How It Works

I told my son, “You will marry the girl I choose.”

He said, “No.”

I told him, “She is Bill Gates’ daughter.”

He said, “Yes.”

I called Bill Gates and said, “I want your daughter to marry my son.”

Bill Gates said, “No.”

I told Bill Gates, “My son is the C.E.O. of the World Bank.”

Bill Gates said, “OK.”

I called the president of the World Bank and asked him to make my son the C.E.O.

He said, “No.”

I told him, “My son is Bill Gates son-in-law.”

He said, “OK.”

This is how politics works.