"Oh, I don't know," said the congressman.

 "How about global warming,
universal health care, or stimulus packages?"

as he smiled smugly.

"OK," she said.  "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you

a question first.

 A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff -
grass.

Yet a deer excretes little pellets,

 while a cow turns out a
flat patty, but a horse produces clumps.

 Why do you suppose that is?"

The legislator, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence,
thinks about it and says,

 "Hmmm, I have no idea."

To which the little girl replies,

"Do you really feel qualified to

discuss global warming,

 universal health care,

 or the economy, when

you don't know shit?"

And then she went back to reading her book.