From my experience politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books because if...
It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.