With apologies to e e cummings

[saltpoint]

John McCain’s defunct

Who used to ride a media-complicit unchallenged hero image
And make
1 2 3 4 5 baseless assertions
Just like that
Jesus he was a mediocre man
And what I want to know is
How do you like your blue-eyed boy, Mr. Political Dustbin?

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[TomInTib]

1. Bravo, O C...

And, after all this time...

The check will be in the mail.

Tom

[saltpoint]

3. Tom, hi to you, and fret not -- your credit is always good with

me.

You hang in there out west and give us the bluest California ever tonight.

Cheers!

[K Gardner]

2. As always, a K&R for you, OC.. its been a pleasure sharing this journey with you !

[saltpoint]

4. K Gardner. Howdy. Thanks, and my god in heaven is this a big day or what.

I catch myself glancing at the clock several times too many, waiting for those first returns.

We've been through a long damn 8 years of dreary crap with the Bush people, and all gauges say that it ends at sundown tonight!

You've been there heart and mind against the lies and the sick egos of the Bush administration, posting brainy threads on these very boards, and each syllable of these threads brings pressure to bear against the bad guys.

Tonight -- blue balloons and loud yelps for our side!

[JeffR]

5. o c cummings! Well done, sir.

Enjoy this historic day & thanks for all you add to DU.

:hi:

[saltpoint]

6. JeffR! Good morning.

A good day's made better by running into you on DU. I hope all's well your way and here's to a big blue tide tonight.

[JeffR]

7. Back at ya!

I love the smell of democracy in the morning.

[saltpoint]

8. : )

[BeyondGeography]

9. OC, I remember those slip-sliding on icy roads in Iowa diaries back in late December

What a trip it's been; great to share the ride with you. :patriot:

[saltpoint]

11. I'm with you there, too, BeyondGeography. What a hell of a long

political season and how astonishing it is to be nearing an end tonight.

I've loved your threads and also your comments in others' threads. And tonight, we post in praise of a new president -- the guy from Illinois.

[Samantha]

10. I too have been so glad to share the ride with you, Old Crusoe

and I look forward to reading more of your verse throughout this day.

Sam

[saltpoint]

12. Sam, the whole bunch of us have had a splendid time of it, haven't we?

DU's administrators hold it all together and we yak and chatter and laugh 24/7.

Not a bad deal at all.

You scored awfully big with me on the Ali thread -- a keeper if there ever was one -- and tonight we hang the blue balloons.

And lots of them.