Posts Tagged ‘Election Satire’
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
What genius decided that talking about Romney’s weird eating habits would make him sound more human?
I’ll grant you that robots probably don’t eat muffins. However, a normal human being doesn’t eat just the muffin top and cast aside the rest.
A Morsel To Chew On (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
In an effort to boost Mitt’s appeal,
Just what does he choose to reveal:
He likes muffin tops best
And he tosses the rest.
“Vote for Mitt — He wastes food.” What a spiel!
Tags: Campaign Humor, Eating Habits, Election Satire, Fiscal Conservatives, Food Humor, Mitt Romney, Muffin Tops
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 5 Comments »
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
That Romney sure has quite the sense of humor. Here’s an example of his convention speech wit:
“President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family.”
Rising Oceans Aren’t Risible (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The sea level’s rising, but Mitt
Treats that danger as grist for his wit:
Mocks a serious threat
With a joke that’s all wet—
A GOP cheer-swelling hit.
Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Environment, Global Warming, Mitt Romney, Oceans, Planet Earth, Republican Convention
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Environment Satire, Global Warming, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 4 Comments »
Saturday, August 25th, 2012
The Birther crowd surely loved this alleged joke from Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney descended into birther politics today, when he joked during a campaign stop that “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate.”
“I love being home, where the both of us were born,” Romney said at a rally in his native Michigan. “Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital. I was born in Harper Hospital.”
“No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate,” he continued. “They know this is the place where we were born and raised!”
Limerick Ode To Mitt “Birther” Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
No one ever has questioned my birth,
Brags Mitt Romney, with make-believe mirth.
His “joke” was a hit.
Stay classy, dear Mitt.
Boost the Birthers. It shows your true worth.
Tags: Birther Joke, Birthers, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Mitt Romney
Posted in Barack Obama, Birther Humor, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 5 Comments »
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Your average politician, when caught and called on a blatant lie, will stop repeating it. But not Mitt Romney.
Mitt’s welfare-related smear, claiming Obama has ended welfare’s work mandates is indisputably false, having been famously debunked three weeks ago. And yet Romney still won’t stop repeating it in speeches and using it in fresh ads.
Limerick Ode To Smear-Meister Mitt Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
For Romney, the truth holds no sway,
As his lies mount up day after day.
Welfare, health care and tax—
With the facts he is lax,
Treating voters like ignorant prey.
Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Lies, Mandates, Mitt Romney, Welfare, Work
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Welfare Law Humor | 20 Comments »
Friday, August 17th, 2012
In one fell swoop, Paul Ryan’s been caught in a web of hypocrisy and lies over Obama’s stimulus package:
After repeated denials, Paul Ryan has admitted he requested stimulus cash even after sharply criticizing the program.
Ryan had denied doing so as recently as Wednesday, when he spoke to ABC’s Cincinnati affiliate, WCPO, in Ohio.
“I never asked for stimulus,” Mitt Romney’s new running mate said. “I don’t recall… so I really can’t comment on it. I opposed the stimulus because it doesn’t work, it didn’t work.”
Two years ago, during an interview on WBZ’s NewsRadio he was asked by a caller if he “accepted any money” into his district. Ryan said he did not.
“I’m not one [of those] people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did not request any stimulus money,” the congressman answered.
But as we’ve now learned, Ryan did write letters. He did request stimulus funds.
Paul Ryan’s Stimulus Flimflam (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Paul Ryan’s been caught in a lie
And hypocrisy too — what a guy!
To the stim he said, “No!”
Yet he asked for stim dough,
Then denied that he did it. Pork pie!
Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Economic Stimulus Package, Election Satire, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Republican Hypocrites
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Economy Humor, Election Satire, Fiscal Policy, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Paul Ryan, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Tax & Budget Humor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Ryan’s Taxing Plan (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Republicans love to submit:
“Ryan’s plan will reduce your tax hit.”
Though I’d like to deny
It I can’t, and here’s why:
It is true, if you’re wealthy like Mitt.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Election Satire, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Running-Mates, Tax Limerick, Tax Policy, Taxes, Veepstakes, Wealth Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Paul Ryan, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
President Obama has aptly named Mitt Romney “Romney Hood,” inspired by “a recent report from the non-partisan Tax Policy Institute that claims Romney’s tax proposals are likely to result in a net tax increase of $2,000 for middle-class wage earners while cutting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the tax bills of the country’s most wealthy.”
Limerick Ode To Romney Hood
By Madeleine Begun Kane
There’s an outlaw in town, Romney Hood,
Who’d become U.S. Prez, if he could.
He targets the poor—
Would the middle class gore.
His election plans must be withstood.
Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Income Tax, Mitt Romney, Robin Hood, Romney Hood, Tax Policy, Tax Policy Institute
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 3 Comments »
Saturday, July 28th, 2012
In a healthy marriage, spouses share each other’s joys and take pride in one another’s accomplishments. For instance, imagine a married woman whose horse makes it all the way to the Olympics. If her marriage is a good one, you’d expect her to watch and root along with her spouse.
Alas, Ann Romney won’t be experiencing such loving togetherness. Why not? Because Mitt has made his indifference quite clear, presumably for political reasons: Dressage is Ann’s thing, and he doesn’t plan to watch it.
“I have to tell you, this is Ann’s sport,” he said. “I’m not even sure which day the sport goes on. She will get the chance to see it, I will not be watching the event…”
Mitt Romney Dances Away From Dressage (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Ann’s horse in Olympic contention
Has been causing Mitt’s camp apprehension:
He won’t watch it compete.
What a strange way to treat
His fine wife. Should she skip his convention?
Tags: Ann Romney, Campaign Humor, Dancing Horses, Dressage Limerick, Election Satire, Horse Limerick, Mitt Romney, Olympics, Olympics Satire, Political Expediency, Rafalca, Republican Convention, Sports, Traditional Marriage
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Olympics Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 5 Comments »
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Dear Mitt Romney: How on earth did you manage to cause a diplomatic incident in Great Britain?
Just what we want in a president — someone so desperate to show off his knowledge about the Olympics, that he insults our best friends, the Brits, while a guest in their country.
LONDON — Mitt Romney’s carefully choreographed trip to London caused a diplomatic stir when he called the British Olympic preparations “disconcerting” and questioned whether Londoners would turn out to support the Games.
“The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging,” Mr. Romney said in an interview with NBC on Wednesday.
That prompted a tart rejoinder from the British prime minister, David Cameron. “We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere,” an allusion to Salt Lake City, which hosted Games that Mr. Romney oversaw.
Limerick Ode To Mitt (The Diplomat) Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Mitt’s Olympian need to convey
Expertise nearly caused a huge fray.
A prez needs the skill
Of diplomacy: Shrill,
Blow by blow game-host insults? Bad play!
Tags: Campaign Humor, Diplomacy, Election Satire, Great Britain, International Incidents, Mitt Romney, Olympics Satire
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Foreign Policy, GOP Humor, Great Britain Humor, International Affairs, Mitt Romney Humor, Olympics Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Mitt Romney’s a real foreign policy wonk. Who knew?
Limerick Ode To Mitt (The Wonk) Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Here’s the message that’s coming from Mitten:
Barack has been mean to Great Britain—
He has dissed Winston’s bust,
For which Romney has lust,
And Obama ain’t Anglo-Sax smitten.
Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Foreign Policy, Great Britain, Mitt Romney, Winston Churchill
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Let me confess up front that tithing big bucks to your church or synagogue doesn’t impress me … and not just because I’m an agnostic. In my opinion, generosity to one’s religious peer group often tends to be self-aggrandizing: “Hey, look at me — I’m a big church-macher!”
Now give the same amount of money to a food or health charity or a symphony or art museum, for instance — one that you’re not directly affiliated with — that, to me, is generous.
And this isn’t my only problem with Ann Romney’s defense of hubby Mitt’s tax return secrecy. Here’s what she said to Robin Roberts in an ABC Good Morning America interview:
He’s a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things?…
We’ve given all you people need to know…
In other words, if “you people” could see Mitt’s secret tax returns, “you people” would know there’s no need for “you people” to see them.
Tithing-Schmithing (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Just what is Mitt trying to hide?
In secrecy, Romney takes pride.
How ironic and blithe:
We should trust him; his tithe
Means he’s good — so decreeth his bride.
*****
Four years ago, Mitt Romney gave John McCain a slew of tax returns, hoping to become McCain’s running mate. McCain didn’t pick him, but now says Romney’s tax returns weren’t a problem; Sarah Palin was simply a “better candidate.”
Obama’s thank you note’s in the mail.
Tags: Ann Romney, Campaign Humor, Donations, Election Satire, Mitt Romney, Mormon Church, Religion Humor, Tax Returns, Tithing Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Religious Satire, Republicans Humor | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Mitt Romney may have a wimp problem.
Limerick Ode To Wimpy Mitt Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Is Romney a wimp? So it seems:
“Take it back” is the message Mitt screams.
Say “you’re sorry,” retract;
That’s Mitt Romney’s whole act.
So is that how he’d deal with regimes?
Tags: Bloomberg, Businessweek, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Mitt Romney, Wimp Factor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Wimpy Mitt Romney
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
A VEEP pick this early in the campaign would be very unusual. Yet the media is packed with rumors saying Romney’s VP announcement is imminent. Gee … I wonder just who’s feeding those rumors.
Running-Mate Rumblings (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Here’s a rumor conveyed with a swoon:
Romney ‘s VEEP pick may come very soon.
Mitt is desp’rate for eyes
On NOT-Bain: No surprise
That the news now is VEEP-gossip strewn.
*****
Mitt Romney, on his post-February 1999 affairs:
I did not have corporeal relations with that company, Bain Capital!
Tags: Bain Capital, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Media Humor, Mitt Romney, News, Running-Mates, Veepstakes, VP Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Media Satire, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Running-Mate Rumblings (Limerick)
Friday, July 13th, 2012
Anyone who’s ever been a corporate lawyer (and I confess that that includes me) knows that corporations take SEC filings very seriously. So if someone (ie., Mitt Romney) is designated as Bain’s “CEO,” “President,” “Chairman of the Board,” and “sole stockholder,” he can’t disclaim responsibility. In other words, either Romney’s lying now, or several Bain documents are deceptive, if not fraudulent.
Limerick Ode To Mitt “How Dare You Call Me CEO!” Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Romney’s goal to be president’s fraught.
In Bain’s titular web he’s been caught:
Says Mitt, “chief exec”
Has no meaning. Then heck,
Being POTUS must also mean naught.
Tags: Bain, Campaign Humor, Corporations Humor, Election Satire, Federal Documents, Mitt Romney, POTUS, SEC Filings
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Was Mitt Romney’s amazement over the Wawa touch screen hoagie-ordering device further proof of his out-of-touchness? Or was it merely a small part of his comments on “federal bureaucracy and innovation in the private sector?”
I have a third interpretation:
Wawa-Gate Reinterpreted (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Romney, that hoagie device
Seemed to stun you, amaze, and entice.
I’ll just bet you were thrilled
By the jobs that are killed
When touch screens put clerk jobs on ice.
Tags: Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Federal Bureaucracy, Hoagies, Innovation, Mitt Romney, Private Sector, Technology, Touch Screen Technology, Wawa, Wawagate
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Technology Humor | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 4th, 2012
Limerick Ode To Republican Schadenfreude
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Watch Republicans feign being sad
When employment news comes, and it’s bad.
How they try not to grin—
They’re more likely to win!
If you vote GOP, you’ve been had.
Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Federal Budget, Fiscal Crisis, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney, Presidential Election, Republican Hypocrisy, Republicans Humor, Schadenfreude
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Economy Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Hypocrisy Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 4 Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2012
This Donald Trump quote sounds fictitious, but it’s real: “I have a very large Twitter.”
Romney and the Blowhard (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Trump is proud of his “very large Twitter.”
(That’s a quote — not a Mad B Kane titter.)
When The Donald ain’t ragging
The prez, then he’s bragging.
Donald Trump — he’s where Mitt turns for glitter.
Tags: Barack Obama, Birthers, Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, Mitt Romney, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Humor
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Social Media Satire, Twitter | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Birtherism is but one of Donald Trump’s bad qualities. And yet the Mitt Romney-Donald Trump alliance is going strong, making some people wonder how Romney looks at himself in the mirror without throwing up.
An Open Limerick To Mitt Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Mitt, some are feeling concerned,
Cuz what little respect you have earned,
Will go right down the drain
Should you really retain
Your Trump clown-act. He needs to be spurned.
Tags: Barack Obama, Birthers, Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, Mitt Romney
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
So let me get this straight: Mitt Romney has disavowed his singular accomplishment as Massachusetts governor (universal health care). And for the most part, he’s resting his claim to the presidency on his Bain-related expertise and accomplishments. He even asserts (without any proof) to have been a big “job creator” there. And yet Romney has the audacity to declare his Bain years off-limits to examination and critique by Obama and other Democrats.
As Ezra Klein points out:
Romney’s national platform … calls for doing less for the victims of the global economy. He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would guarantee that workers would get health insurance even if they lost their jobs in, say, a private-equity led restructuring. He wants to pay for large tax cuts and more defense spending by cutting funds for Medicaid, for food stamps, for worker retraining, and for housing subsidies. He wants to cut Social Security benefits. He has no detailed plans to improve the continuing education system, or worker retraining programs, such that displaced machinists have a better chance to find a new job.
That’s why the ads in which laid-off steelworkers say Romney just doesn’t care about people like them are so effective. As head of Bain, it was Romney’s job not to care about them. But as a presidential candidate, it’s his job to show that he does care about them. So far, he hasn’t.
Limerick Ode To Mitt “Job Creator” Romney
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Romney brags of his Bain expertise—
Says it’s earned him the White Houses’s keys.
Yet he’s sore, slams the door,
Says how dare we explore
What exactly he did for those fees.
Dear Mitt, you can’t have it both ways.
Your record’s reviewed in this phase:
When you proudly proclaim
You know biz, it’s fair game
To appraise your Bain management ways.
Tags: Bain Capital, Barack Obama, Business Expertise, Business Verse, Campaign Humor, Economy Satire, Election Satire, Fiscal Humor, Job Creator, Jobs, Mitt Romney, White House
Posted in Barack Obama, Business Humor, Campaign Humor, Economy Humor, Election Satire, Fiscal Policy, GOP Humor, Mitt Romney Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Tax & Budget Humor, White House | 3 Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Note to Sarah Palin and Ted (Tea Party Express, Texas) Cruz, a would-be Republican nominee for U.S. Senate: Just because Texas and Kansas both end in “as” doesn’t make them the same state:
Sarah Palin called with a tip that Cruz was the man for the GOP.
Thank goodness the Cruz campaign directed a robocall to my office of the Topeka Capital-Journal.
Getting meaningful political advice from Palin was a treat.
“Hello, Texas!” she blasted into my ear. “I’m Sarah Palin.”
State of Embarrassment (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Sarah, when trying to aid
Mr. Cruz, all your robocalls played
On phones through the state
Of Kansas ain’t great,
When it’s Texans you aim to persuade.
Tags: Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Kansas, Republicans Humor, Robocall Humor, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, Tea Party Express, Ted Cruz, Texas, Topeka Capital-Journal
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Sarah Palin, Tea Parties, Texas Humor | 2 Comments »
