[Vision2020] The Rime of the Ancient Candidate

[Tom Hansen]

Roger -

I have a hard enough time getting water to boil.

This poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Candidate", was written by Calvin 
Trillin (just like my posting cited).  He writes poems for The Nation 
magazine.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> Tom
> Not bad. If you actually wrote that you should change professions.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:46:32 -0700
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] The Rime of the Ancient Candidate
> 
> > "The Rime of the Ancient Candidate"
> > By Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet
> > 
> > You'd know at once that I am not
> > Some liberal elitist.
> > I'm just a beer and burger guy
> > Who finds a cookout neatest.
> > 
> > Unlike Barack, I wouldn't eat
> > Arugula instead.
> > So what if I'm a little long
> > On spots to lay my head.
> > 
> > Houses, houses everywhere,
> > Not one of them a shack -
> > So many it's not strange I have
> > Some trouble keeping track.
> > 
> > Houses, houses everywhere -
> > Abodes in the amount
> > No short-term memory's involved
> > In failing to keep count.
> > 
> > To folks who fear they'll lose a home
> > As mortgage markets swerve,
> > I have some practical advice:
> > Keep six more in reserve.
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >  
> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The 
college 
> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> > 
> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> > 
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"Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."

- Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)

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"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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