<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The Republican platform, I read,</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With a deepening feeling of dread:</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Right in the Preamble,</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A misquote, unbearable!</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Consent of governed’s in Constitution instead?</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Kathleen Rybarczyk (</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Baltimore)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Right-wingers seem more than unbright,</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since when Ryan says Romney will fight</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To end medicare,</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Women’s rights, and clean air,</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They hear, “Vote for us since we’re both white.”</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Mike Moulton (</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Gainesville, Fla.)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Help for Mitt has been offered by — Newt!<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To make debates wily and cute,<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He tweets him to speak,</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With brashness and cheek –<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And Obama will have him en croute!<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Shirley Stuart (</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Berkeley, Calif.)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; ">“Obama’s not leading!” they stewed.</em><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><br></em></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The political polls are all skewed!”<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the Fox & Friends bubble,<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The numbers mean trouble:<br></em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If accurate, Romney is screwed.</em></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Chris Doyle (</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Ponder, Texas)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><p style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twixt a pitcher of ice and a vase,</em></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And $50K plates of fois gras,</em></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A camera recorded,</em></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mitt’s views that were sordid,</em></p><p style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Inept, filled with fibs and faux pas.</em></p><div class="toggle-group target hideOnInit" data-toggle-group="story-13028904" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; opacity: 1; "><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Jean Pouliot (</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Newburyport, Mass.)</span></p></div></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">------------------------------------------</div><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .</span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">"Moscow Cares"</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"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!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>