Monday, December 10, 2018
Presidential haiku
Good work last Friday, everyone! I wondered if people would warm to the task of haiku-ing about presidents, but it worked out well. IPLawGuy described the conundrum of presidents pretty well with this take:
Rise, Fall and revise
Reputations always change
Ike up, Jackson down
MSenneka identified my own favorite ex-president:
One-term President.
Humanitarian for
life. Still building homes.
Except maybe this one, described well by Angela:
Of those standing there,
He gave the country’s best care.
Michelle at his side.
While the Medievalist picked the (2nd?) worst:
Tricky Dick the crook,
Watergate still bothers me,
Broken legacy.
And Matt covered it all!:
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.
Rise, Fall and revise
Reputations always change
Ike up, Jackson down
MSenneka identified my own favorite ex-president:
One-term President.
Humanitarian for
life. Still building homes.
Except maybe this one, described well by Angela:
Of those standing there,
He gave the country’s best care.
Michelle at his side.
While the Medievalist picked the (2nd?) worst:
Tricky Dick the crook,
Watergate still bothers me,
Broken legacy.
And Matt covered it all!:
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.
