The poet William Stafford set himself the task of writing a poem a day. When someone asked him what he would do when his poem-of-the-day wasn't very good, he replied "I simply lower my standards." In order to increase output, the bar here is set at a low level - the point of this is to have some fun with current events and politics. I welcome contributions and comments. Now you can also follow Doggerelo on Twitter (@doggerelo). Because of continuing medical problems, I'm no longer able to post a poem-a-day. I'll continue to post poems, but at a reduced frequency, so please stay tuned.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

"Let's Just Say It..."

Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, in their article in the Washington Post , have broken with the distorting “both-sides-do it” tradition of news analysis and have assigned most of the blame for our dysfunctional politics on the extreme views held within the Republican Party.
  
Newspapers don’t like to offer blame
Views that are one-sided can inflame
Members of the group that gets the hit
Stemming from a fault they won’t admit.

Now the Post relents and takes a stand:
Power politics got out of hand
Mostly due to lies on our TV
Posted mainly by the GOP.
Posted by Doggerelo at Saturday, April 28, 2012

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