Good Taste

Earlier in the week, I was hearing some grumblings of Senator Kennedy (D-Glenfiddich) writing a childrens book.

And that's fine.

But how classy is it that it's a book about his dog?

His dog named "Splash."

No. I'm not kidding.

Meet the latest children's author, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and his Portuguese Water Dog, Splash, his co-protagonist in "My Senator and Me: A Dogs-Eye View of Washington, D.C."

Scholastic Inc. will release the book in May.

"I am very excited about the opportunity to create a book for young readers and their families that will deepen their understanding of how our American government works," Kennedy said in a statement Monday issued by Scholastic.

With some illustrations, here's how I would write a children's book about how government works.

(Click Read More, to see the story)

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

"See Dick."

"See Dick lose an election."

"See Jack win."

"See Dick & Dick's friends (also Dicks) pout for years about how we wuz robbed."

"See Jack deal with getting problems solved. We call Jack an adult."

"Go Jack Go!"

"See John. John is Dick's old colleague. They are friends. See John's wife Jane. She makes ketchup."

"See Dick go on a left wing leftist bender. Jane is not far behind him."

"See John try to beat Jack."

"Run John, Run!"

"See Jack continue to the run the country."

"See John's friends go out of their way to help John win."

"Meet John's friend John. They have nice hair."

"See John lose."

"See John's friends also pout."

"See Jack and his friends continue to lead this nation. He is an adult."

"See John and his friends in the Senate get in the way of every thing Jack and his friends want to do. They do it because they are children."

"See Jack and his friends spend money like drunken sailors. They do it because they pretend like they don't know any better and want to make some of John's friends their own. That's not a good idea."

"Iran triggers nuclear armageddon in the Middle East because Jack and John's friends in far away places could not agree on how to deal with bullies."

The end.

It could use some editing.

On the web Posted by AlexC at January 15, 2006 1:32 AM