A Joke

An old joke:

A member of a notorious crime family meets his untimely demise, and his surviving brother, the leader of the organization, makes the funeral arrangements with the priest.

"Father" he says, "it would mean a lot to our dear mother if during the services you could mention the fact that my brother was a Saint."

"Well my son," the priest replies, "as much as I'd like to ease your mothers suffering, that would hardly be true..."

"Well, father," the brother interrupts, "I was afraid you might have some reservations, so I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse..."

They discuss terms and reluctantly the priest agrees to the request. The next day at the funeral he begins.

"Friends," he says "we gather today to bid farewell to a man of low moral character. A murderer, a drug dealer, a thief. A liar, a cheat, an unfaithful husband and a failed father. A man who could always be depended on to look out only for himself, without a care for the misery he inflicted on others."

The brother begins to glare at the priest from his front row seat, but he continues with the eulogy. "He was all of these things and worse. In fact, some of you may think he was the lowest of the low, but believe me when I tell you, compared to his brother there, he was a saint."

...

It's all relative, you see. Short, tall, fat, thin, all in the eye of the beholder. We judge each other by a standard, and usually the standard is us. Each person we look at is taller or shorter or about the same height; thinner or fatter or about the same weight.

So the next time you hear about "John Kerry, war hero" realize that in the minds of most Democrats, few of who even know any war heroes, (or any veterans at all), he is. This is why the folks at Snopes can declare "false" the statement that "John Kerry's medals were obtained under "fishy" circumstances" - and then provide rather overwhelming evidence that the circumstances were extremely fishy indeed.

And now his party will anoint this man their "hero", and send him off to battle for the leadership of the free world. If he is their choice, so be it.

But expect more stories like this one to start appearing in the back pages of the news.