While visiting his niece, elderly Uncle Geezer  had a serious stroke. The 
niece drove wildly to get him to the emergency  room. After what seemed like a very long wait, the E.R.  doctor appeared, wearing his scrubs and a long face. Sadly, he said,  "I'm afraid that your uncle's brain is dead, but his heart is still  beating."  "Oh, dear," cried the niece, her hands clasped  against her 
cheeks with shock, "we've never had a Democrat in the  family before.