Among this week’s dose of silly verse, one sharp-eyed poet found a misattribution in the Republican Party's platform. Let’s get to it.
The Republican platform, I read,
With a deepening feeling of dread:
Right in the Preamble,
A misquote, unbearable!
Consent of governed's in Constitution instead?
Kathleen Rybarczyk,
Baltimore
(It’s the Declaration of Independence that refers to “consent of the governed.”)
Right-wingers seem more than unbright,
Since when Ryan says Romney will fight
To end medicare,
Women's rights, and clean air,
They hear, "Vote for us since we're both white."
Mike Moulton
Gainesville, Fla.
Help for Mitt has been offered by -- Newt!
To make debates wily and cute,
He tweets him to speak,
With brashness and cheek --
And Obama will have him en croute!
Shirley Stuart
Berkeley, Calif.
"Obama's not leading!" they stewed.
"The political polls are all skewed!"
In the Fox & Friends bubble,
The numbers mean trouble:
If accurate, Romney is screwed.
Chris Doyle
Ponder, Texas
Twixt a pitcher of ice and a vase,
And $50K plates of fois gras,
A camera recorded,
Mitt's views that were sordid,
Inept, filled with fibs and faux pas.
Jean Pouliot
Newburyport, Mass.
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