Friday, December 07, 2018

 

Haiku Friday: Modern Presidents


I thought the discussion of George H.W. Bush yesterday was fascinating. It might be fun to continue the theme and haiku this week about modern presidents-- pick you favorite, or your least favorite, or something in between! (and yes, IPLawGuy, I suppose you can haiku about Polk or whoever you most recently read a "book" about). 

Here, I will go first:

In fifty-five years
They will remember as best
Barack Obama.

Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 formula and have some fun!


Comments:
Rise, Fall and revise
Reputations always change
Ike up, Jackson down
 
Legacies created?

Reagan-confidence
Bush 1, a bigger Europe
Bush 2- Mid east mess


 
Do you want the truth?
I only kissed one of them
A long time ago.
 
Tricky Dick the crook,
Watergate still bothers me,
Broken legacy.


 
I have one for each administration of my lifetime, save Carter, although he plays into one:

Running guns and drugs
In the name of James Monroe:
Reagan/Bush hubris.

"Read my lips" versus
"The economy, stupid;"
Economy wins.

Clinton used missiles
As tools of diplomacy.
Rest in peace, Layla.

Middle Eastern wars
Of misadventure: Bush's
Legacy lives on.

No one remembers
Cash For Clunkers when talking
About legacy.

Carter sold his farm,
But Saudis rent rooms en masse
In Trump properties.
 
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Of those standing there,
He gave the country’s best care.
Michelle at his side.
 
One-term President.
Humanitarian for
life. Still building homes.
 
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