tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91540732875346073752024-03-13T02:39:42.621-05:00The American Center For Sarah Palin Inspirational LimericksMaverick Versification For One Heckuva NationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-14515900763470062932008-11-05T09:51:00.004-06:002011-06-03T12:10:17.670-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52LqqxakSgcgoxCh3WPgDlpA8qjClbJTyhCZC8THJzGYYswHDXb_dBfIFjNlpp1TwFabFeTQtEAhRl32zoOnkCSvLZ58jFShoLy_K-7Sgd7UsZqHlveJXcfDHzUbIPwiMcfJds6kqrrc/s1600-h/610x-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265202784920795202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52LqqxakSgcgoxCh3WPgDlpA8qjClbJTyhCZC8THJzGYYswHDXb_dBfIFjNlpp1TwFabFeTQtEAhRl32zoOnkCSvLZ58jFShoLy_K-7Sgd7UsZqHlveJXcfDHzUbIPwiMcfJds6kqrrc/s320/610x-2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 234px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">Sarah, I will remember your face</span> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />
long after this presidential race.</span> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />
You strutted the scene,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia;">our maverick queen. </span> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />
Too good for second place. </span> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />
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and from </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;">Polly</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">: </span> </span><br />
<pre style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Sweet Sarah, it's over: go home
To the state where the moose used to roam.
McCain was a bore,
So we'll see you in four.
Till then, have fun up in Nome!
</span></pre>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-78918817799478901212008-11-04T08:59:00.002-06:002008-11-04T09:02:07.877-06:00Halt the Limericks--Get Out The Vote!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you want Sarah Palin eating fancy dinners in the White House?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you have the time, please help get out the vote today. If you're in the St. Louis/University City area, the Obama campaign offices are at the corner of Olive and McKnight. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy voting--and thanks to everyone who's been checking out this site.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-54726817615887192922008-11-03T15:58:00.005-06:002008-11-03T16:04:23.498-06:00Voices from Main Street: Maverick's Last Stand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VY82aJ5jbHqPXsso5zJrA9hn0pUAfUbamFR_64OJZpnxzI8Ac-54NuaLbs7jIRF3_OCxZPa4e2iJ1m_WGAUmOZzfc4Y51Wf9jBRtrJWbVHJIGICG8CP1NcOVp7Iw3o_BYgDpRKXUaBM/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VY82aJ5jbHqPXsso5zJrA9hn0pUAfUbamFR_64OJZpnxzI8Ac-54NuaLbs7jIRF3_OCxZPa4e2iJ1m_WGAUmOZzfc4Y51Wf9jBRtrJWbVHJIGICG8CP1NcOVp7Iw3o_BYgDpRKXUaBM/s320/610x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264554574946173266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">As always, limericks unfiltered by the media elite:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Polly</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">When it seemed Clinton's votes could be bought,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">you said, "Feminist? Well--sure, why not?"</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">But they never jumped ship--</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">stick this in your lip:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">guess the girls aren't as dumb as you thought.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Nick</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">She enters her rally to <span style="font-style: italic;">Thriller</span>,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">as if she were now the top-biller.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">And as music by "Jacko"</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">excites every wacko—</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I suddenly start to feel … <span style="font-style: italic;">iller</span>?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Dennis</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The election is one day away,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">the voters will then get their say.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">McCain and Ms. Palin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">are reportedly failin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">and most of us cry hip hooray.<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-69986090588705220992008-11-01T09:20:00.003-05:002008-11-01T09:23:55.484-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmmus_Z_yUqShKDhEpcPb7Ln3S-QyieFo2t08cjxX6S-MUVey4OZVEIr9rLpZ0MdfTPAb2BDFRvkwwl9te7nfr6gEc0Ohp31zCyEP7q_3BI4UYzRkY83a0N18Dh2p65NAGI2Jfnsoa6g/s1600-h/610th7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmmus_Z_yUqShKDhEpcPb7Ln3S-QyieFo2t08cjxX6S-MUVey4OZVEIr9rLpZ0MdfTPAb2BDFRvkwwl9te7nfr6gEc0Ohp31zCyEP7q_3BI4UYzRkY83a0N18Dh2p65NAGI2Jfnsoa6g/s320/610th7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263694408433421170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />Though his staffers may cry and jeer,<br />my stylist makes my policy clear:<br />Have I "gone rogue,"<br />by just staying in vogue?<br />I'll still look good in four years.<br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-17703382622503153022008-10-30T08:27:00.004-05:002008-11-01T10:00:22.896-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG95Wibxz8bZKtgyVOjfCoWYSOg7eDQ8-9UphpsiDks-o9A7LXBwcVCZibVgktPddo6SbJ0R3CwzDc5e1jW5ShpvHa4AVePtWy-7RnzVzZ8Z58zL24KmLPRXkD0fiLPdCFGrM4d5GW5p4/s1600-h/zzzx.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG95Wibxz8bZKtgyVOjfCoWYSOg7eDQ8-9UphpsiDks-o9A7LXBwcVCZibVgktPddo6SbJ0R3CwzDc5e1jW5ShpvHa4AVePtWy-7RnzVzZ8Z58zL24KmLPRXkD0fiLPdCFGrM4d5GW5p4/s320/zzzx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262939427065208210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />from <span style="font-style: italic;">Shannon:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">No follow-up questions allowed,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">no response to "kill him" from the crowd.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">When called out of touch</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">she didn't say much,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">but she said it real American loud.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-49431785969994991222008-10-29T07:34:00.002-05:002008-10-29T07:36:51.643-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNcZ_4knj5knZ2qwuMU8deQDMlAD1uKv2mz-dYjKMnpFd78HEyNAhh9doVCm2grujAJnQwfX6S2ZARNpI80xd3dnQIuPI6w-3syWg6SQPrRxlgu28UNQcdpEF7-bki9zo1I5w5VQkVxQ/s1600-h/aqq-3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNcZ_4knj5knZ2qwuMU8deQDMlAD1uKv2mz-dYjKMnpFd78HEyNAhh9doVCm2grujAJnQwfX6S2ZARNpI80xd3dnQIuPI6w-3syWg6SQPrRxlgu28UNQcdpEF7-bki9zo1I5w5VQkVxQ/s320/aqq-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262553404702199106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Katie Couric and Tina Fey</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">will guard the gates on Judgment Day,</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">bidding you wash the feet</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">of the media elite--</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">the penance a maverick must pay.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-133365315172634442008-10-28T07:49:00.003-05:002008-10-28T07:53:47.751-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKM-ZTKZo6nex96y50poER6UtKe2wRX4Yz1tpob7vlFlNNh8RLlTU-NMs9riGCNswOeTxvHB7n7tWFdgDyKbbodghPrXZZ2l7W2D7agJwIvAmf8TEDT3cAFLtxmC9nAlEWLDVc0La3cI/s1600-h/ggx.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKM-ZTKZo6nex96y50poER6UtKe2wRX4Yz1tpob7vlFlNNh8RLlTU-NMs9riGCNswOeTxvHB7n7tWFdgDyKbbodghPrXZZ2l7W2D7agJwIvAmf8TEDT3cAFLtxmC9nAlEWLDVc0La3cI/s320/ggx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262186781245984706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />While you claimed his taxes weren't fair,<br />some volumizer clung in the air.<br /></span><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Your stylist set loose</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >a new kind of moose,<br />spreading its wealth through your hair.<br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-53792371172818739522008-10-28T07:42:00.004-05:002008-10-28T07:48:19.248-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjP6C2acg7B5NmhuJwPbuQuzV7wkKRSuG0TyHu__ZPLd3d8W-CrMCNMmLdvDaadqfKtqMksTp2meD-OF3qAoCL2wS1ViNMFmSw5_Q0bFsG1Iii3ip6mUxVmLdJEZ4V_ty5UCihy0I4k_Q/s1600-h/a-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjP6C2acg7B5NmhuJwPbuQuzV7wkKRSuG0TyHu__ZPLd3d8W-CrMCNMmLdvDaadqfKtqMksTp2meD-OF3qAoCL2wS1ViNMFmSw5_Q0bFsG1Iii3ip6mUxVmLdJEZ4V_ty5UCihy0I4k_Q/s320/a-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262184805998479890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Limericks unfiltered by the media elite:<br /><br />from <span style="font-style: italic;">Anna</span>:<br /><br />Sarah P, golden girl of the right,<br />well she put up one hell of a fight,<br />But by the time she fell behind<br />she realized she'd been color blind<br />to the blue under those Northern Lights.<br /><br />from <span style="font-style: italic;">Keya</span>:<br /><br />This passenger on the Straight Talk Express<br />ain't afraid to politically digress.<br />Appearances on comedy shows,<br />attacks on those A-holes<br />who pal with Ayers and the liberal press.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone visiting the site and helping to write our final limerickal argument. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-22917391583549989342008-10-27T07:47:00.003-05:002008-10-27T07:51:53.741-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEEhunDVLsJq0U4Y5nO3RD4wqFvXiN1YAx5ocXDAEwilVI1g-K9lMPaGjCZABMllKAAVHjdYz07lPSLGgY0WF44mPX8bBKNrzdHmTteekQHyC_joDaHr01o9EhdkWd7VoeAaXoKPRr8I/s1600-h/soiu3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEEhunDVLsJq0U4Y5nO3RD4wqFvXiN1YAx5ocXDAEwilVI1g-K9lMPaGjCZABMllKAAVHjdYz07lPSLGgY0WF44mPX8bBKNrzdHmTteekQHyC_joDaHr01o9EhdkWd7VoeAaXoKPRr8I/s320/soiu3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261815216728781810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">You rushed the story to the media elite,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">under the specter of certain defeat,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">pretending not to see</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">in the backwards B</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">the flag of surrender, the white sheet.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-63353164621548170142008-10-27T07:31:00.005-05:002008-10-27T07:47:04.897-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOu_kTn_fQ_PrzaKUvvvnc7-kgIYZBii1q89dOoYVcAyO_2WxFhNiHAaIrem1yYpcZHBMYXUVjUoaZGGd1W7X0TFcBH2l3V-98kQKidNwlPoE9WlTjpA6ZF0ClNnQi-XIrsb7bismqC54/s1600-h/6adsfx.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOu_kTn_fQ_PrzaKUvvvnc7-kgIYZBii1q89dOoYVcAyO_2WxFhNiHAaIrem1yYpcZHBMYXUVjUoaZGGd1W7X0TFcBH2l3V-98kQKidNwlPoE9WlTjpA6ZF0ClNnQi-XIrsb7bismqC54/s320/6adsfx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261812723698990434" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Limericks unfiltered by the media elite:<br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from <span style="font-style: italic;">Dennis</span>:</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />A wonderful girl is Sarah,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">a regular Scarlett O'Hara</span>.<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Her attitude's strong</span>, <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />her issues all wrong</span>,<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">you betcha she's bad for this era.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >from <span style="font-style: italic;">Joel</span>:<br /><br />It appears that your campaign is cursed.<br />First female veep? You san't be first.<br />But for guys with low education<br />out in Lowry's Red State nation<br />you'll always provide sweet starbursts.<br /><br />from <span style="font-style: italic;">Speck Backfire</span>:<br /><br />So Palin has bought a new wardrobe of clothing<br />with campaign money for the electorate's beholding,<br />but fashionable Neiman Marcus<br />won’t save the party’s carcass<br />if Republican policies are still the object of loathing.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone who's supporting the American Center and submitting limericks. With only eight days left, we're issuing an open call for Election Day, and Post-Election Day, limericks.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-55613911399865306082008-10-24T06:41:00.005-05:002008-10-24T06:51:36.746-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lQz6rKucvqeteOZibwzXqvt-wo4kxxijAoTw-5Ib5JPTkAp5KgHikF_TLAADxzb7y8Jbg0xKfs7WBUuzah5CWL28g9D1-JHmEAngS1p9hxsVKaLWxIhd9C3xbeqdx0me4WAThMco5jA/s1600-h/m-4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lQz6rKucvqeteOZibwzXqvt-wo4kxxijAoTw-5Ib5JPTkAp5KgHikF_TLAADxzb7y8Jbg0xKfs7WBUuzah5CWL28g9D1-JHmEAngS1p9hxsVKaLWxIhd9C3xbeqdx0me4WAThMco5jA/s320/m-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260686298821751666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />Sarah, can you clarify what you meant<br />by </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >elitist</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >terrorist</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >vice president</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >?<br />Can you clear your lungs<br />to speak in the tongues<br />of your enemies: the godless and intelligent?<br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-1557011147389620102008-10-24T06:34:00.003-05:002008-10-24T06:41:41.241-05:00Voices from Main Street: Meet Me In Saint Louis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4dnuPSYahOos0J7FODVSrHVZyJ3_piDLL-vKfCNF_IEH2CWU-ldNzBlWTYh0f-cNGApiwJ3Dq8DkbS76cihfnkvadcIUXV8GGVfamqAvnhxlwOGuDRUZCAnyhbn1GejlNZA0BYzQQqQ/s1600-h/px.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4dnuPSYahOos0J7FODVSrHVZyJ3_piDLL-vKfCNF_IEH2CWU-ldNzBlWTYh0f-cNGApiwJ3Dq8DkbS76cihfnkvadcIUXV8GGVfamqAvnhxlwOGuDRUZCAnyhbn1GejlNZA0BYzQQqQ/s320/px.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260683861578710418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Anna</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The line between politics and celebrity's so slight</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Palin will drop the Blues' puck Friday night.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Now the difference between</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">a pit bull and a beauty queen</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">is the sound of high heels on thin ice.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-67490870164981368032008-10-23T07:48:00.004-05:002008-10-23T08:11:08.385-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0u88-Sgk_fN1IsBHekcDmkr9tyt8oKhfXTcIU0PJGEPz_pmC2OXXEHsm6yEKoa0zzT3UsoHcqkcb9IYOPsoTIeAr6gH5g6Zs0viNXmtOco0xexPA2f7S-WuVIgD7Qn8hNvjZVI6_eGf4/s1600-h/610x-4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0u88-Sgk_fN1IsBHekcDmkr9tyt8oKhfXTcIU0PJGEPz_pmC2OXXEHsm6yEKoa0zzT3UsoHcqkcb9IYOPsoTIeAr6gH5g6Zs0viNXmtOco0xexPA2f7S-WuVIgD7Qn8hNvjZVI6_eGf4/s320/610x-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260335842961540450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Josephine Six Pack is adored</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">though her folksy image is Dior'd.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">This wolf in sheep's clothes</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">reaps the fabric she sows--</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">a fashion that no one can afford.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-28736106935074859152008-10-23T07:33:00.003-05:002008-10-23T07:46:35.415-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXdEbI8MQBsEVGOeuomNnbZh6e42ZeqEneIdNmdXGWplMpibyVmHTLygzGN-aEQ5jSKJkLnHZSFqnlOrsn-ILELY0pBDcLmKUCqRRohvuL1r-rQWCzmyQ4X2KJM2fzlcOFmMj38aFjFs/s1600-h/6adsf-6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXdEbI8MQBsEVGOeuomNnbZh6e42ZeqEneIdNmdXGWplMpibyVmHTLygzGN-aEQ5jSKJkLnHZSFqnlOrsn-ILELY0pBDcLmKUCqRRohvuL1r-rQWCzmyQ4X2KJM2fzlcOFmMj38aFjFs/s320/6adsf-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260329075994766530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Limericks unfiltered by the media elite:</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Ryan</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">You don’t dare ask for whom the bell’s tollin’</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">just because you don’t like how you’re pollin’.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />You just fire up your base</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">by alluding to race</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">(Let’s just hope there’s no call to “cleanse” Colin).</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Hugh</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Think Jacqueline O from State Fifty.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />I say things like “Goshdarn” and “Nifty.”</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />I got covered in bugs</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />from my polar bear rugs.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />That’s how come I'm always so shifty.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Anna</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Say only Southern men can win the South?</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />then mavericks you know nothin' about.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />You just switch-up your syntax</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />to woo those Joe-Six-Packs,</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />while the elite put their feet in their mouths.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />Thanks again to Main Street for spreading the limerickal wealth. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-80535028641300139002008-10-22T07:32:00.006-05:002008-10-22T14:19:31.332-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSZCId13LmEnvwv2993MqH5GbWrZzgY1ZxgBJYrYcAKG4ox4QZq4Rk_SwK4hMGXYrEWLeKsYcFfp_q_7GgiOfvLf6ApHVVwhvatCRjLlwUr4iMRUVFxzFRilYYPQZ-JMerzGKmGEgvpM/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSZCId13LmEnvwv2993MqH5GbWrZzgY1ZxgBJYrYcAKG4ox4QZq4Rk_SwK4hMGXYrEWLeKsYcFfp_q_7GgiOfvLf6ApHVVwhvatCRjLlwUr4iMRUVFxzFRilYYPQZ-JMerzGKmGEgvpM/s320/610x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259961755245203442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Traveling with John is a bore.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">He and Cindy eat dinner at four.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">They're always complainin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">about my Van Halen,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">and six-packs left on the floor.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-3492882569076111662008-10-21T10:31:00.004-05:002008-10-21T10:59:27.582-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPxhTUa4px6Wx68G2e3zzcxG8y5TksXs1ZwMUOYZyr1c3FnMEwc6_4KkLq0BDoLGbITXLgpXh_F2JvQcVfyazQyeqUny7o0qIBhLE2vseo0tP7ICtPw4CLDpM-6oTykdVAFKGvh3VEKc/s1600-h/358x283-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPxhTUa4px6Wx68G2e3zzcxG8y5TksXs1ZwMUOYZyr1c3FnMEwc6_4KkLq0BDoLGbITXLgpXh_F2JvQcVfyazQyeqUny7o0qIBhLE2vseo0tP7ICtPw4CLDpM-6oTykdVAFKGvh3VEKc/s320/358x283-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259630444868923634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Sarah made her warrior’s pledge</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">atop the elder’s mountain ledge.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">He anointed this knight</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">with the oils of the right,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">with a sword, and its double edge.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-70294602981863320282008-10-21T08:06:00.006-05:002008-10-21T08:53:22.478-05:00Voices from Main Street: What Rhymes with Palin?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuWLMNloB30oO7wvFyoFlSlaISvr6rbXavz0NoR6bOQzLBp0jaOPM_TXY_SYNj3rN5YRgTrlFvfeZqxkFn0NROoteIlc3G4Hhm9a1fJj7aoYtv3Xx8F7HEBIrMqRKu-lwFZMzGEakcaE/s1600-h/sarahlaughingx.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuWLMNloB30oO7wvFyoFlSlaISvr6rbXavz0NoR6bOQzLBp0jaOPM_TXY_SYNj3rN5YRgTrlFvfeZqxkFn0NROoteIlc3G4Hhm9a1fJj7aoYtv3Xx8F7HEBIrMqRKu-lwFZMzGEakcaE/s320/sarahlaughingx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259593653592020194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Forget the polls. These limericks have been coming in recently--and the media elite only needs to turn to these rhymes to understand the "politcal climate," or whatever fancy term they use for the temperature on Main Street:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Tarp Lazer Palin</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">O the Liberal Left is a-wailin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">and the common consumer's downscalin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">on his packs of cold Pabst</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">(for his budget's collapsed)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">and for hope he's not looking to Palin.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Megan</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There once was a wannabee VP</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">whose faults were plain for the press to see</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">"If you can't stop complainin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">about the media, Ms. Palin -</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">on a bridge to nowhere you will be!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Mark</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There once was a candidate Palin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">whose integrity always was failin'.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Inciting the mob,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">and bad at her job,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">the McCain campaign is now flailing!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Frank</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There was a young woman named Palin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">who on Democrats went to railin’.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">When she opened her mouth</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">her logic went south.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Now she must get a grade of failin’.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Chris B</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">When they trotted out old Sarah Palin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">all those hordes started gnashin' and wailin'</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">"Had enough of Hussein!"</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">and "Don't know about Spain!"</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Come November let's hope they'll be failin'!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Christen</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There once was a woman named Palin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Who had ludicrous ideas for the bailin'-</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">out of a nation whose wealth</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">was disappearing as stealth,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">as the Republican party is flailing.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-84409849445694376162008-10-20T07:57:00.005-05:002008-10-20T08:24:11.530-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MGXC1aIvzzYC6IjBW0h2n2DHdWaaWltUbCEDFh7XuYHokRChdvQZlWf4IK60epL1OfWrEdsERKv7eFvpTzM-7F2an4TTfAAi_DAIC8emw0MOrrIl5HNgafNsNz8usu8i31BYLyAbB6g/s1600-h/539w.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MGXC1aIvzzYC6IjBW0h2n2DHdWaaWltUbCEDFh7XuYHokRChdvQZlWf4IK60epL1OfWrEdsERKv7eFvpTzM-7F2an4TTfAAi_DAIC8emw0MOrrIl5HNgafNsNz8usu8i31BYLyAbB6g/s320/539w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259225840416796146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">When Alec mistook your name,</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />my laughter was laced with shame.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />From snarky comedians</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />to desperate republicans,</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />you're the pawn in a cynical game.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-10229743719804166002008-10-20T07:43:00.004-05:002008-10-20T07:56:35.007-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cATwU1OVGUDEUxRieH_faf6OE2huiGDwRAVkT9XePbfyqP_W2TQNk_lbgDszDGy6xIeUGlEdsa4IPy1v53NV7yCJgz3MeUTPiqpJ6bjc4ct6Lx8ZVcUGYa7jNu1GrIldZgQmZD-rtHw/s1600-h/610x-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cATwU1OVGUDEUxRieH_faf6OE2huiGDwRAVkT9XePbfyqP_W2TQNk_lbgDszDGy6xIeUGlEdsa4IPy1v53NV7yCJgz3MeUTPiqpJ6bjc4ct6Lx8ZVcUGYa7jNu1GrIldZgQmZD-rtHw/s320/610x-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259218788372096082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >The Rumplemiss</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />The shouts of the flock she condones,</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />while presiding atop her throne,</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />sowing the conflict of class</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />from a house of glass,</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />while the congregation throws the stones.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Lightning</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:<br /></span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />There once was a beauty queen mayor</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />who unblinkingly took McCain's dare.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />She entered the race</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />crying "God bless the base!"</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />but America needs more than a prayer.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />Thanks to our contributors and readers. The efforts of hardworking Main Street limerick writers cannot be stopped by any idle threats from rogue nations. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-1238955875068342102008-10-18T10:23:00.005-05:002008-10-20T07:57:43.367-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3M9GXx7xnvEbmE6ezsH5A7S76f5M15BV9zjhQiLG05qehsf4QrXGUZUYc7zlmQ08OVAV4ofaqiOKnRXlhOYcZRbA5XzFj2EeGd9XMb3KE6T0Ah1wi_6S-I16VoXnTNKM4axXuTSHjhwc/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3M9GXx7xnvEbmE6ezsH5A7S76f5M15BV9zjhQiLG05qehsf4QrXGUZUYc7zlmQ08OVAV4ofaqiOKnRXlhOYcZRbA5XzFj2EeGd9XMb3KE6T0Ah1wi_6S-I16VoXnTNKM4axXuTSHjhwc/s320/610x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258518465335434754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Tarp Lazer Palin</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Who's this poseur, Barack? This Obama?</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Could my slander create some new drama?</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">With a blink and a wink</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I'll convince them to think</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">He's as foreign as emus or llama.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ryan</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Pastors sometimes say things that don't please us.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">"Elites" find them and use them to tease us.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">But on this they're off base</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">'Cos I can sure make the case</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">That it's good that some Jews are for Jesus!<br /><br />Thanks to all our contributors and readers. We hope Main Street is sunny, beautiful and full of freedom this weekend.<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-86218288768658572242008-10-17T08:57:00.002-05:002008-10-17T08:59:26.359-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsR7B7CYZxK69Qcmis6PBE2PP2xwXlE5bxcyY2Hpzqe2xQQPaZKMxC6AtuzKQEbpJGFI_fQemK1LuxNgrBHcRYI_dsw1dolS3UMDdltGRp4W512lSfyBRmJ_VJxdBfbRkiQ9fzEKTuS4/s1600-h/original.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsR7B7CYZxK69Qcmis6PBE2PP2xwXlE5bxcyY2Hpzqe2xQQPaZKMxC6AtuzKQEbpJGFI_fQemK1LuxNgrBHcRYI_dsw1dolS3UMDdltGRp4W512lSfyBRmJ_VJxdBfbRkiQ9fzEKTuS4/s320/original.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258121949476899794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />When she brags about hunting a moose,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">the message begins to get loose.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />With credit in the tank,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">her party to thank,</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />“Real Women” have read the news.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-50890033262225817702008-10-17T08:41:00.004-05:002008-10-17T08:52:25.580-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCjv9NcYMCz9yoZaUB8oqaktBzizP8IZCxYvYVBz3iu-i6vgRPaCKyAXh9fx3M3hAh88zYSStO3HCr5PVF49feUOJccycRjQ3WVairYpzQR-blg0fjrPahJOfqV8RHqV-RUH-CnxMzxM/s1600-h/signingflagx.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCjv9NcYMCz9yoZaUB8oqaktBzizP8IZCxYvYVBz3iu-i6vgRPaCKyAXh9fx3M3hAh88zYSStO3HCr5PVF49feUOJccycRjQ3WVairYpzQR-blg0fjrPahJOfqV8RHqV-RUH-CnxMzxM/s320/signingflagx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258118343861722274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >from </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ryan:</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Well Palin claims she’s a straight shooter<br />(but on ethics she “out-Karls” Scooter)<br />to even D. Frum<br />that line don’t look plumb<br />can she outsource to Joe “Roto-Rooter”?<br /><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >John in Phoenix</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >:<br /><br />By suggesting Barack get the "noose,"<br />Palin's cannon is way too loose.<br />Though her rednecks are wailin'<br />Mac's campaign is failin'<br />seems barracuda relate better to moose.<br /><br />from </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >Dave in Georgia</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >:<br /><br />Sarah Palin, her spirit so liltin',<br />towards war with Russia a-tiltin'.<br />Even next to McCain<br />that looks pretty insane<br />I'd rather he'd picked Paris Hilton.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone on Main Street who's visited The American Center and submitted their limericks. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-17002761482889149842008-10-16T08:43:00.003-05:002008-10-16T08:45:53.500-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAHdbR0ucgCKW81omRFZdJgBGn2n_A9OMyuneNBvlMHgGiOQfO31y_XmXNkkaKBu3BykbdS1zzrCTM6oI_pk10IV5O7_fVHQGD8BxwJbgS82NVpRKzGu1Ju2Y4MS2rsU7QSamkKAGnk8/s1600-h/358x283-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAHdbR0ucgCKW81omRFZdJgBGn2n_A9OMyuneNBvlMHgGiOQfO31y_XmXNkkaKBu3BykbdS1zzrCTM6oI_pk10IV5O7_fVHQGD8BxwJbgS82NVpRKzGu1Ju2Y4MS2rsU7QSamkKAGnk8/s320/358x283-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257747189844136722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">There once was a plumber named Joe</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">who was named for political show.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">He felt like a gimmick</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">in somebody’s limerick,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">the Sarah Palin of Toledo.<br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-39120404147964477692008-10-16T07:58:00.006-05:002008-10-16T16:06:46.505-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHu7ha5HtxrVD47nymF2XfVReTwXxSy6h8toriDAUzcB3onYt3z-hFKJTvbSc-RX0QFuX2nnHoLrVTDhPl0Z-_T8XZJ6WDyD-x5qJ0NTuIvXQhK-ZrrmpDIQxGQXwqiyxVfmlGpj-OOgw/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHu7ha5HtxrVD47nymF2XfVReTwXxSy6h8toriDAUzcB3onYt3z-hFKJTvbSc-RX0QFuX2nnHoLrVTDhPl0Z-_T8XZJ6WDyD-x5qJ0NTuIvXQhK-ZrrmpDIQxGQXwqiyxVfmlGpj-OOgw/s320/610x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257740572606357250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Limericks unfiltered by the media elite:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Jessica</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >She doesn’t know the Doctrine of Bush</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >and cries foul when journalists push.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >She scoffs organizers</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >preferring Baptizers</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >and doesn’t believe in primordial mush.<br /><br />from <span style="font-style: italic;">Tarp Lazer Palin</span>:<br /><br />To refer to one's self as a maverick<br />is to say that you're of a new fabric—<br />but your hem is dipped<br />in the oil that you've sipped,<br />so you're dressed like an apparachik.<br /><br />from <span style="font-style: italic;">Dennis</span>:<br /><br />If Palin's the gal you desire,<br />please know that you're playing with fire.<br />If you don't watch yourself<br />she will take all your wealth<br />and will never let you retire.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">As always, thanks to our contributors and to everyone on Main Street who is sending in their inspirational limericks. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154073287534607375.post-52662166793918391802008-10-15T07:27:00.004-05:002008-10-15T09:52:57.093-05:00Voices from Main Street:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K2sBMJkdPvpCrnpzg0qnlLJOEeGkzu6i5xFgJNYeLkN0iEGrxh_2wb5dMBd9ptPjjdD8VzmGlMlJ9cB3aNuUbC5bPXQ9k8-gyBmXrqflZZ912pimJPABLb0ZpECqHxjgWoXTM-GgOgo/s1600-h/610x-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K2sBMJkdPvpCrnpzg0qnlLJOEeGkzu6i5xFgJNYeLkN0iEGrxh_2wb5dMBd9ptPjjdD8VzmGlMlJ9cB3aNuUbC5bPXQ9k8-gyBmXrqflZZ912pimJPABLb0ZpECqHxjgWoXTM-GgOgo/s320/610x-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257361406122948946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Limericks unfiltered by the media elite:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Tarp Lazer Palin</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I can see lots of things from my state:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">like the fact that your talk isn't straight.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Or that women come last</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">as you've shown in the past</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">so my sister, please step off the plate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">from </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ryan</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Think of just how much smarts it will take</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">to cut all those Joe Six-packs a break.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">She's a good TV flirt,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">but we'll get just de(s)serts</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">if we "order" Alaskan, half-baked.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thanks to our contributors and to all who are sending in their limericks. Our great nation is a great nation of Main Streets. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com