I couldn’t agree with the cartoon’s depiction more Chris.  This thing is getting uglier and uglier, specifically with the three areas you highlight.

poignant Haiku you
the race is exciting too
so is this blogku

The Democratic
Firing Squad always Line
Up in a Circle

As Dems self destruct
Doors to the White House swing wide
To welcome McCain.

Nope.. the fight is for the scraps.. the head Obama.. the drowning are just clawing at each other.. the are ducking illusionary sniper bullets.

I have faith in America. Obama 08!

Davesnot’s not writing
Haiku or a limerick.
Can’t you follow rules?

And people ask me
Why I’m Libertarian
A lot less fighting

A Haiku you wish
I have a good one
Vote for Obama

It would be better
If Davesnot could remember:
It’s five-seven-five.

oops

A Haiku you wish
I have a good one for you
Vote for Obama

that ok for ya Matt?

Matt seems to worry
About me so very much
Go outside and walk

Davenot is funny.
I wish I could go out but
The doctor said no.

The seventeen sounds of a Japanese haiku carry less information than would seventeen syllables. Consequently, writing seventeen syllables in English typically produces a poem that is significantly “longer” than a traditional Japanese haiku. As a result, the great majority of literary haiku writers in English write their poems using about ten to fourteen syllables, with no formal pattern.

Just so ya know… and they usually have a season involved.. like spring.. and relate to nature.

flowers opening
politics of spring
soon wither