There once was a Solon named Hillary.
Some clever wags called her Billary.
She led in the polls
Meeting all of her goals,
While never quite getting all Shrillary.

In Iowa people will caucus,
In meetings that often get raucous.
If Clinton prevails
Bernie Sanders will trail,
Unless Walter can raise a big ruckus.

Who went to Iowa to eat pork
She had tacos in Cali
And then took a trip to the Valley
Next Stop: Chipotle, in Ohio
Don't get sick, bye yo

Thanks!

New Hampshire's a very small state,
Yet its primary votes highly rate.
All the candidates vie
For a piece of that pie,
We're all closely watching that date.

From the voices in your head.

There once was a poster on du,
He made many a member stew,
He goes by Mineral Man,
Is a progressive fan,
With credential only recognized by a few.

lol. Have some fun. Limericks are fun. Making fun of mental illness isn't.

What is your problem with this op in GD P?

Your post was very clear.

I think I'll just continue to post here as I choose. It's a mistake to imply that someone has a mental illness. Bad form all around. You should probably self-delete that.

was a guy named trump
Who was, pretty much, just a hump.
A bigoted pig
Who's head was too big,
So, he just ended up in the dump.

Rhyming is easy for Donald.

I know, that's why I picked him.

There once was a man named Trump,
His campaign was one big dump,
His supporters are stupid,
His message not fluid,
He's oppressive on the stump.

Not sure if I did it right. lol.

Dump and Trump do go together quite well, don't they?

event back in California in the 70s. I sat in a decorated kitchen range box with a typewriter. It had a little dark plastic window I could see out of, and a slot for people to insert dollar bills. Every time someone inserted a dollar, I wrote a limerick about that person, who I could see. I had a roll of wide cash register paper running through the typewriter. I'd think for a minute and start typing away.

When I finished the limerick, I tore it off, rang a bell and fed it through the slot for the donor.

I raised over $200 for the charity that day. Not all of the limericks were terrific, but they were all funny, and the laughter brought more people over to put their dollar in the machine.

It was great fun. I was completely anonymous in the box.

Time passes, and with it some of that youthful speed. That's good in some ways, but not in all...

{Ding}

I see a cute girl dressed in blue,
Who didn't have that much to do.
She put in a buck
And tried out her luck.
Now she has a limerick, too.

Weak, but written in less than 30 seconds.

And it sounds like a good clean way to separate people from a little extra cash at a fund raiser.

There was a gal who worked hard in school
to finish college, get good grades and be cool
Her jobs always paid less
Than the dudes, I confess
Hillary will fix that, with equality as the rule.

It's a requirement.

They call it The Palmetto State,
Where Maddow sort of had a debate.
Clinton's ahead in the race,
While Bernie's trying to place,
And O'Malley's still scraping the plate.

Nevada's caucuses pick delegates
In this little gambling state.
You can start placing bets
On what odds all will get,
As candidates consider their fates.

Not mine, but found this one from 2010.

Limerick Ode To Bernie Sanders
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Bravo for our hero, dear Bernie.
He’s engaged in a praise-worthy tourney.
He honors the floor—
Shows he’s great to his core.
Wish more Democrats joined in his journey.

And welcome!

The sole candidate from Nantucket
Carried voter reg forms in a bucket.
He asked people he knew
To vote for him, too.
If they said no, he said, "Fuck it."

There's always someone from Nantucket, it seems.

There once was a man from DU
Who wrote Limericks rather askew
I don't want to be mean
But the meter I've seen
Is so bad I feel I should sue.

You're awesome.

It coulda been worse verse!

Like: " A Democratic Primary Sonnet Thread. (Petrarchan accepted.)"

Bernie.
Hillary.


Unkempt hair; a fringe candidate.

The burrito.

E. Coli endorses Cruz.

years ago, "Y'know, very few people can actually hear meter."

Why vote for someone that you don't know which way they will turn

when you can vote for Bernie and feel the bern.

Bernie fights for the little people and we all know that is sweet

Hillary protects the Banksters who eat caviar on Wall Street.

So do what's right and join the fight to win back the U.S.

or we will all be left to wallow in this corporate mess!!!!

I needed a laugh this morning,
Just as the day was a-borning.
Politics news depressing.
GOP with ethics messing.
Now laughter sends my day soaring.

The Limerick spirit lives on!

Last edited Fri Dec 11, 2015, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Apparently, mentioning her age is taboo, but harping on his is fine, whether it's DU or media.

Either way, it's ageist.

Minnesota. Nothing wrong with being old, as far as I'm concerned.

I'm old. Bernie's old. Who cares about that? Not I.

You appear to be over-analyzing a silly limerick. I'm sorry you were confused by my attempt at bring a little humor to the primary battle.

.


There was a Man from Queens, New York
Quaffed hair flowed back like a dork
His hatred he sang
Morons bells he rang
Fascist pleas turn to a pitchfork.


.

I LOL'd at that.

And perfectly apropos, to boot.

There was a candidate named Sanders
Who spoke with such vision and candor
Wherever he would talk
Many people would flock
His crowds keep getting bigger and grander

There once was a SecState called Hillary
Far past the women's auxiliary,
So one day she says,
"I want to be pres,
"Let the far right go scream, rant and pillory!"

A stalwart Vermonter named Bernie
Argued better than any attorney
"If the poor can be fed,
"Give the homeless a bed,
"Then I'll be halfway home on my journey!"

An ex-governor named O'Malley
Never got big crowds to rally
But he stuck to his views
Not making much news,
Still hoping he'd add to his tally.

A not-quite-a-Texan named Cruz
Had frightening extremist views
But only preached hate,
Lost every debate,
And so was pre-programmed to lose.

A rich kid New Yorker called Trump
Thought gibberish worked on the stump
And it did, if in part,
Win voters as smart
As Gomer Pyle or Forrest Gump.

In 2 hours I have to run into DC (I'm in the States for a few days) to meet the man who already got elected twice, so he's not a subject of primary boards any more!

I grew up here. My dad was a one-man print journalist correspondent for a paper in a one-horse town in upstate NY. My first visit to the White House was while JFK was in office, and my first visit to the White House to meet a sitting president was in 1965 to meet LBJ. But it's always cool, and I never tire of it (plus BHO is one cool dude, no two ways about it, and Michelle wrote the book on how to combine poise, charm, intelligence and beauty--except for my own wife, that is!).

There once was a fellow named Cruz
Whom the Freepers thought just could not lose.
Then along came The Donald
To remind them of Ronald
And now they don't know whom to choose.


Not that a limerick has to be accurate, but this one actually is. FR was mainly pro-Cruz, with some preferring Walker, but when Trump entered he surprised me by getting a lot of support there.

There once was a fun op on DU
Supporters of all stopped by to lookie-loo
So much fun to be had
Not a soul was sad
Until someone dropped by to poo

Alerters, and internet trolls
Have cause for concern
That you'll feel the Bern
As Sanders ascends in the polls.