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.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Nervous Nellie Noonan

Peggy Noonan, once a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and now a conservative columnist for the Wall Street Journal, vented her considserable frustration with Mitt Romney in a blog post on Tuesday following the “47%” debacle.  Among a great many other things, she said, “It’s time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. It’s not big, it’s not brave, it’s not thoughtfully tackling great issues. It’s always been too small for the moment.” She had this advice for the candidate: “Be serious and fight. If you’re gonna lose, lose honorably. If you’re gonna win do it with meaning.”  Romney’s response so far has not been encouraging to those on the right.

A visibly upset Peggy Noonan
With Mitt has been importunin’ -
Clean up your act and start croonin’
A song with a different tune, an’
Quit the distasteful impugnin’
Of poor folks who aren’t like you an’
weren’t born with a silver spoon in
Their mouths. Stop acting jejune an’
Come out of your rich guy’s cocoon an’
With regular folks start communin’.
If I were Mitt I would tune in
And listen to Ms. Peggy Noonan.  

Posted by Doggerelo at Thursday, September 20, 2012

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)