{"id":1771,"date":"2009-03-08T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T14:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2009-03-08T08:36:20","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T14:36:20","slug":"your-weekly-politickle-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/your-weekly-politickle-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Politickle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW BEGINNING
\nHaving saddled the wrong pachyderm —
\nOne too contrary, coy, and infirm —
\nWe have four years to delve
\nTo find someone in ’12
\nTo succeed to the donkey’s one term.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the archive:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BOOBY PRIZE
\nFor years his rare record has stood
\nAnd it looked like forever it would,
\nBut Bill Clinton’s the man
\nWho said, “Yes, yes I can:
\nI can make Jimmy Carter look good!”
\n(2001)<\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

RUSH HOUR
\nWhen combative conservatives hush
\nAnd the brazenest liberals blush,
\nWe know that the fun
\nHas already begun
\nAnd the nation is listening to Rush!
\n(2000)<\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BLANK LIKE ME
\nCensus takers who tally my head
\nWill not know if I’m black, white, or red:
\nBecause, in the space
\nTo designate race,
\nI’ll inscribe the word “human” instead.
\n(2000)<\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

OUR CONFUSION
\nWill we ever develop the knack
\nOf remembering how to keep track,
\nOvercoming the “block”
\nOf resetting our clock:
\nTo “spring forward” or, rather, “spring back”?
\n(2005)<\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week’s limerick:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ABARACKADABRA
\nSome magicians do mental spoon-bending
\nOr assistants in mid-air suspending,
\nBut Barack has a trick
\nThat is even more slick:
\nHe can balance a budget by spending!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: NEW BEGINNING Having saddled the wrong pachyderm — One too contrary, coy, and infirm — We have four years to delve To find someone in ’12 To succeed to the donkey’s one term. From the archive: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Your Weekly Politickle - Politickles","description":"Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: NEW BEGINNING Having saddled the wrong pachyderm -- One too contrary, coy, and"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1044,23,1045,12,25],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1044","tag-mccain","tag-new-beginning","tag-obama","tag-weekly-politickle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}