There are different ways of looking at Mitt’s departure. And when I say different, I mean different. The WSJ has a blog that’s kept count on how many lawyers there were in the race, and has been striking them off the list one by one. (I called it up because the headline, "Mitt Romney (Harvard Law ‘75) Suspends Campaign," seemed an odd thing to be stressing at this moment.)
But what’s odder still is that this "Law Blog" has invited readers to submit haiku about each lawyer-candidate who has dropped out. Some samples:
Pony with one trick,
Don’t forget Nine Eleven,
Nine Eleven’s it.They called him “tortoise”
But now the man with no hair
Has got out of ours
They call the form "bye-ku." Here’s my first attempt at one for Mitt:
French cuffs, perfect coif
He offered a ‘turnaround’
We didn’t want one
I’m sure you can do better. And no, I don’t know offhand whether he actually does wear French cuffs. Want to see my literary license?
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Mormon Mitt is done
Who do we blame for this news?
Evangelicals
Sorry,
Nothing rhymes with “conservative” and neither do any of the remaining candidates
The End
How about "preservative?"
Dang it, you tricked me! Haiku don’t rhyme!
The rain in Spain falls mainly on McCain.
Romney quit race now
Conservative flip flop gone
Darned Baptist Preacher
Robot is no more
Sam Waterston my hero
no need insurance
Can Haiku have verses?
Here, with apologies to Don Henley, is a snippet of why oh why ku:
Kick ’em when they’re up,
Kick ’em when they’re down,
Especially when they’re down.
And thus dress your beloved
In dirty laundry.
Flipping and flopping
Before flopping and flipping
Gives voters whiplash
flip flops rejected
Republican governor
from Massachusetts