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March 2, 2008 Election '08 Haiku

  • U.S. middle class
    Nickel-and-dimed by George Bush.
    Change way overdue.

  • “People want change,”
    Claim presidential candidates.
    I’d prefer twenties.

January 9, 2008 Hillary Haiku

  • “Hillary cried,”
    The media lied.
    Who’s crying now?

December 8, 2007 Weathering Bush

  • I shovel the snow
    As Bush blares through my head phones,
    Shov’ling something else.

November 4, 2007 First Pakistan, And Then... (Two Haiku)

  • Musharraf declares
    Martial law in Pakistan.
    Bush lets freedom ring.

    Emergency rule.
    Constitution suspension.
    Dick Cheney’s wet dream.

October 31, 2007 Heckofa Job, Karen!

  • Karen Hughes resigned
    From her boost-our-image job.
    Mission accomplished?

October 30, 2007 Tough Talk Obama-Style

  • I’ll be more forceful
    Against Hillary Clinton.
    I mean it this time.

October 25, 2007 Unfair Censorship Of Plame's Fair Game

  • Plame’s book censored by
    Bush blackguards, who black out truths
    Already revealed.

October 25, 2007 Blithe Dana

  • The White House isn’t
    Concerned about the war’s cost.
    Isn’t that special?

October 22, 2007 Too Close To Call

  • “It’s too close to call,”
    When said of elections, means
    “Close enough to steal.”

October 18, 2007 Methinks Bush Doth Be Defensive

  • George Bush feels the need
    To brag that he’s relevant.
    What would Shakespeare say?

October 17, 2007 How?

  • How do they weather
    that initial door knock with
    news: “Your loved one’s dead.”

October 9, 2007 SCHIP Haiku

  • Bush vetoed S-CHIP
    Cuz he had a better plan:
    No Child Left Alive.

September 20, 2007 The Rudy Complex

  • Giuliani brags
    About how famous he is.
    Like Napoleon?

September 16, 2007 Curb Your Age Of Turbulence Enthusiasm

  • Panning fiscal acts
    He once endorsed, Greenspan feigns
    Bystander status.

September 15, 2007 Spam Haiku

  • "Sometimes spam frustrates me so much, that I’m forced to turn it into haiku. ..."

September 10, 2007 Bush's Magic Formula For Iraq Violence Reduction

  • Reducing violence
    In Iraq is quite easy:
    Redefine violence.

August 27, 2007 Dirty White House Complains About Gonzales "Mud"

  • Dub’s dirty secrets
    Created the “mud” Bush claims
    Gonzales dragged through.

August 17, 2007 Selling Tickets To Brooke Astor's Funeral -- Scam Or Satire?

  • Craigslist ticket ad
    For Brooke Astor’s funeral:
    Masterful satire.

August 9, 2007 Bush's Private Podium -- The Real Dope (3-Liner, But Not A Haiku)

  • Bush on his podium
    Fills me with odium.
    Pass the Imodium.

July 21, 2007 Probing Question (Haiku About Bush Colonoscopy)

  • Dick Cheney’s in charge
    While George Bush is unconscious.
    How’s this day different…?

July 3, 2007 Lawless President Pays Off Law-Breaker Libby

  • Bush obstructs justice,
    Rewarding Scooter’s silence:
    Prison-free pay-off.

June 21, 2007 Bush Stems Progress

  • Bush stem cell veto
    Kills the hopes of the ailing,
    Says “no” to science.

June 7, 2007 Bush's Language Police Foiled By Bush/Cheney Expletives

  • Fleeting expletives
    Uttered by Bush and Cheney
    Stymie censorship.

March 5, 2007 A Waxman Haiku Is Overdue

  • Investigations
    Into White House wrongdoing
    Wax, thanks to Waxman.

November 21, 2006 Fair And Balanced Haiku

  • Democratic win
    Is Terrorist Victory:
    Fair and balanced Fox.

November 21, 2006 Joe's Jive

  • Joe warns: Compromise
    And heed election’s lessons.
    A not so veiled threat?

November 21, 2006 Trent Lott's Revenge

  • GOP misdeeds
    Make Lott look nearly saint-like,
    Enabling comeback.

November 13, 2006 Haiku For A Former "Genius"

  • Dream of Bush’s Brain:
    Permanent Majority,
    Surgic’ly removed.

November 5, 2006 A Convenient Noose

  • Saddam’s death sentence.
    Serendipitous? Hardly!
    Leave no scheme behind.

November 1, 2006 Thoughts of Elections Past

  • Kerry’s mad as hell
    And won’t take it anymore.
    Late, but still welcome.

October 30, 2006 Nixing The Chicks

  • NBC nixes
    Ad for Dixie Chicks movie.
    Flips bird at fairness.

October 26, 2006 Rush Limbaugh Verse

  • Limbaugh’s Fox attack:
    Pestilence in broadcasting,
    Toxic radio.

October 25, 2006 Leave No Bewildered Bush Behind

October 20, 2006 GOP Terror Ad Haiku

  • What Atrios said, but in a pair of haiku:

    Bin Laden is back,
    Touted in GOP ads.
    They're proud of failure?

    Frightening people
    Is the goal of terrorists,
    Like the GOP.

October 11, 2006 The Buck Stops ... On Clinton?

  • The Buck Stops ... On Clinton?
    By Madeleine Begun Kane

    North Korea’s nukes
    Are Clinton’s fault, claims McCain.
    Bill’s still Prez? Who knew?

October 4, 2006 Hastert Haiku

  • Hastert Haiku
    By Madeleine Begun Kane

    Hastert must resign
    Because of his coverup.
    No “buts,” no delay.

September 29, 2006 Torture Bill Haiku

September 26, 2006 Devilish Haiku

  • Devilish Haiku
    By Madeleine Begun Kane

    Is Bush the Devil,
    Or just an evil-doer?
    Either way it’s hell.

September 12, 2006 Bully Bush; Framing The Season (Haiku about GOP Propaganda)

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September 7, 2006 Ode To ABC (Haiku about 9-11 Movie)

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September 7, 2006 The Rumsfeld Trap; The Difference Between Republicans & Democrats (Haiku)

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May 12, 2006 Telco Haiku

  • Telco Haiku
    By Madeleine Begun Kane

    With threats, maybe bribes
    Feds coaxed our files from phone cos.
    Big Brother Bell Hell.

    (You can find my political poetry here.)

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May 10, 2006 Tax Cut Haiku

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May 7, 2006 Fishing For Accomplishments

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April 9, 2006

  • DeLay has resigned,
    So House cleaning's started, but
    We're still infested.

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September 28, 2005

  • DeLay's indictment.
    Long awaited by lib'rals.
    The delay's over.

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August 29, 2005

  • Bush on vacation.
    So can you tell the diff'rence?
    DC less toxic.

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September 30, 2004

  • Opponents debate,
    While U.S. citizens wait
    To be told who won.

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September 27, 2004

  • My latest haiku feature Dubya v. Kerry, Edwards v. Cheney, and Buckingham Palace:

    Dubya v. Kerry:
    Which man is likely to win?
    It's debatable.

    Edwards v. Cheney,
    Tort lawyer v. Tort Feasor,
    Lawyer v. Liar.

    Man in Batman garb
    Scales Buckingham Palace wall.
    Skirts security.

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September 15, 2004

  • My latest haiku feature assault weapons, Bob Novak, Tom Ridge, a cabbie with a quirky sideline, and "pajama blogging:"

    Assault weapons ban
    Has lapsed, due to Bush flip-flop.
    Why does Bush hate cops?

    Plame-Gate's Bob Novak
    To CBS: "Reveal source."
    Reveals no remorse.

    Ridge says terrorists
    Hope to disrupt election.
    Their names? Bush/Cheney.

    NYC cabbie
    Runs dating co for riders.
    Traffics in matches.

    "Pajama blogging."
    Valid criticism, or
    Naked jealousy?

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September 6, 2004

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September 1, 2004

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August 31, 2004

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August 30, 2004

  • Today's haiku feature "moderates" on stage plus convention confetti made up of (believe it or not) pictures of George & Laura Bush and Dick & Lynne Cheney:

    Bush/Cheney photos
    On Convention confetti.
    Freedom haters rain.

    Moderates on stage.
    Extremists calling the shots.
    Dub dictatorship.

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August 20, 2004

  • Today's news haiku feature Ralph Nader, Bush misspeaking for a change, and lawn sign thievery:

    Nader's ballot chase
    Stalled by legal challenges.
    Unsafe at all speeds.

    "Soviet dinar,"
    Said Bush, instead of "ruble."
    Wrong on the money.

    Lawn sign thievery
    By Texan Peter Sessions.
    Par for Repub's course.

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August 19, 2004

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August 13, 2004

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August 10, 2004

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August 7, 2004

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August 4, 2004

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August 3, 2004

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August 2, 2004

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July 7, 2004

  • Well, yesterday was the big day! No, I'm not talking about Kerry's "Edwards is my running mate, even though he's much cuter and more charming than I am, damn him" announcement.

    Okay, that was important too, I'll grant you. But here's the really big news which, tragically, got lost in the VEEP hoopla: July 6 was Dubya's birthday, and Birthday Boy Bush got a special delivery gift from the DCCC folks over at The Stakeholder -- thousands of Bush birthday haiku, the results of a contest run by those creative rabble-rousers. And I'm pleased to say that one of my own contributions made it into the DCCC's Top Ten Bush Birthday Haiku list. Here's my winning entry:

    Happy birthday, Dub.
    The Presidency, you flubbed.
    Back to Crawford, bub!

    And yes, I know that, technically, haiku isn't supposed to rhyme. But you don't expect me to let a little thing like a poetry rule stand in my way, do you? Okay, just to prove I too can be obedient on occasion (but please don't tell hubby Mark), here's my non-winning entry:

    "Let freedom reign," George?
    We know that you meant "wane," George.
    You are freedom's bane.

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