, and the plane is not crashing, and anyone who claims so should be thrown out.

The plane crashes some minutes later and Mugabe dies. Celebrations are held in Harare.

George Bush falls towards the ground, realizing that what he thought was a parachute, really only is a backpack. He pulls frantically at the cord, but nothing happens. Dick Cheney becomes president.

Vladimir Putin, however is floating gently towards the ground. He was the one who was holding the real parachute all along.