DID tRUMP WIN?

It would have been satisfying

To see tRump impeached

He’s one of the lowest points

This nation’s ever reached

Pompous, bellicose, fabricator

Narcissistic, unethical, sexual predator

Incompetent, egregious, wannabe dictator

But impeachment is not something

We want to become common

It should be reserved

For the most flagrant problem

Some Republicans such as

Senator Lamar Alexander

Are against impeachment

But also critical of

tRump’s conduct and lack of candor

Presidential conduct

Is not necessarily either-or

There are murky areas

Which tRump likes to explore

THE FINISH LINE?

Senator Alexander has just announced

He is against witnesses

If this decision holds overnight

The impeachment is most likely finished

Each side has presented arguments

The Chief Justice has relayed questions

The media have hyperbolized

Many have made suggestions

Alan Dershowitz has put forth

Outlandish legal theories

That would allow the President to do

Pretty much as he pleases

So it appears

tRump has beaten the rap

Now it’s up to the people in November

To take democracy back

The challenge for anti-Trumpers

Is to treat this as just a setback

To tighten their belts, gird their loins

And seriously pursue a victory track

An old military saying is

“When the going gets tough

The tough get going”

Well, the going just got tough

So let’s get our butts a’going

SENATORS TO ROBERTS TO OBFUSCATION

“Mr. Chief Justice

Would the President’s lawyers

Tell us why we elected someone

Who’s completely bonkers?”

In an extraordinarily odd procedure

Senators are asking questions

Through the Chief Justice

Who reads without emotions

It makes you wonder whether

More situations would benefit

From a third-party interrogator

Who doesn’t get upset

In fact many marriages

Might last longer

If spouses only communicated

Through a neutral interpreter

THE REPUBLICAN “CASE”

Republicans finished presenting

Their so-called “case”

About the only folks persuaded

Were their so-called “base”

Their strongest argument was

That facts weren’t a big deal

It was Dershowitz’s law

The made the Republicans squeal

The Harvard professor said impeachment

Required a bona fide crime

Not the nebulous policy stuff

That was just nickel and dime

But Dershowitz’s view

Is very much in the minority

Most legal scholars

Don’t view him as an authority

REPUBLICANS STAGGER TOWARD FINISH

A central point it seems

Of tRump’s team’s defense

Is that Hunter Biden should be jailed

For extremely gross malfeasance

tRump was only trying

To investigate the Bidens’ corruption

There was nothing political about it

It was just a law and order situation

And if you buy that malarkey

I’ve got a New York bridge to sell you

You’ll like the location and

It has a great Trump Tower view

Then Alan Dershowitz wade in

Proving that Harvard Law professors

Aren’t necessarily the next big thing

TAKE HER OUT

“Take her out”

A Mafia boss ordering a hit?

No, tRump instructing subordinates

To fire an ambassador quick

America’s ambassador to Ukraine

Ran afoul of Giuliani’s crew

So tRump came to the aid

Of not the ambassador but Rudy’s zoo

Moscow Mitch’s farce

Resumes on Monday

tRump’s Mafia-like behavior

Likely won’t get more than a “Say Hey”

REPUBLICANS START WITH A HO HUM

Republicans started their case

And really, they’re not even trying

But they don’t actually need to

Because their numbers are defining

Pure and simple

They have the votes to acquit

Why expend much energy

When your opponent is already in the pit?

The real unknowns

Of impeachment without conviction

Likely concern the impacts on

The political situation

Might Republicans be less inclined

To carry tRump’s water?

Might they show some backbone

When confronted by his blather?

As for tRump himself

Might he tone it down?

That’s highly unlikely

He’s a natural narcissistic clown

How about the 2020 election?

Might be some changes at the margin

But most minds are set in stone

And have no desire to bargain

DESPICABLE HUMAN BEING

tRump is a despicable human being

Seems the essence of the Dems case

Many Republicans might secretly agree

But don’t want to alienate the base

A line of defense is that

Okay, maybe he is despicable

But that doesn’t mean

He is necessarily impeachable

Just because the country

Gets into a dither

Every time tRump charges

Onto his twitter

May not be sufficient reason

To stop his White House dinner

THE FOUNDERS COMMENT

George Washington asked Tom Jefferson

“Where’d that Orange Guy come from?”

Tom replied he didn’t know

“But that Orange Guy is certainly a bum”

George asked Tom

“Didn’t you Constitution writers foresee this?”

Tom replied “We planned for evil

But not for such sleazy bliss”

“This guy called tRump

Is a truly obnoxious liar

But we didn’t think the people

Would ever take such a flyer”

DAVOS

tRump brought his people skills

To Davos in Switzerland

He impressed the audience

With his willingness to understand

Really, that’s a joke

What tRump actually expressed

Was bombastic self-regard

And disdain for the rest

Back to impeachment

The Dems are laying out

One helluva case

Too bad it’s all

Most likely to be a waste

Republicans appear willing

To excuse the Orange One completely

Anything to appease

Their supporters most motley

DAY ONE

Senate Republicans are attempting

To walk a fine line

Between appearing to be fair

And curtailing impeachment time

In the opening salvo

The Dems came out charging

The Reps took some heavy blows

Before a clumsy regrouping

On procedure the Dems are likely

To big time lose out

But the real battle is for

A public opinion rout

If there is acquittal

But the Reps look half-baked

Come next November

The Dems might have the cake

NO BIG DEAL

The tRump defense is

It may have been wrong but no big deal

Certainly not enough

To make the Constitution squeal

Just a little inappropriateness

And he thought it good

To keep Joe Biden

From stealing his livelihood

Now let’s get this over with

As quickly as we can

So his highness can return

To abusing democracy, women, and men

REPUBLICANS LOSE FISCAL MOORINGS

tRump has apparently given up

On any pretense of fiscal discipline

Telling donors don’t worry

Budgets don’t mean anything

It’s amazing how the Republican Party

Long the bailiwick of fiscal restraint

Has done a one-eighty

To please an unprincipled president

The party’s cave to

A bankruptcy aficionado

Puts the lie to

Its many years of saying no

Is a day of grim reckoning

In the nation’s future?

Or will we continue to avoid

A colossal financial rupture?

IDAHO INTERLUDE

Took an impeachment break

Out in Idaho

Ran the Wilson Creek Ten

What a painful show

Daughter talked me into it

Think she had in mind

Getting her inheritance early

If the Ol’ Man dropped like a dime

Although it was a close thing

He managed to survive

Wet feet, cold body

He was able to revive

Now back to tRump

And his assault on democracy

One thing you can say for him

He doesn’t believe in orthodoxy

HE LIED, SO WHAT?

According to tRump

He’s saved the economy

So he shouldn’t be convicted

Of a little illegality

To help his case

He’s turned to Alan Dershowitz

A constitutional lawyer

And a tRump apologist

To be a tRump apologist

How do you qualify?

By finding no fault

For telling a lie

Indeed lying is crucial

To the Orange One’s philosophy

It’s his only way

To avoid admitting he’s an atrocity

GETTIN’ THE SHOW ON THE ROAD

Donald John tRump

Has officially been impeached

The Senate has the case

And a verdict will try to reach

The Chief Justice was sworn in

Then the Senators

Now they’re taking the weekend off

To maybe go to the stores

Meanwhile more witnesses

And incriminating documents

Are appearing left and right

Suggesting Senators must earn their emoluments

The real issue is

Whether Moscow Mitch and crew

Will allow the full story

To come rambling through

YOU GO FIRST; NO, YOU GO FIRST

Nancy sent the Senate

The impeachment invite

Jowls Mitch mumbled

“I’m not ready to bite”

“Come back tomorrow

But not until noon

Earlier than that

I’m still licking my spoon”

So we’re getting underway

Tuesday may indeed be the day

When a trial or something commences

With both sides swinging for the fences

BELIEF

T rump believes

He’s the greatest in the world

A gift to mankind

A real historic pearl

With a belief like that in charge

The rest of us have nightmares

And want to hide in the garage

So we’ve descended

From government by facts and policy

To government by a simpleton

Motivated by fantasy

If believing were all that’s necessary

We could believe him away

And return to enjoying

Life from day to day

MANAGEMENT BY TEMPER TANTRUM

Rich Old White Guys (ROWGs)

Among their many peeves

Is remote work from home

By their employees

Such work deprives the ROWGs

Of their favorite management tool

Which is a temper tantrum

Which they think is cool

Which explains T Rump’s hostility

About remote work

By federal employees

He often says they shirk

But his real concern is

He needs face-to-face hostility

A good temper tantrum

Scares his employees silly

And a tantrum highlights his power

Over the lesser mortals there

Feeds his insatiable ego

Makes him think he’s a pro

IMPEACHMENT WEEK

Finally,

Impeachment week

Who’s gonna be

Up the creek?

Moscow Mitch

Or his nemesis Nancy?

The Odious Orange Outrage

Or an assassinated dandy?

This time next week

The winners and losers

Might be known

Or maybe not

And we’ll moan and groan

ASSASSINATION NATION

T Rump has found

A foreign policy option

That really wags his needle

And he’s moving toward adoption

That tool is assassination

And it’s so darn simple

Doesn’t require much thought

And can be done in a twinkle

All that’s needed

Is a low moral boundary

Just point your military

While enjoying Mar-a-Lago’s bounty

So world leaders

Better get ready

A drone might have your number

And its aim is steady

Boris, Macron, Angela

Don’t irritate the Orange One

He’ll fry you in a second

And exult in what he’s done

BLUE EYE SHADOW

Blue eye shadow

Has apparently become

A favorite of the

Odious Orange One

He’s really beginning

To look weird

Next thing you know

He’ll be growing a beard

Will it also be orange

Or will he experiment?

Maybe a red

To match his temperament

KEYSTONE COPS

T Rump assassinates

A military leader of Iran

Iran shoots down

A passenger plane of Ukraine

Putin and Erdogan

Can’t stop laughing

With adversaries like this

Who needs planning?

Just let them act out

Their most vivid fantasies

Their self-destruction

Is high on the list of possibilities

CHESS FOR DUMMIES

The back and forth

Between T Rump and Iran

Is like chess for dummies

Without a guiding hand

Pawn to king four

Queen’s knight to bishop three

Bishop to knight five

“And that’s a check on thee”

“That’s not a check

You mental wreck”

“Is too check”

“Is not, wanna bet?”

“I’m not betting

With a complete loon”

“Me a loon? You’re nothing

But a goon”

“There, I’ve knocked

Your pieces to the floor”

“Well, I’m throwing

Your pieces out the door”

“Hey, you kids stop fighting

Give us a brake

Go to your rooms

And tonight no cake”

IRAN STRIKES BACK

Iran strikes back

Attacking two U.S. bases

Now is the Odious Orange Potus

Gonna throw down his aces?

In real estate

You make a counter offer

In war you turn to

An orange draft dodger?

We may be

In deep do-do

With the Orange Potus

Not having a clue

Potus, Milley

Esper, Pompeo

Had an emergency meeting

Then parted ways

Calling it quits for the evening

WHO’S THE CHUMP?

McConnell, Pelosi

Bolton, Trump

Who is the most

Bona fide Chump?

With Bolton saying

He’s willing to testify

Mitch appears as if

He’s got a sty in his eye

Pelosi is looking

Like one smart cookie

Having exposed Mitch

As an incompetent bookie

But for throwing

The go-to-war dice

The erratic, incompetent Trump

Is most definitely the Chump

TOUGH DECISIONS

He’s with the big boys now

Those who make tough decisions

Who look history in the face

Who cause historians to make revisions

Tough decisions, however

Are not always correct

Sometimes in hindsight a decision

One comes to regret

The Odious Orange Outrage

Approaches the matter as

A real estate negotiator

Going back and forth with pizzazz

But this is not real estate

This is life and death stuff

You don’t just lose a deal

You can get blood on your cuff

NOT A TENNIS MATCH

So now we sit and wait

How will Iran retaliate?

Is this how the Orange Potus negotiates?

Inflict significant damage

And then sit back thinking

You have the advantage?

This is an odd way

Of conducting foreign relations

Kick another country in the groin

And wait for its reactions

Someone should attempt to persuade

The Odious Orange Outrage

That what is standard in real estate

Might not apply on this stage

International affairs

Are not a tennis endeavor

Where you whack the ball over the net

And the opponent returns the favor

IMPEACHMENT? SORRY, IRAN IS CALLING

The Odious Orange Potus

To take our minds off impeachment

Has started a crisis with Iran

And there will be no appeasement

Iran does not deserve pity

And is most certainly a bad actor

But do we want to be led to war

By a simpleton draft dodger?

Recent Republican military adventures—

Remember the Bush-Cheney debacles—

Do not give us much confidence

That the party can overcome obstacles

It has become a party

With its head buried in the sands

Specifically the sands

Of the Middle Eastern lands

LAST YEAR OF THE TRUMP REIGN?

The battle is heating up

As if it could get any hotter

What battle? You ask

It’s not your battle with your bladder

It’s the impeachment battle, you Dolt

Where you been since September?

Sitting beside a pool

As a Mar-a-Lago member?

Anyway it’s 2020

First item on the agenda

Get impeachment behind us

And focus on November

For the sanity of the majority

The Odious Orange Outrage

Needs to be long gone

Needs to be off the stage

MAR-A-LAGO INTERLUDE

Rudy Giuliani says

He’s willing to participate

In the impeachment proceeding

He has no other date

He feels certain

He would do a job

On those corrupt Dems

And the media mob

The Odious Orange Potus

Commented on Mid-East matters

In his cute little tux

From his Mar-a-Lago quarters

Quite a fantasy land he lives in

Surrounded by rich sycophants

Who stroke his narcissistic ego

And commend him on his brilliance