# Bush wrote a poem **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539 "2003-10-04T13:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/1 "2003-10-04T13:05:10Z")
[Here it is](http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/03/bush.poem.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/2 "2003-10-04T13:34:39Z")
He should keep his day job. Oh wait … ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/3 "2003-10-04T18:32:04Z")
I’m still looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hope I find them soon. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/4 "2003-10-04T18:46:10Z")
Why did Mr Rove tell me there were WMDs? I’ll lose in '04! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/5 "2003-10-04T18:51:11Z")
I thought it was kinda sweet and funny. But why the comma in between “my” and “lump”? It’s getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes Or call off the press. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Armageddon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mister\_Armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Armageddon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/6 "2003-10-05T05:13:51Z")
Not bad, but I prefer [this one.](http://www.sablesys.com/pie-high.html) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/7 "2003-10-05T06:52:29Z")
The picture in the OP was shown on SNL’s Weekend Update a few hours ago. It seems Jacques proposed, and Laura said “yes”… ---
**Author:** ![cybersnark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@cybersnark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cybersnark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/8 "2003-10-06T23:20:20Z")
Violets are blue, Roses are red, Taxes are cut, Iraqis are dead. GWB ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/9 "2003-10-06T23:30:21Z")
There once was a Pres’dent, a Texan, Whose biceps were always a-flexin’ Once, after a shock, He said “Let’s bomb Iraq! All them Ay-rabs got to be taught a lesson!” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/10 "2003-10-06T23:54:43Z")
He’s almost as good at writing poetry as he is at being President. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/11 "2003-10-06T23:59:43Z")
Roses are red violets are black I lied about WMDs to get war in Iraq Saddam tried to kill my president dad I’ll get my revenge even if the UN gets mad When the WMDs don’t get found I’ll just say Saddam was like a rabid hound ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/12 "2003-10-07T00:02:31Z")
“Roses are redder?” ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/13 "2003-10-07T03:44:22Z")
“Lump in my bed.” Aw, that old softie. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/14 "2003-10-07T04:02:46Z")
Heh heh … I find it sweet that he wrote a poem for his wife, but for crying out loud, my wife and I both thought that poem was pretty awful. And the “lump in the bed” part is freaking me out. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/15 "2003-10-07T12:53:02Z")
Diplomatizing, woman’s work. And she said She wanted to go to Franceland anyway, Something about some anniversary. The lump in the bed, she’s no Jackie O (Which is good for me because you know How that turned out if you know what I mean), Speaking French to the Frenchers, But she made nice with Jack Shellac all right And though there’s talk of mending fences By staffers swift and yes-man, My silver spoon falls from my lips to clatter on the oval floor. So cruel! To see her drooled o’er by that peacenik Saddam-loving frog! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/16 "2003-10-07T14:05:28Z")
Why in the hell would she read that in public? They had to know it’s awful and would only lead to ridicule. What could they possibly have hoped to accomplish? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/17 "2003-10-07T15:06:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Why in the hell would she read that in public? They had to know it’s awful and would only lead to ridicule. What could they possibly have hoped to accomplish? \*\* I think it was to soften his image: make him into a sweet, goofy guy who lovingly teases his wife. It’s supposed to be endearing, as I’m sure his wife finds it. My husband and I leave little silly poems for one another to find. Often humorous, they’re not exactly of stellar quality, but we have fun with it. I’m sure she finds it so sweet and charming that she wanted to share it with everyone, not really thinking it would cause people to ridicule her husband. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/18 "2003-10-07T17:55:37Z")
Well, sure, but the question is why didn’t she know this poem would result in ridicule of the president? My theory is that this was her revenge for the “lump in my bed” remark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/19 "2003-10-07T21:00:15Z")
[HIJACK] Ironic, on the same day I read a poem by the C-I-C, I read one by a man hated even more than Bush in the NYC area (but probably a little less so on these boards): > [@](#): > > New Yorkers support our team > With their hard-earned money > I want our team to understand > What we owe them > By the way we dress > And how we play on the field > One thing we hold dear: > > A quitter never wins > And a winner never quits > For us, winning isn’t the only thing > It’s second > To breathing > As MacArthur said: > Victory > Is essential -George Steinbrenner [as quoted in the NY Post 10/7/03](http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/40932.htm) [/HIJACK] ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539/20 "2003-10-08T01:15:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DoctorJ \* > \*\*He’s almost as good at writing poetry as he is at being President. \*\* Right the f\*\*k on, bro! Zing! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wrote-a-poem/205539.md?page=2)