Juanita my friend and Jack a *friend I hope,* I do accept the spirit in which the joke was intended. My point was that I am the least political person and yet I appreciate that others feel passionately about one party or the other. Politics and I took separate paths after watergate and I do not think I will ever take anything a politician says for granted again. I do know that the reputation of some in law has been earned. What I tried without success I guess was to point out that it is easy to poke fun without realizing that to some it has been heard too many times. I do respect both of your posts correcting my hasty response to Lanier. I do see how amusing the observation seems ...:) *seattle* audrey friend of pwp aussie John