SuperPAC Poem by Michael Silverstein, the Wall Street Poet

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Longfellow wrote of a little girl with a little curl, who when good was very good, and when bad was horrid. And so, looking at the superPAC that was supposed to help Newt Gingrich knock Mitt Romney down a notch or two in South Caroline, I offer...

The SuperPAC Poem

There was a superPAC, that had a real knack,
For revving up campaign ad motors;
When these ads played well, they played very, very well,
But when they went bad turned off voters.

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