"The problem with political jokes is they get elected" (Henry Cate VII)??

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To answer my own question, I checked Google Groups. It appears that Henry
Cate VII is a person who was posting to rec.humor in 1990. His name got
associated with the quotation from that newsgroup. Surely, he had nothing to do  with
the quotation's origins in the 1950s.
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And so it is, on the wonderful word of the internet, that this quote is
attributed to Henry Cate VII, a guy who copied stuff into rec.humor, as its
author, to be reprinted on a thousand lazy websites!
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(GOOGLE GROUPS)
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(http://groups.google.com/group/alt.quotations/browse_thread/thread/f28fc71bdd1b8212/c45f55dbc663311c?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=191&hl=en#c
45f55dbc663311c)

... This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet  girls." - M.
Cartmill "The problem
with political jokes is they get  elected." - Henry Cate VII "After I'm ...
_alt.quotations_ (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.quotations?lnk=sg&hl=en)
 - Jan 7 1993, 9:18 pm by Thomas W.  Strong, Jr. - 1 message - 1 author
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_Funky stuff - part 119_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/c13e32420bb7faa9/c72deb328c38f52e?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=192
&hl=en#c72deb328c38f52e)
    ... Well, no - but your friend just told me. ----  Henry
Cate VII ----- ucbvax!xerox.com!cate7  ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Nov 1
1990, 6:38 pm by Henry Cate  VII - 1 message - 1 author
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_Funky stuff - part 118_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/a72c6076b5cb0f17/e6e9a5789f09a0e8?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=193
&hl=en#e6e9a5789f09a0e8)
    ... Think what happens if we don't get the same boat!"  ---
Henry Cate VII ----- ucbvax!xerox.com  ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Nov 1
1990, 6:37 pm by Henry Cate  VII - 1 message - 1 author
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_Funky stuff - part 117_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/face44b9e2f60a1a/d26dd1f4b6378a11?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=194
&hl=en#d26dd1f4b6378a11)
    ... A: A widow. ---- Henry Cate VII -----  ucbvax!xerox.
com!cate7.osbu_east) OR (cate7.osbu_east ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Nov 1
1990, 6:36 pm by Henry Cate  VII - 1 message - 1 author
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_Funky stuff - part 105_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/64a3462e5ffc7ab4/26072bf7243dae43?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=195
&hl=en#26072bf7243dae43)
    ... Leave meatball on plate. Stick of mascara for dessert.  ----
Henry Cate VII ----- ucbvax!xerox ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Nov 1
1990, 6:22 pm by Henry Cate  VII - 1 message - 1 author
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_Funky stuff - part 101_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/c31d7d6ebc48f62e/328355172813713a?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=196
&hl=en#328355172813713a)
    ... W: What did he say? M: He says he knows you. ----  Henry
Cate VII ----- ucbvax!xerox.com!cate7  ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Nov 1
1990, 6:17 pm by Henry Cate  VII - 1 message - 1 author
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_Funky stuff - part 35_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/f4d4bc11a6f4597a/f029f1a50a1fae35?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=197&
hl=en#f029f1a50a1fae35)

... Henry Cate VII -----  ucbvax!xerox.com!cate7.osbu_south)
OR (cate7.osbu_so... at Xerox.Com  ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Oct 13
1990, 9:37 am by Henry Cate  VII - 2 messages - 2 authors
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_Funky stuff - part 28_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor/browse_thread/thread/2029947e2b297932/138b6e974d7d9c83?lnk=st&q="henry+cate+VII"&rnum=198&
hl=en#138b6e974d7d9c83)
    ... Doug. ---- Henry Cate VII -----  ucbvax!xerox.com!cate7.
osbu_south) OR (cate7.osbu_south at Xerox  ...
_rec.humor_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.humor?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Oct 13
1990, 4:16 am by Henry Cate  VII - 1 message - 1 author

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