"The Republican candidates for lieutenant governor ... are set to face off on the Shakespearean stage. Jim Rappaport and Kerry Healey, opponents for the second spot on the Republican ticket, will appear on stage together in an abridged performance of Shakespeare’s Henry V.

"Rappaport plays Henry, king of England."

— AP, May 6

He which hath no stomach for this campaign,

Let him depart; his passport shall be made,

And tokens for the T put into his purse;

We would not spend our time discussing

The issues in that man’s company

That fears his fellowship to vote with us.

This day is call’d the feast of Rappaport.

He that votes for me, and comes safe home,

Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,

And rouse him at the name of Rappaport.

He that shall donate this day to our campaign,

Will get he Back Bay parking permits,

And say, "Thanks again to Rappaport."

Voters forget; so Swift shall be forgot, Cellucci too,

But they’ll remember me, with such advantages

As resplendent health care, slash’d taxes,

And the sovereign rule of law. Then shall my name,

Familiar in their mouths as Bill O’Reilly —

Be in their flowing paychecks freshly rememb’red.

This story shall the good Republican teach his son;

And Jim Rappaport Day shall ne’er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

Or at least the four-year political cycle,

But Mitt and Jim shall be remembered —

We two, we privileged two, we pair of rich kids;

For he today that sheds his ballot with us

Shall be our crony; be he e’en so vile

As O’Brien, Birmingham, Grossman, Tolman, Reich.

This day shall pad his investment portfolio;

And Democrats in Massachusetts

Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,

And hold their political affiliation cheap while any speaks

That voted with us upon Jim Rappaport Day.