A salesman was in Dallas, Texas, for the first time. He wandered into a bar and proceeded to down a fair number of straight Jack Daniels in a couple of hours, becoming quite sloshed.
Suddenly he noticed Newt Gingrich on a news program on the bar's TV. "There's the biggest horse's "b-u-t-t" to ever walk the earth," exclaimed the salesman.
With that the cowboy sitting next to him stood up, punched him in the jaw and sat back down on his bar stool.
"Whew," said the salesman, climbing back onto his bar stool, "I guess I'd better be careful what I say. I had no idea I was in Newt Gingrich country."
"You aren't in Newt Gingerich country, you idiot!" replied the bartender. "You're in horse country!"
Moral of the story. If you're in professional sales, stay away form political jokes. You just never know who you might offend. And being offensive to anyone just isn't good for business.
