Haiku contest winners from People For the American Way making fun of McCain-Palin

[codjh9]

In case you guys don't know, People For the American Way, although it sounds a bit like some right-wing thing, is a good liberal/Dem organization (of which I'm a member, naturally :^) whose stated goal is to 'fight the Relgious Right'.

So recently they had a contest for members to enter haiku making fun of McCain-Palin, which I entered, but dang, these people (deservedly!) won... we all voted on 'em.

From a PFAW email I just got:

McPalin Haiku Hysteria: You voted, here are the results!

Thank you to all who entered and voted in the contest! Of our 12 great finalists, three emerged after more than 14,000 People For supporters voted for their favorites. All three winning haikus will be published in next week's issue of The Nation.

Congratulations to the winners!

1st place:
McCain is ailin'
Chooses hockey mom Palin
You betcha, we're pucked!

-- Chaunce Windle of South Bend, IN

2nd place:
See dust thick on text books.
Evolution was a fad.
Science dead? You betcha.

-- Laura Welch of Syracuse, NY

3rd place:
Habeas corpus
And that pesky Bill of Rights.
Who needs' em? WINK. WINK.

-- Jean Hall of Norwood, MA

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Very good. Quite clever.

Recommend.

[JSK]

2. Funny

I just sent them around to my email list. Thanks for a chuckle.

[TWiley]

3. wait wait ..... I got one

Palin when speaking
Is like Billy Graham's preaching
"oh Jesus" is what thousands are shrieking