Dirty Denny
By Madeleine Begun Kane
There once was a House Speaker Denny,
With character not worth a penny.
He failed to shield teens
From a boy-obsessed fiend.
Family values? He doesn’t have any.
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October 9th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
[…] Episodic stories can also be revealed as a story gets told and retold, each time adding new details and new twists (see the many versions of Cinderella as an example). MadKane gives us a modern (do I dare?) fairy (I dared) tale in her poetry series on the continually unfolding Mark Foley scandal. The latest of these is entitled “Dirty Denny” (the entire series can be found here): There once was a House Speaker Denny, With character not worth a penny. He failed to shield teens From a boy-obsessed fiend. Family values? He doesn’t have any. […]
October 11th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
GW gazes around
uncertain which lie to expound
he looks a bit tense
perhaps his defense
should be lack of high moral ground
;)
October 11th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
I love your limerick, Bob. Thanks for stopping by and posting it.
October 12th, 2006 at 8:17 am
The Carnival of Satire (#50)…
Well, it sure looks like we jumped the gun putting Monsieur Foley on the banner last week. Yep, this week’s Carnival of Satire is dominated by satire about Foley, from both sides, which we present. That said, wethinks one side dost protest too…