Mrs. Goose Goes to Washington: Nursery Rhymes for the Political Barnyard (Hardcover)

by Hart Seely (Author)
Key Phrases: threat level, Little Bo Peep, Lou Dobbs, John Kerry (more...)

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Can anything be poetic in the politicking of Washington, D.C.? Is there poetry in the morning's headlines and in tonight's news tickers? Or, as Seely paraphrases Dr. Seuss, Do W's troubles trouble you, too? America's pundit poet laureate, the man who channeled the poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and Phil Rizzuto, now offers the perfect metaphor for the inside-the-beltway bubble: it's a nursery. Using the beneficent spirit of Mother Goose, he has fashioned hilarious nursery rhymes hidden amid the photo ops and filibustering.

"John Kerry backed Iraq, John Kerry took it back," making him "a very airy, wary hara-kiri." Bill Bennett, "independent, Kept a hidden secret muse. He would clutch his lucky pendant, Praying, 'Papa needs new shoes!'" As for Iraq, "When you lose, you lose, and when you win, you win, and when you can't tell win from lose, best stop the war you're in." No one is safe from Seely's wicked muse: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, virtually every news anchor, and a good portion of the Hollywood elite are skewered unforgettably by Seely's Mother Goosequills in this irreverent and hilarious collection. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Hart Seely is an award-winning reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard. His humor and satire have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, National Lampoon, and on National Public Radio. He is the editor of Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld and coeditor (with Tom Peyer) of O Holy Cow! The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto. Seely lives in beautiful Syracuse, New York, with his wife and three children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Free Press (June 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416538062
• ISBN-13: 978-1416538066
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,237,041 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars political memories, April 20, 2009

By	corazon "corazonbb" (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews

sharp satirical poetry in the vein of Mother Goose rhymes. Somewhat dated, but many pieces still witty ala Late-Night talk show humor.