(this is one of those posts wherein i put something here for my own archival purposes... )

In a lighthearted little post about the way the high-dollar (and two-bit) political pundits are working hard to avoid owning up to the fact that they were wrong when they pushed for the Iraq war, Liberal Japonicus, at Taking it Outside (the site formerly known as Hating On Charles Bird), asks:

...what is the right way to take these Pollackian calls of `it's all history now, so let's not let this get in the way of me continuing to pundit' Whatever happened to hairshirts?

(my link)

Well, I could only respond in verse:

apologies embarass;
hairshirts, how they itch!
flagellation stings him;
penance? for Catholics;
confession's for the guilty;
pardon's not his to give;
mea culpa hints at weakness;
punishment? none for him.

Even though it's posted in the comment sections of two other blogs already, I'll save it here for my own convenience.

h/t Dorothy Parker