Summary: Newt got mad, and hackers took down several high-profile websites. The second story is much more interesting, but the rule I've set up dictates that the sonnet be about the front-running story. Which is disappointing, because Gingrich getting angry about an interesting but ultimately irrelevant question is little more than a sideshow.
Although it is a curiosity about human nature, that we claim to hold true to our values, and yet are willing to put them by the wayside if it involves siding with someone or something that makes us feel strong, and ends any perceived humiliation we've suffered at the hands of an "other side" or "them."
And now, the poem:
I guess the former Speaker was a bit –
To put it mildly, but truly – pissed
That moderating men could not resist
A question on his character. The fit
Of heady acclamation in return
For his aggressive posture is a sign
That it is not so easy to malign
A man you’ve made a hero. We adjourn
Our values, for a moment, and adore –
Good god, but he is strong! – and strong is all
We ask, and if the hero takes a fall
And yet puts in a passing shot, the more
We love him. Oh, and hackers took the net
In vengeance. That’s a better story yet.
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