The Merry Month of May

By William Kristol
Published May 16, 2012 2:37pm ET
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The Merry Month of May
O, the month of May, the merry month of May,  So frolic, so gay…. —Thomas Dekker (c. 1572-1632), “The Merry Month of May.” The poet Thomas Dekker is surely set to become a Tea Party favorite, anticipating as he did the merry and gay (in the old-fashioned sense) month of May 2012: Merry and gay […]
O, the month of May, the merry month of May,
 So frolic, so gay….
—Thomas Dekker (c. 1572-1632), “The Merry Month of May.”

The poet Thomas Dekker is surely set to become a Tea Party favorite, anticipating as he did the merry and gay (in the old-fashioned sense) month of May 2012: Merry and gay for all who’d like to see a more conservative, more reform-minded, more populist (but responsibly populist) Republican party.

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