Five rhyming lines might be the ideal way to describe Mitt Romney’s ill-starred campaign fundraiser in Florida:
At a meeting in Boca Raton,
Mitt Romney was filmed by a phone
as he quipped to his host,
"Through this race I would coast,
If I just had a darker skin tone."
Mike Moulton,
Gainesville, FL
This man of the uppermost class,
Who hopes to gain critical mass,
Leaves nothing to chance, sir,
But pulls every answer
Reliably out of his ass.
Chris Mazzara
Cary, N.C.
The ultimate truth that explains
The smouldering mess that remains
Of the Romney campaign
Is not taxes or Bain...
But the fact that they've got Mitt-for-brains.
Paul Bamborough
England
This is the political season.
So let us all strive for cohesion,
By forsaking our manners,
And hoisting up banners,
That proclaim the demise of our reason!
Gary Sandy
Woodland, Calif.
For a mere 50K, legal tender,
Eat with the plutos defender.
For that sum of cash
Enjoy a sumptuous bash
And a very attentive bartender.
Quentin Sullivan,
Haverhill, Mass.
While speaking at Boca Raton,
I ad-libbed some words of my own,
Not elegantly stated,
Yet all were elated....
God damn that video phone!.
William Taylor,
Laguna Woods, Calif.
Romney’s father was once “on relief.”
47 percenter — good grief!
Does that mean that Mitt’s dad
Would not vote for his lad?
Was he Michigan’s Victim in Chief?
Madeleine Begun Kane
http://www.madkane.com/
Bayside, Queens, N.Y.
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