KUDOS TO KEVIN

 

Kevin, we knew you could do it!
There was never any doubt!
You the Man!
Matt Gaetz is a lout
 
Harnessing Dems and reasonable Republicans
To overcome MAGA whackos
Has avoided a government shutdown
And deserves some kudos
 
Now the stage is set
For the next MAGA tantrum
As MAGAs attempt to impose
Their far corner of the political spectrum

HURDLING TOWARD ARMAGEDDON?

 

How serious is
The almost certain government closure?
Is it Armageddon
Or just a hiccup that will soon be over?
 
The narcissistic childishness
Of some of the participants
Is cause for concern
How do such clowns
Convince the electorate they should govern?

HUCKSTER WANNABE

 

Matt Gaetz has revealed
His inner self
An Orange Huckster wannabe
Doing narcissistic stuff
 
He is off to a good start
Chaotic legislator
Far-right policy embracer
Sexual predator
Moral deviator
 
Keep at it, Matt
You’ll get there
Maybe even as House Speaker
Blowing hot air

DEMOCRAT WEAK POINT

 

Democrats are currently
The Good Guys in the political environment
But they have a flaw
That long-term is a detriment
 
Dems have little concern about debt
Being willing to increase it endlessly
Without regard for consequences
Such as national bankruptcy
 
Raising taxes violates Republican principles
And is thus a nonstarter
Unless the Dems get simultaneously
Congressional majorities and the Presidency
Or unless maybe bi-partisan activity
Again becomes a possibility

TREASON

 

The Orange Huckster is throwing around
Treason charges galore
Anyone who disagrees with him
Is guilty of treason for sure
 
Note to the Huckster
Nobody took an oath to you
The Constitution was what
They were pledging duty and allegiance to

REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN

 

Several months ago
Congress and the President were agreeing
On some budgetary matters
Primarily an increase in the debt ceiling
Now MAGA Republicans are reneging
Threatening a government closing
 
The Orange Huckster has chimed in
Telling the extremists MAGAs
“Unless you get everything, shut it down”
Apparently meaning the whole darn town
 
The Huckster seems to believe
A closure of the government
Would cause a significant economic decline
And help his presidential aspirations shine

GOVERNMENT BY SLOGAN

 

Shut it down
Lock her up
Make America great again
Build the wall
Drill baby drill
MAGA Republicans love
Government by sloganeering
It’s so much easier

Than thinking, analyzing, compromising

IS LATE NIGHT RETURNING?

 

Speculation is that
The Writers Guild strike
Will soon be over
If so, just in time
For Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel
To skewer the MAGA Republicans
Over the coming government closure

THE REPUBLICAN FUTURE?

 

Shut down the government
Is the far-right’s motivator
Chaos and anarchy
Are preferable to the drudgery
Of governing with boring competency
 
Can the Republican Party
Overcome its internal disfunction
And return to the days
Of Eisenhower and Reagan?
 
Or thanks to the Orange Huckster
Is it on a permanent downward journey
Destined to end
On history’s funeral gurney?

MAJOR MATTERS BEFORE CONGRESS

 

Major matters are before the Congress
Aid to Ukraine
A potential government shutdown
A debilitating budgetary scuffle
But what could be more important
Than a dress code kerfuffle
 
For male Senators
Ties no longer required
Although male aides
Must still be knotted
Naturally many Republicans are horrified
But even some Dems are contorted

REPUBLICANS VERSUS MERRICK

 

Attorney General Merrick Garland and
Republican Jim Jordan’s House Committee
Went head to head the result being
The Republicans looked silly
 
Whining, fabricating, insinuating
They followed the Orange Huckster’s thinking
Never settle for facts
When fiction is much more entertaining

AVERAGE VOTER

 

Is the average American voter
A rational individual?
Or is the average voter
A blithering idiot
Confused by life’s riddle?
 
The 2024 election
Might be revealing
If the Orange Huckster wins
Rationality is certainly receding

HISTORY NOT HIS STRENGTH

 

The Orange Huckster asserted in a speech
That Biden would bring about World War II
Apparently that bit of a mess
From 1939 to 1945
Wasn’t covered in his educational process
 
Or maybe he was just “inarticulately”
A word he used in a description
Of how Republican politicians were getting lost
In the abortion issue verbal confusion
 
The Huckster’s gaffes, lies, and howlers
Are becoming ever more outlandish
In the race for too-old-to-be-President
He might well be the first to finish

THE HUCKSTER CONFESSES

 

On Meet the Press the Orange Huckster said
It was his “decision” to attempt
An overthrow of the 2020 election
Sounds pretty close to being
An outright confession
 
So will he be pleading guilty
To the plethora of charges
Threatening his liberty?
 
He just might do so
To get the trial stuff completed
His punishments delineated
His campaign unencumbered
And (heaven forbid) his Presidency restored

CONSTITUENT SERVICES

 

Need a hot date for a concert?
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert

Would be a good selection
The latest surveillance video shows her
Providing some serious crotch manipulation
 
Do the constituent services
Of your Congressional Representative
Include such activity?
If not that is most certainly
A gosh darn pity

MUZZLING THE ORANGE HUCKSTER

 

The Special Counsel is seeking
To muzzle the Orange Huckster a tad
The Huckster’s over-the-top rhetoric
Is inspiring the MAGAs to be bad
 
Motivated by the Huckster’s invective
The wackos are getting agitated
Witnesses, court officials, and potential jurors
All are being threatened with
Violence, mayhem, and being annihilated
 
The problem, however, is
Attempting to muzzle the Huckster
Is akin to wrestling an alligator
And incidentally
The intelligence, appearance, and morality
Of the Huckster and a gator
Are not that dissimilar

KEVIN DROPS THE F-BOMB

 

Little Kevin dropped the f-bomb
In frustration over MAGA Republican wackos
Who oh so much want
The government to close
 
When no-backbone Kevin
Takes an actual stand
One could conclude the GOP
Is really getting out of hand

MISSION FOR HILLARY

 

The Judge is being very strict
About allowing the Orange Huckster
Access to classified documents
Maybe he should bring in Hillary
To ensure the Huckster
Abides by the requirements

AGENDA OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS

 

Close down the government
And impeach Joe Biden
That’s the House Republicans battle cry
The hell with anything constructive
Just let chaos fly

JUDGE ALITO DOES NO WRONG

 

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
Has decided a recusal is not necessary
In a case being presented by lawyers
Including one who interviewed him favorably
 
So much for judicial ethics
At least at the Supreme Court level
Guess the Justices feel
No need to set an example

BACK TO THE OFFICE

 

Back to the office, you Ingrats
Is coming from evermore employers
“Working” from home is finished
No more zooming in drawers and slippers
 
Actually, Republican politicians are making
The strongest push for return
Anything smacking of change
Gives them great concern
 
Meanwhile,
The Little Danny Synder era
In DC is done
First game under the new owners
Was exciting, fun, and won

NO INDICTMENT FOR LINDSEY?

 

Lindsey Graham is
A slippery cuss
Stuck his nose into
The Georgia vote count
Making a bit of a fuss
 
Now claims it was
A Senatorial duty
Actually, Lindsey, it was part
Of being an Orange Huckster flunky

STATE COURT FOR MEADOWS

 

Mark Meadows’ motion to move
To a federal court
Has been denied so he’s stuck
In his Georgia state court resort
 
The Judge said Mark’s campaign activities
Such as trying to distort the election result
Were beyond his federal responsibilities
So he remains in state court by default

MARTYRS FOR THE HUCKSTER

 

Trade Guru Peter Navarro
Convicted of contempt
For defying a Congressional subpoena
Thus a successful attempt
To be a Steve Bannon partner
As a willing martyr
For the Orange Huckster
 
Want to do your part?
Then send the Huckster some money
But don’t expect much thanks
He’s more bee sting than honey

IS JOE TOO OLD?

 

A substantial number of potential voters
Have concerns about Joe’s oldness
Joe doesn’t help matters
With his stumbling, mumbling, rambling
And occasional remoteness
 
A respectable Republican Presidential candidate
Which excludes the Orange Huckster
Would likely be a winner
And even the Huckster
Might render Joe a loser
 
A major problem for the Dems is
There’s no front-running alternatives
Newsom in California
And Whitmer in Michigan
Are possibilities
But the radical left
Could complicate things with a wacko
Having socialistic tendencies
(Don’t mean you, Bernie
Besides, you’re older than Joe)

STAND BACK AND STAND BY

“Stand back and stand by”
Was what the Orange Huckster told
The Proud Boys to do
They hadn’t been so excited
Since their Moms took them to the zoo
 
So they stood back and stood by
Awaiting the Huckster’s call
Which came after the Huckster
Lost the 2020 election
Then they proceeded to have a ball
 
And now the piper is being paid
Significant jail time for the leaders
Including twenty-two years
For Boss Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio
That’s a lotta days standing by
Without any beers 

WHAT FEDERAL DEFICIT?

 

The Federal deficit is
Going through the roof
Dems are not concerned
They see federal debt as proof
Of their moral superiority
Republicans are concerned
But not enough to raise taxes
Which to them is the epitome
Of gross criminality

CONGRESS BACK TO “WORK”

 

Congress returns to “work” this week
With Republican No-Backbone McCarthy
At the House helm
And Senate minority leader Mitch
Trying to corral his mind’s roaming realm
 
The need to authorize federal spending
A push by Republican hard-liners
For Joe Biden’s impeachment
Dealing with Tommy Tuberville’s hold
On military personnel advancement
All being overshadowed by
The Orange Huckster’s criminal judgement
Should make the next few weeks
An extravaganza of entertainment

CRUMBLING COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS DYNAMIC

 

Stanford and California Berkeley
Are deserting the Pac-10
Pac-12 or whatever
And along with SMU
Joining the ACC
In response to a sense of panic
That is exponentially accelerating activity
In the collegiate athletics dynamic
 
This is just the latest
In a massive rearrangement
Of college athletic conferences
Motivated by the pursuit
Of imagined huge riches
 
And the student athlete?
No need to worry
Students will likely soon
To be replaced by bots
Rendering students mostly an anachronism
Colleges will only need in spots

AI JUST MEANDERING

 

In the Washington Post’s sports section
A subhead asserted
Nationals 6, Marlins 1
But in the world of facts not distorted
Marlins had the 6
And Nationals had the 1
 
A human editor or proofreader
Would not likely have made
Such a blatant mistake
A possible culprit was
A Washington Post AI bot
Wandering through an inventory of facts
With rudimentary guidance and no brake