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Friday, May 18, 2012

Romney, the un-McCain

In a story in Politico, a Romney campaign aid promised that the Vice-Presidential candidate will be an “incredibly boring white guy”.   They are trying to avoid the mistakes made by the McCain campaign in 2008, principal among them choosing the exciting, but incredibly incompetent Sarah Palin for the Vice-Presidential slot.  Some of the boring white guys being considered as Romney’s VP have pushed back. 

Mitt Romney won’t be like John McCain
No one exciting will he ordain.
No one like Sarah will share his stage.
The independents they’ll assuage
With someone male and white
And boring too, but awfully bright.
A balanced ticket it is not
A boring white guy’s got top slot,
And with the Veep, then that makes two.
I’ll go to sleep, wouldn’t you?
Posted by Doggerelo at Friday, May 18, 2012

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