Daily Kos

_{by David Harris Gershon at The Daily Kos}

You looked so young when I opened the door, a clipboard tucked against your side and your cheeks flushed, smiling expectantly.

I assumed at first that you were seeking donations for the high school baseball team or taking pledges for Jump Rope for Heart. But the first words out of your mouth were, "May I tell you why it's important to vote for Barack Obama?"

I was surprised, though I tried not to show it. That's why it took me a moment to respond. See, you were not wearing campaign gear – just jeans and a white T-shirt – nor did you have any Organizing for America paraphernalia. And your clipboard. All it contained was names and addresses scribbled in messy handwriting with sporadic check marks.

With apologies to Paul Simon: "It's just a quirk in the law"

Silly I know, but from the very moment I heard that phrase "a quirk in the law" as the Romney campaign's response to the Boston Globe article exposing his lies about his tenure at Bain Capital, my mind started singing it in rhythm to the line "It was against the law" in the Paul Simon song Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard.

Even sillier, the alternative lyrics kept growing in my mind all day. Here are the results. I hope you get a least a small chuckle: