Give a Republican a fish and he'll think he learned how to fish.

[pokerfan]

Teach him to fish and he'll call you socialist.

(Seen on Roger Ebert's twitter.)

[rateyes]

1. Republican?

Think?

[pokerfan]

5. Learned?

[surrealAmerican]

7. Think?

[NYC_SKP]

2. Brilliant!

Wish I'd thought of it!

[Hissyspit]

3. Ha!

[limpyhobbler]

4. lol

Funny cause it's true.

[LeftofU]

6. Nice

[Gregorian]

8. Perfect.

[11 Bravo]

9. He will then claim that he invented fishing!

[Marrah_G]

10. ROFL

[Generic Other]

11. better yet give him a pacu

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002916799

He'll shrivel like a -- um -- er -- prune.

[LiberalEsto]

12. "A fish is an animal that swims in a brook

"He can't write his name or read a book.
To fool the fisherman's his only thought,
but though he's slippery he still gets caught
But then if that kind of life is what you wish
you may grow up to be a fish."

Sounds appropriate enough


"Swing on a Star" music was composed in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. It won an Oscar that year for Best Original Song in the film "Going My Way".