Our poor president [joke]

A lobbyist, on his way home from work in Washington, D.C., came to a dead halt in traffic and thought to* himself, "Wow, this seems worse than usual."

He noticed a police officer walking between the lines of stopped cars, so he rolled down his window and* asked, "Officer, what's the hold-up?"

The officer replied, "The President is depressed, so* he stopped his motorcade and is threatening to douse* himself with gasoline and set himself on fire. He says no one believes his stories about why we went to war* in Iraq, or the connection between Saddam and al-Qaeda, or that his tax cuts will help anyone except his wealthy friends. So we're taking up a collection for him."

The lobbyist asks, "How much have you got so far?"

The officer replies, "About 14 gallons, but a lot of folks are still siphoning.

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