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The 12 Days of Rummying
NY Times ^ | Dec 12, 2004 | Maureen Dowd

Posted on 12/11/2004 1:36:51 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

On the first day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me a Saddam pigeon in a palm tree. Not knowing Osama's address, Rummy hastened to 'Potamia - and a mess, exhorting his pal Cheney, "Let's bomb Baghdad again, golly gee!"

On the second day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me two dead-ender turtle doves (Colin and Kofi), flowers and chocolates from the ninny Chalabi, and a billion Arabs mad at me.

On the third day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me three French henpeckers and imaginary W.M.D. And 300 tons of lost explosives going BOOM! everywhere. Rummy tried for a Vin Diesel movie, when he should have heeded General Shinseki.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me four cuckoo birds - Wolfie, Perle, Feith and Condi. The cost of empire on the cheap will be steep. How did Rummy get a job guarantee?

On the fifth day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me five Pentagon rings. Rummy wanted to go down in history by transforming the military. But many G.I.'s feel cheated, that their forces and matériel are depleted. Stop Loss and Stuff Happens, by Jiminy!

On the sixth day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me six German shepherds teeth a-baring. A hooded man attached to wires, Abu Ghraib and Army liars, Red Cross in the dark about dogs that liked to bark.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me regime change that wasn't free, our troops sitting ducks for I.E.D. (Improvised Explosive Devices, dear me) Rummy is another sort of I.E.D. (Instant Excuses for Disaster, "I'm an old man, don't you see?")

On the eighth day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me eight Osama videotapes. The Bushie fever with Saddam left Osama free to scram. Invading Iraq was an Xmas gift for bin Laden - a recruiting lift.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me Iran and North Korea on a nuclear buildup spree. Nine mullahs a-proliferating, as our military's straining. The Bushies were fixated on Iraq, but Saddam's weapons were merely the mock.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me ten Gitmo lawyers a-leaping. What cares he about civil liberty?

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my Rummy sent to me eleven generals a-hyping that the war is just dandy, while our spooks are warning that civil war and theocracy are a-borning as the Kid in the Oval feels free to consult a Higher Authority. Burkas, turbans and beards you'll see after the puppet Allawi.


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KEYWORDS: dowd; dowdy; dustywomb; hateschristmas; mandatorybarfalert; mba; rummy8xmass; spinster; zetajones
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

All this from a woman who hates Christmas so..


21 posted on 12/12/2004 8:41:03 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Cathy is disturbed to see the Miss Dowd is off her meds again.

22 posted on 12/12/2004 11:16:43 AM PST by No Surrender Monkey
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To: SamAdams76
The first step to a successful song parody is correct meter. If it don't scan, it ain't funny.
23 posted on 12/13/2004 2:07:20 PM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: wideawake

It's time for the NYT to pull the plug on this woman. Her writing skills would be an embarrassment for a high school newspaper.


24 posted on 12/13/2004 4:05:16 PM PST by SamAdams76 (No intolerant liberal is going to take my Christmas away from me)
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