Barack Haiku » Campaigning http://www.barack-haiku.com Poetry about President Barack Obama & Politics Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Keep On http://www.barack-haiku.com/2009/10/06/keep-on/ http://www.barack-haiku.com/2009/10/06/keep-on/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:23:26 +0000 Embir http://www.barack-haiku.com/?p=475

Yes we can make change/

Resistance means its working/

Dance as you do it/




#obama, #progress, #republicans, #oprah, #chicago, #dance. #black eyed peas

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Wish I paid more heed back then

Its DC write large

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Wind backs around, a promise
Smell it, taste it, soon

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McCain made his bed

Perhaps for Palin to lie

Miss Calculation

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Et tu Opie?

Andy, everyone’s Gramps

And Fonz for Obama


See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
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fivethirtyeight post 
“we’re voting for the n***er” 
see bubba evolve

mcbroke robocalls 
palling with the terrorist 
phone fear fascism

letterman i screwed 
up and down and back and forth 
throw me an anchor

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These first two are from user renovation.  Titles, links, and images were added by me.


Insert Foot

A broken toilet:

from Bachmann’s mouth – a shitstorm

Joe Plumber can’t help


 

 

De-meaner

Grouchy McFreaky

twitching, blinking, scowling, stop!

Barack, you’re so cool

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Rush screams extreme

But O Pops Tribune’s cherry

The Right is so wrong


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Bots zombies they claim

Are we under a dark spell?

Nah – repo men


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A world upside down

Grease the wheels with your own sweat

We laugh, then we vote


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Preemptive smear strike

Flop sweat low road spurs defense

John loves him some crooks


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Rat in a corner

Something wicked this way comes

Neocon wet dream – BOO!


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High tide waterline

So still it seems unmoving

Trust the force below

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Supply lines stretched

Truth rains on McBush parade

Washing tons dis grace


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We deserve better

Jail of shiny mirages

Or cool glass of truth


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