Women Columnists *
Sung to the tune "Eleanor Rigby"

Deborah Boulder, who'd love to write
   for The Times where Bill Safire has been,
Hates that Bush grin –
And any fogy
   who is convinced presidents never make a mistake.
Give us a break –
All those phony people think he does no wrong.
All those phony people hang around too long.

Oliver Collins, picking a columnist
   willing to act like a token Times Republican –
No Kofi fan –
A former blogger?
   No pettifogger with phony press corps bona fides –
Softball asides –
For those phony people who are usually wrong.
For those phony people who do not belong.

Deborah Boulder, unless she's hired,
   how'll she prove that she'd be a Maureen,
Funny and mean,
Sticking it to those
   stupid appointments of Wolfowitz, Bolton and Hughes –
Leading the boos
For Bush's phony people who will limp along –
For Bush's phony people who deserve the gong?

* The Nation - April 4, 2005
Katha Pollitt - "Invisible Women"
* The New York Times - March 13, 2005
Maureen Dowd - "Dish It Out, Ladies"

Music & Original Lyric by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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3/19/05

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