(Feel fee to change to Bush / Cheney)
John Kerry meets with the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?"
"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people."
Kerry frowns. "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?"
The Queen takes a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle."
The Queen pushes a button on her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes, my Queen?"
The Queen smiles. "Answer me this, please, Tony. Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?"
Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answers, "That would be me."
"Yes, Very good," says the Queen."
Back at campaign headquarters, Kerry asks to speak with John Edwards.
"John, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"
"I'm not sure," says John Edwards. "Let me get back to you on that one."
John Edwards goes to his advisors and asks every one, but none can give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room with Dick Gephart.
Edwards shouts, "Dick! Can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Dick Gephart yells back, "That's easy. It's me!"
John Edwards smiles. "Thanks!"
Edwards goes back to speak with Kerry. "Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Dick Gephart."
Kerry gets up, stomps over to John Edwards, and angrily yells into his face, "No, no you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"