Odes to Obama

Since we're in a literary mode, let's read some material from the City Journal staff and contributors:

Stefan Kanfer

An infallible pol named Obama
Had a recipe chock-full of drama:
Ayers? Wright? Not to fuss—
Throw them under the bus,
And invoke your white middle-class mama.

Stefan Kanfer, a contributing editor of City Journal and a former editor of Time, is the author of a dozen books, most recently Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando.

Benjamin A. Plotinsky

In diplomacy,” argued Obama,
“Preconditions can only cause trauma!”
So the prez-elect flew
To Tehran’s central zoo
And commenced two-way talks with a llama.

Benjamin A. Plotinsky is the managing editor of City Journal.