'Twas The Night Before Christmas

By Keith Boykin
Monday, December 24 2007, 11:46PM

Christmas in Washington by Paul McGehee

'Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the site
Not a person was posting
Or starting a fight.

The people were quiet with nothing to share,
In hopes that the season would lighten the air.

When out of the blue there arose such a chatter,
I sprang from the couch to see what was the matter.
Away to the keyboard I ran in a dash,
Logged onto the net and suddenly it crashed.

I returned to the tube my eyes all aglow
And pushed the remote to the channels below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But another politician pushing his career.

There's Rudy, and Romney and Thompson, and Spitzer!
On Matthews! On Cooper! Olbermann and Blitzer!
Republicans and Democrats all ready to brawl!
But dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

The candidates fled from Nashua and Des Moines,
To be with their families and save a few coins.
But I heard them exclaim, as they flew out of sight,
"Today we celebrate, but Wednesday we fight!"

Merry Christmas Everyone!!