is now generally agreed upon
to be one of the great lost opportunities
of twentieth-century politics.
He would have got my vote,
had I been an American citizen
and had an anthropomorphised cartoon beagle
been allowed to run for office.
Yes, I now there were times
when he could be selfish or difficult -
and it's hard not to feel sorry
for Charlie Brown, poor kid -
but look beyond that,
and you'll find loyalty, empathy,
kindness, dogged common sense.
And lots and lots of dancing.
He'd have pulled out of Vietnam earlier.
Carried the flag for civil rights.
Repealed the second amendment.
Sat down with Khrushchev.
Grand claims to make, perhaps,
of an anthropomorphised cartoon beagle;
but nothing is impossible and Snoopy was a guy
who achieved nothing every day.
