[Tax-chick]

The mean and distinctly ugly North Carolina State Forum has produced this limerick in a cooperative effort:

There once was a Senator from Nantucket
If he had liposuction, they’d need a big bucket
Chappaquidick, Waitress Sandwich, and a dog named Splash
Corrupt to the core, his gills stuffed with cash
When he croaked, most of the nation said “_ _ _ _ it”

(I composed the second line)

[rlmorel]

Here is my own composition:

There once was a Senator Ted
Who wanted a girl in his bed
He went off the side
Of that bridge and she died
Cause he had to save his damn head

I am not inclined to participate in this mass hysteria up here. If he had died and been buried, I probably wouldn’t say squat to anyone. But having to hear this stuff against my will is really pissing me off. If you even pass by a television in a gas station, there is some breathless reporter talking about what a dedicated and tireless public servant he was.

I’m not having any part of it. If people want to canonize the guy, power to them. I don’t have to play along.