PANDORA’S BOX

 

The Supremes may have opened the door
To religious-based discrimination
In holding that Colorado could not require
certain businesses to serve all customers
If such service offended
The beliefs of the business owners
 
Pandora’s box is also
What the ruling opens
Ensuring many years of judicial drama
As the Court majority strives
For a conservative nirvana

PUTIN WANTS HIS MOJO BACK

 

Over in Russia
Putin is trying to recreate
His tough-guy Slavic impression
But the shirtless poses always conveyed
More comedy than aggression
 
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has solved
The affirmative action conundrum
Once and for all
And if you believe that
Then pound your head against a wall

ELECTING IDIOTS

 

Liz Cheney hit the nail on the head
When asked what’s wrong with politics
Her response was
“We’re electing idiots”
 
Currently the Republican Party
Is leading the way
But in the past the Dems have shown
The idiot game they too can play
 
Ultimately the problem originates
With the voters
Idiot politicians only appear en masse
When idiot voters are
The more numerous class
 
That’s a problem of democracy
For which there’s no easy solution
And contrary to Zuckerberg’s
Youthful expectation
Social media has not
Improved the situation

MENTAL OVERLOAD

 

The Orange Hoax says
The just released tape of him
Carelessly flaunting a classified document
In his personal possession
Is in fact an exoneration
 
Well, yes, exoneration perhaps
Of a charge of sexual assault
But the Hoax is getting confused
About his multiplying indictments and trials
This one’s not about Stormy Daniels, Hoax
This one’s about the unorganized and often illegal
State of your government-related files 

KEYSTONE COPS, RUSSIAN VERSION

 

Policy practitioners and commentators
Are attempting serious evaluations
Of the murky events in Russia
But they may be hampered
By excessive rational expectations
 
Maybe they need
Less serious templates
The Keystones Cops or Three Stooges
Might provide better starting coordinates

WORLDS OF MYSTERY

 

Anybody know what’s going on
Over there in the Russian nation?
Or over there in the
MAGA Republican conglomeration?
 
Both locations are mysteries
Russia because of its unique history and culture
And its authoritarian, autocratic nature
MAGA Land because of its un-American embrace
Of the fantasies, falsehoods, and corruptions
Unceasingly erupting from the Orange Disgrace

EXPUNGE THE IMPEACHMENTS

 

In their efforts to avoid
Any substantive work
House MAGA Republicans
Are now seeking to
“Expunge” the impeachments
Against the Orange Hoax
And if successful would view
The results as accomplishments
 
“Ridiculous” is a term
That seems appropriate
But this is Kevin’s crowd
And “ridiculous” is just
Their natural state
 
The House MAGA Republicans
Have a lot in common
With the Putinestas of Russia
Lotta noise but little successful action

TROUBLE IN RUSSIA?

 

Something seems to be happening
In the Russian nation
The Wagner military group
Might be involved in a rebellion
 
Armored vehicles are patrolling
The streets of Moscow
Citizens are apparently
Lying low
 
Might this be the end of Putin?
We can only hope
More likely the situation
Will get murkier before
Any clarification
 
Too bad the Orange Hoax
Is not the White House resident
He’d send troops to Moscow
To save his buddy, the Russian President

WHAT’S YOUR ETHICAL THRESHOLD?

 

Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas
Two Justices appointed by Republican Presidents
Exemplify the murky world
That has become the GOP product
As it pursues the limits
Of legal and ethical conduct
 
The Party of law and order
Is becoming the party
Of what you can get away with
If a little shadiness doesn’t cause you worry

CATFIGHT!

 

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert
Are clawing and hissing
To the delight of those perverted individuals
Who are catfight aficionados
 
On the House floor
Greene reportedly called Boebert
“A little bitch”
You go, Girl
At least she’s not a witch
 
High school civics
Didn’t prepare the citizenry for this
In the nation’s hallowed Capitol
Two babes going at each other
As their mostly male peers
Try not to giggle and snicker

WHATABOUTISM

Hunter gets a slap on the wrist
MAGA Republicans are seething
They wanted a kick in the groin
Undoubtedly they’ll keep on insisting
 
Their main argument seems to be
“Whataboutism”
What about Hillary, Hunter
All that other stuff?
They view the world through an
All wrongs are equal conspiratorial prism

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

 

His trial has not yet started
But already the Orange Hoax
Is facing a major impediment
He’s been ordered to keep his yap shut
Which for him is cruel and unusual punishment
 
Like a dog
He may have to wear a shock collar
So his lawyers can give him a jolt
Whenever he appears poised to launch
A verbal thunderbolt

KEVIN HAS PROBLEMS

House Republicans
Are running all over Kevin
It’s not nice to call him a wuss
But the term is certainly appropriate
Kevin is definitely not an ornery cuss
 
Kevin sold his soul
To become House Speaker
Now the MAGA Republicans
Are exercising their ownership lever
 
“Do what we want, Kevin
Or we’ll smack you like a clown”
With a quivering lower lip Kevin whimpers
“Please let me stay in town”

PARDON THE ORANGE HOAX

 

Hey Joe, pardon the Orange Hoax
It might get him and his victimhood
Off center stage
And enable the nation
To turn the page
 
He currently dominates discourse and discussions
With his invectives, fulminations
Diatribes, falsehoods, obfuscations
Mendacities, misdirections, exaggerations
Insults, defamations, fabrications
 
So tell him, Joe
“You’ve given the nation a collective headache
You probably deserve incarceration
But I’m going to do us all a favor
And extract you from your imagined status
Of victimization
Now go forth and attempt participation
In a rational policy discussion
(A possibility about which I do not have
A high expectation)”

IT’S REALLY ME

 

Tried to log on to aol
Said they needed to verify it’s me
So they were sending a code
To my gmail account
Tried to log on to gmail
Said they needed to verify it’s me
So they were sending a code
To my aol account
Both said texting was an alternative
But texting is a skill
Beyond Cranky’s ability
Perhaps what is really needed
Is a bit of anarchy
 
Or maybe a central public clearinghouse
Where you can announce
“Hey world, it’s really me
Now let me in my damn accounts
Before I go crazy”

“FOOD FOR EVERYONE”

 

In a Miami restaurant
The Orange Hoax shouted
“Food for everyone”
But surprise, surprise, surprise
He reportedly provided payment
To no one

11/5/2024: POTENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT ORGY

 

Election day
November 5, 2024
Might also be a good day
For a super legal war
 
Say a trial in Florida
Maybe one in Georgia
New York, New Jersey, and of course
The District of Columbia
 
The Orange Hoax couldn’t
In person attend each
But tele-trials might
Solve that difficulty
By increasing his personal reach
 
It would certainly be one
Helluva historic day
An entertainment orgy
The nation can only
Hope and pray

AT LEAST HE ISN’T A SPY

 

At least he isn’t a spy
Is the gist of the defense
Some media and political MAGAs
For example, the Wall Street Journal
And Lindsey Graham
Are advancing to play down
The charges against
The Odious Orange Clown
 
But is that contention really accurate?
The Clown has certainly been overly friendly
With the likes of Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin
Might some classified information
Have ended up an entry
In Vladimir’s daily intelligence summary?

DEFENDING STUPIDITY

 

Why are MAGAs so supportive
Of the Orange Hoax’s extreme stupidity
In the overt flouting of rules
Regarding document classification legality?
 
MAGAs are pushing the GOP
Into an intellectual void
A place where rational discussion
Has been all but destroyed

AMERICAN ABERRATION

 

America is dealing with
A most disturbing aberration
A self-absorbed autocratic chaotic individual
Who has captured the MAGA imagination
 
He does not embody attributes
Long assumed to be necessary
He has little knowledge of history
Few moral scruples
Absolutely no humility
And follows the rule of law only intermittently
 
Where is the path forward, America?
What is the response of the nation
To the multiple attacks he generates upon
The country’s very foundation?

MIAMI FUN

 

Miami is getting ready
For some real excitement
The Orange Hoax in all his glory
Receiving a federal indictment
 
Will hoards of MAGAs be there?
How about a Proud Boy?
Will there be violence?
Maybe even shouts of joy?
 
Maybe those GOP Presidential contenders
Who haven’t had the guts to condemn him
Should be in attendance
And sing the Hoax a hymn
 
“Here’s to you my Lordship
Standing there so tall
We worship the ground you walk on
You’re an example to us all”

LOCK HER, ER...HIM, UP

In the election of 2016
When he campaigned on
“Lock Her Up”
The Orange Hoax pushed the view that
Violating classification laws and protocols
Was akin to treasonous conduct
 
In June of 2023 the Hoax
Got smacked with a serious indictment
Parted company with two of his legal talent
One, Jim Trusty, who was spouting gibberish
In attempting to defend his impossible client
And his carelessness regarding
Classification doc treatment

ORANGE HOAX INDICTED

 

The Hoax has been indicted
Details are trickling in
Bottom line is
The Hoax is charged with sin
 
But his MAGA worshipers
Are not opposed to sin
At least when it involves stuff
The Hoax does on a whim
 
The Hoax will play the victim
Maybe his favorite role
Dragging the proceedings out
With his campaign on cruise control

CANADIAN INVASION

 

Canada has mounted an invasion
Of its neighbor to the south
Canucks have set their forests ablaze
Which has created a massive wave
Of putrid suffocating haze
 
One of those Geneva Conventions prohibits
The use of poisonous gas as a weapon
Does this make Trudeau a war criminal?
Nah, he’s just a nice-guy Canadian

CHRIS CHRISTIE JOINS THE FRAY

 

Can Chris Christie
Bring the Orange Hoax down?
If they get on the same stage
Christie runs the clown outta town
 
But here’s betting that
The Hoax won’t be participating
In any multiple candidate session
Relying instead

On the size of his MAGA base
To deliver the nomination

JUNE 6

 

On June 6, 1944
They came ashore
Americans, British, Canadians
And small groups of others
The place was Normandy
The goal was victory
Less than a year later
That victory was achieved
And the European war was history
 
Almost eighty years later
Europe is again the scene of war
This time Russia is the story
As its leader Vladimir seeks
Past imagined glory
 
There is no Normandy
In this war
But there is the need
For forces of justice and freedom
To make a collective stand
Against Putin’s autocratic imperial tzardom

GOOD GUY, EH?

 

Why would anyone work for
The Odious Orange Outrage?
He has the people skills of a cobra
The personality of rotten okra
The managerial skills of a supernova
 
A vote for him suggests
A real dislike for the nation
It is a vote for a narcissist
Who in his wake leaves
Chaos, corruption, and moral disruption

IOWA INVADED BY GOP HOPEFULS

 

Six or so GOP Presidential hopefuls
Are descending upon Iowa
Interrupting the rural tranquility
Seeking to overcome the off-year apathy
 
This time next year
The culling might still be ongoing
Who will be the last one standing?
And if it is the Orange Hoax
Will that result in
The Grand Old Party disbanding?

A BIT OF BI-PARTISANSHIP? WOW!

 

Joe spoke from the Oval Office
Congratulating himself and Congress
On a bi-partisan deficit agreement
That would avert national and international stress
 
But things still need to be done
Including higher tax payments from the wealthy
Who aren’t paying their share
If the amount is considered proportionally

CAUGHT ON TAPE

 

The Orange Hoax has been caught on tape
Admitting he had classified documents
Will this matter to most MAGAs?
Not likely, they are mostly uninterested
In classified documents requirements
Too cerebral and of little real world consequence