Haiku for this last day of DU's primary debate

[Shemp Howard]

Soon debate will end
Hillary is the winner
Some cheer, others sad

It's pretty bad, I know. Feel free to contribute your own. But nothing mean-spirited or preachy, please!

[awake]

1. Here is one

The primary is over
Bernie's issues take root
We all are winners

[flor-de-jasmim]

2. Let's see...

Issues still remain
Democrat, democratic
What will be, will be

[randome]

3. How about, to honor your namesake: "I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Sorry, couldn't help myself. It's still meant to be in fun, though.

[Shemp Howard]

6. Moe said that, not Shemp!

This will give you an idea about how old I am. I met Moe Howard once, and had a nice little talk with him. He was a real gentleman. Didn't try to poke me in the eyes, or anything!

[randome]

11. Damn! Got me on a technicality!

You're lucky to have met Moe.

[Cooley Hurd]

14. Moe was, by every account, a very nice fellow!

So was Jerry (Curly) - who took in every stray dog that he came across.

I LOVE the Howards!!!

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. Ok, I will try:

The first woman won
fair and square, now onto trump
with big lies and big hair

[mcar]

5. Winner!

[LWolf]

7. Okay.

Divided party
Two different directions
Distance grows forward

Leaving behind the
Establishment politics
Its revolution

Values betrayed make
the partisan betrayers
the worst enemies

It's not about her
It never was, then or now
It is about us

Dissent not silenced
Even if censored right here
It's still everywhere

I could go on all day.

[Scuba]

12. + Eighty gazillion

[Miles Archer]

15. ^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^

Because it's not about her. It may be about her tomorrow on this site, but everywhere else, it will still not be about her.

[Live and Learn]

22. +10,000 nt

[MrMickeysMom]

27. ^^^^ WINNER ^^^^^

[Silver_Witch]

28. Congrats!!! Excellent!

I can't write Haiku and I am glad you can!!

[jillan]

42. Nice!!

[rhett o rick]

55. Very good. nm

[upaloopa]

8. This was never a debate. The "facts" were never facts.

The Hillary Bernie folks invented never existed. The voter fraud never existed. The DNC did not rig the primary.

Bernie Bros were real. The on line polls after the debate were not real polls.

Bernie folks stole data from the campaign data base. Bernie faked endorsements from the Pope, a union in Los Vegas, many news papers, many individuals.


The Bernie rallies did not translate into votes.

Bernie never won the support of minorities. His campaign was most supported by privileged white liberals.

Millennials mostly went for free tuition. They were never about the down trodden working class.

Bernie lost the popular vote, the pledged delegate count, the super delegate count and the number primary states yet he and his side will never concede.

Bernie was supported by the right because they felt he was the the easiest candidate to defeat in the general.

Hillary won fairly because more people want her to be president than want Bernie.


Some of the things I take away from the 2016 primary.

[Shemp Howard]

9. I'm no expert, but that's not haiku.

[Live and Learn]

23. LOL That is just what I was going to say. Not the least bit poetic. nt

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[Whimsey]

21. Everything you wrote

is spot on.

Youth struggles for change
Age remembers those struggles
Experience counts

[MrMickeysMom]

29. I guess you didn't read the OP...

Looks like the usual pablum.

[Silver_Witch]

31. Typical Hillary supporter - breaking the rules...

And not creative...that is not Haiku...that is just a rant!

[pinebox]

46. The facts were never the facts?

Hillary not under an FBI investigation? NOT FACTUAL!

Hillary doesn't support a living wage? NOT FACTUAL!

Hillary doesn't support universal heath care? NOT FACTUAL!

Hillary voted for Iraq? NOT FACTUAL!

The Clinton foundation did dirty weapon deals with Saudi Arabia? NOT FACTUAL!

Hillary said she took sniper fire? NOT FACTUAL!

On and on but hey, you don't care to believe it at all do you? I wonder though, "Bernie was supported by the right because they felt he was the the easiest candidate to defeat in the general" despite all polls showing him beating Trump by larger margins and a lot less dirt on him than the decades worth on Hillary who is one of, if not thee most polarizing figure in all of politics?

No, the reason Hillary won is quite clear. Your primary system is rigged where only a select few can few, not everybody, and now you come crawling to us indies begging for our help in a GE?

Have fun with that.

[rhett o rick]

56. George Orwell would love your post. War is Peace reflects the ultimate denial. nm

[Bluenorthwest]

65. Haiku-

Reagan-not an AIDS hero
He started no discussion.
Gay people did that.

[HereSince1628]

10. Gibran-esque wisdom: "The joy of winning requires using FEAR in running."

As in Fear TRUMP!!!

[Fozzledick]

16. Here's a koan about division

Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two

Nansen saw the monks of the eastern and western halls fighting over a cat. He seized the cat and told the monks: `If any of you say a good word, you can save the cat.'

(Poster's note: "good word" as used here means a sign of enlightenment)

No one answered. So Nansen boldly cut the cat in two pieces.

That evening Joshu returned and Nansen told him about this. Joshu removed his sandals and, placing them on his head, walked out.

Nansen said: `If you had been there, you could have saved the cat.'

Mumon's Comment: Why did Joshu put his sandals on his head? If anyone answers this question, he will understand exactly how Nansen enforced the edict. If not, he should watch his own head.

Had Joshu been there,
He would have enforced the edict oppositely.

http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/gateless-gate/14.html
Joshua snatches the sword
And Nansen begs for his life.

[Vattel]

17. Here is mine:

The young tried and failed
Now we choose the hawk or loon
Wake up, citizens!

[Live and Learn]

24. +10,000 nt

[Tarc]

18. Ok, try this one out

The old man has lost,
primaries and caucuses.
What remains? Fart-ins.

[Shemp Howard]

19. Sorry, you broke the rules.

From the original post: "Feel free to contribute your own. But nothing mean-spirited or preachy, please!"

So, unfortunately, you are ineligible for the big haiku prize I might (or might not) be awarding here.

Stay sharp though. I plan another haiku posting when the general election gets closer.

[Live and Learn]

39. For you:

A truly rude post
is nothing to boast about
Silence becomes you.

[Tarc]

45. You are so cute that I decided to do another

Whither Bernie fans;
the Radical Jack of Pines?
Or, mature, remain?

[Donkees]

20. *

what's first is alas
past, and prologue to discourse
tomorrow, of course

[Live and Learn]

25. Here is mine:

This day will soon pass
Her followers will remain
JPR will gain

[Live and Learn]

26. DNC

Exposed to the light
DNC tries to cover
its shame but it fails.

[MrMickeysMom]

30. Damn!

Two great ones, within two minutes!

Before I voted
I read a history book
Bernie's FDR!

[Live and Learn]

35. Love yours too. nt

[HarmonyRockets]

32. Not a Haiku, but here is my submission

Bernie has been beat
Watch his supporters stomp their feet
But while her supporters do nothing but grin
Watch his supporters carry out the great Philadelphia Fart-In

[Live and Learn]

36. You are right, not haiku. nt

[k8conant]

33. Uprising:

From the ground he flew
like a phoenix, forever
perched upon our souls.

[Live and Learn]

38. Love it. nt

[YouDig]

34. Good idea. Mine:

I will vote for her
I sure hope that you will too
Too much is at stake

[ismnotwasm]

37. Hmm.

HER revolution
WE form the future in a
Thousand glass pieces

[brer cat]

52. Nice, ism. nt

[xloadiex]

40. mine

I welcome you all
Hillary supporters to
My full ignore list

[laserhaas]

41. I have a better one

It be she
Not we
C'est la vie

[jillan]

43. Here's mine

The Echo Chamber will remain
All the posts will be the same

Dissent will be silenced again.

[Shemp Howard]

44. That's not in traditional form, but I like it anyway!

7-7-7, interesting!

[pinebox]

47. Here's mine

In a race between tweedle dee and tweedle dumb
More Americans will wind up in a slum
While Washington gets rich
America is finally starting to bitch.

[Tarc]

48. Oh pinebox

12
11
6
12

Not eve remotely in haiku form.

[pinebox]

49. My give a flying fuck flew

[Tarc]

50. I has a sad

Pinebox did not want.
But, nay! It has, at long last.
Hill wins, thus is crowned.

[pinebox]

51. Corruption wins

She’s got the courage,
the compassion and the heart
to get the job done
But only if you're Walmart
In the the land of the setting sun.

[LWolf]

53. Did corruption win?

Her symbolic win
while revolution goes on
right beneath her throne

[laserhaas]

58. Um

He
We
Bernie

[mia]

54. Dream on.

Owners are winners,
No matter who wins the race.
Just get used to it.

[rhett o rick]

59. I'll give it a go.

As the Powers That Be tighten the noose,
I see the flowers of democracy returning

[mia]

66. flowers

As the noose tightens
Glimpses of the afterlife
Change our points of view

[SidDithers]

57. ...

The losers complain
and the winners celebrate
it was ever thus



Sid

[betsuni]

60. ...

Summer solstice moon
Floats into the dark night sky
Fuck Republicans

[PeaceNikki]

64. This one's my favorite

[Hortensis]

61. 5-7-5, moment of insight.

Fifteen step forward,
Democrats quarrel and vote -
Democracy wins!

[Sheepshank]

63. One try

courts must have reason
elections direct our lives
Trump impotency