There is no person more qualified to run the country than a mom. She would straighten out this country while talking on the telephone, making dinner, wiping runny noses, and doing her nails. There would be day care in every ball park, a stroller on every golf course, and a changing table in every men's room.

She would run on a Dependent Party platform with the slogans "Don't say no (to me young lady)" and "Don't cross your eyes you'll stick like that." She'd promise that Mother's Day would be a paid holiday in the Bahamas, instead of a card and a breakfast that looks less appetizing than old gym socks.

She would end all world conflicts by issuing time-outs to quarrelsome world leaders and making them say they're sorry. Guns and violence would be banned from the streets "Because," she would state, "it's not nice and someone could get hurt." Hardened criminals would be sent to their rooms without television or supper and fast food restaurants would only serve fresh meat loaf, peas, and carrots.

Nuclear physicists would stop working on weapons and spend their time developing a play dough that didn't crumble all over the living room carpet, while meteorologists researched a way to prevent it from raining more than two days in a row.

A mom would also use tough negotiating skills to persuade Democratic and Republican congressmen to support her views. "This is what I get for climbing ten flights of White House stairs with bad knees to deliver a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies to Congress?" She'd pause. "Eat, enjoy. It's okay.....really."

Only a mother would be able to balance the Federal budget by negotiating a strict weekly allowance for politicians based on attitude, personal hygiene, and taking out the garbage.

Big Bird would replace the eagle as our national emblem and the Statue of Liberty would be replaced by a sixty foot, portable potty chair as the symbol of freedom.

Yes, this country could definitely use a mother to lead it; but the hours are long, the pay is low, and they already have the most important job in the world.