Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!electro.com!xenitec!looking!funny-request Message-id: Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 19:30:5 EST Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny From: greg@garnet.berkeley.edu (Greg Kuperberg) Subject: The other dictator in the Middle East Keywords: chuckle Approved: funny@looking.on.ca This political joke is from the book "From Beirut to Jerusalem," by Thomas Friedman. ----------------- A minister goes to the Syrian dictator Hafez Assad after a national election. Minister: I have excellent news, Mr. President! You won 98.6% of the vote in the election! Less than 2 percent of the people dissented! What more could you possibly want? Assad: Their names. -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Do not use "looking.uucp" or just "looking." Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply.