A few years ago a man who was openly gay was elected as Mayor of Key West, Florida. After the election results were in, a hoard of reporters surrounded him and began asking him questions on how he won. A young reporter walked up to him and said,
"Mr. Mayor, I understand that you used a basic grass roots campaign to win, met lots of people, shook lots of hands, kissed lots of babies. I even heard that you kissed a parakeet."
The Mayor replied, "That's right young man. I brought the campaign to the people, but I must correct you on one point, I did not kiss a parakeet ... I kissed a Cock-or-two."