A Russian Jew, was finally allowed toemigrate to Israel.
At Moscow airport, customs found a Leninstatue in his baggage and asked, "What is this?"
The man replied, "What is this? Wrongquestion comrade. You should have asked : Who is he? This is Comrade Lenin. Helaid the foundations of socialism and created the future and prosperity of theRussian people. I am taking it with me as a memory of our dear hero."
The Russian customs officer let him gowithout further inspection.
At Tel Aviv airport, the Israeli customsofficer also asked our friend, "What is this?"
He replied, "What is this? Wrongquestion, Sir. You should be asking, 'Who is this?' This is Lenin, the bastardwho caused me, a Jew, to leave Russia. I take this statue with me so I cancurse him every day."
The Israeli customs officer said, "Iapologize, Sir, you are cleared to go."
Settling into his new house, he put thestatue on a table. To celebrate his immigration, he invited his friends andrelatives to dinner.
One of his friends asked, "Who isthis?"
He replied, "My dear friend, 'Who isthis' is a wrong question. You should have asked, What is this? This is tenkilograms of solid gold that I managed to bring with me without paying anycustoms duty and tax."
MORAL
Politics is when you can tell the samelies in different ways to fool a different audience and allow you to look goodin every way.
