Amid the Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie released this tribute to Democratic There once was a man from Nantucket The Democratic National Committee responded in kind: <\/P> There also was a Yank from Connecticut, And Straight Up reader Leon Freilich released this non-limerick attack on Mayor Michael WHERE ARE THE SINS OF YESTERYEAR? <\/P> You can’t smoke inside, you can’t drink outside: Inside-outside, outside-inside: Why couldn’t the city in all its wisdom When the mayor replies with his brand of poesy, we’ll let you know.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amid the Irish tunes and the St. Paddy’s Day celebrations and all the world’s parades, when even the Chicago River turns green, the U.S. presidential campaign has gone from attack ads to attack limericks. Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie released this tribute to Democratic nominee John Kerry: There once was a man from Nantucket Whose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-9j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\neven the
\ncampaign has gone from attack ads to attack limericks. <\/P>
\n
\nnominee John Kerry: <\/P>
\n
Whose misstatements could fill up a bucket.
\n
Oft the truth he has bent, Like his “Irish descent.”
Of his record he says, “I’ll just duck
\nit.”<\/I> <\/P>
\n
\n
Who utterly lacked any etiquette.
He
\nclaimed Texas blood,
Threw the truth in the mud,
Think his word is his bond? Don’t
\nbet on it.<\/I><\/P>
\n
\nBloomberg of New York City, where the
\nAvenue<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> honoring the patron saint of Ireland steps off clan by
\nclan at 11 a.m. ET in an unbroken tradition that began on March 17, 1762.
\n<\/P>
\n
\n
What’s happened to the
\nbar?
Once it was another home,
Now it’s just bizarre<\/P>
\n
The place makes gray matter spin;
The suddenly
\nhapless smoker-drinker
Takes it on the chin. <\/P>
\n
Tackle an enterprise zone
Or grime in the
\nstreets or subway malfunctions–
And leave bad enough alone?<\/I><\/P>
\n