Obama Veepstakes Darkhorse Poem

Why all these people gotta be so nosy?

Isn’t there a way he could pick Sarkozy?

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano?

I vote for James Gandolfini, in the role of Tony Soprano.

Is it a woman? Is it a man?

Is it Ed Koch? Is it Felix Rohatyn?

Could it be the ghost of Martin van Buren?

Could it be the image on the shroud of Turin?

Could it be Dan Quayle?

Could it be Kerry from Yale?

Could it be Phyllis Diller?

Or J. Hillis Miller?

Half of the world might puke:

Obama picks David Duke!

Half of the world reacts gladly:

Obama picks Bill Bradley!

What about Tiger Woods, who came back from his defeat at Doral,

I know, I know, I’ve got it: Obama will pick Gore Vidal