Rime of the Ancient Mariner

It is an Ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three.`By thy long beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?

If I were a cartoonist, i.e., if I could actually draw, I’d love to publish a political cartoon depicting Navy man John McCain as Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner.”

And who would I depict as the Albatross around his neck?

Why George W. Bush, of course!

Then again, how many people these days have read Rime of the Ancient Mariner? Probably just the “educated elite” who are going to vote for Obama anyway. Oh well.

[Engraving by Gustave Doré.]