I was talking to an old Hollywood guy today and he said Garner would play up his ties to the Democratic Party in the same way Bob Hope did his with the Republicans. Hope told a lot of political jokes, many of them at the expense of the Republicans, but unless you knew Hope's political leanings the jokes fell flat.

Both took their politics to heart, but both knew how to milk it for a joke.

Will Rogers was the same way. When he was asked which political party he belonged to he answered, "I don't subscribe to any organized political party. I am a Democrat."