NEW YEAR’S HOPE

 

Too much to hope for
In the New Year
But at the top of the list
Is for the Orange Huckster
To disappear
 
Wouldn’t it be great
At the end of next December
if people were asking
Whatever became of
That wannabe dictator?
 
But that’s gonna depend
On the American electorate
Many members of which
Are apparently attracted to
An intemperate degenerate

INEPTNESS TO RETURN

 

One of the least productive Congresses
In the nation’s history
Will soon be returning to “work”
Who will be its next
Most disruptive jerk?
 
Last session Marjorie Taylor Greene
And Matt Gaetz
Vied for the position
Will they continue their leading roles
Or will other opponents of functioning government
Emerge to offer competition?

INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD

 

2023, the year of indictments
2024, maybe the year of trial activity
Depends in part on the Supremes
And whether they can act with alacrity
 
A major obstacle is the delaying tactics
Of the Orange Huckster and his cronies
As they attempt to avoid justice
So the Huckster can resume
His nefarious activities

CIVIL WAR FOR DUMMIES

 

Nikki Haley was looking good
But then exhibited some confusion
About slavery and the Civil War
Initially not acknowledging a connection
 
Hey Nikki, it’s 2023
Not 1923
Today all but the most ardent
Johnny Reb apologist
Would readily include slavery
On the War causation list
 
You could make up
For your faux pax stumble
By hammering the Orange Huckster
Until he could only mumble
 
Meanwhile,
The Pine Tree State whacked
The Huckster with a mallet
Saying no, he can’t be
On the ballot

AID TO UKRAINE

 

The Department of Defense has released
The last funds authorized for Ukraine
Now it’s up to Congress
To take action again
 
For the current Congress, however
Action is anathema
It approaches even the smallest decision
As a great dilemma
 
Congress is partially paralyzed
By its far right contingent
Which includes Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz
And others intellectually deficient

HUCKSTER MELTDOWN

 

The Odious Orange Huckster
Is having a holiday meltdown
Ranting and raving
Like a deranged clown
 
Saying Special Counsel Jack Smith
Should “go to hell”
And other foes
Should “rot” there to
Guess Satan has anointed the Huckster
Doorman of the Hades Zoo

CHRISTMAS AT MAR-A-LAGO

 

What a blast
Christmas at Mar-a-Lago must be
Does the Orange Grinch
Have a real Christmas tree?
 
Probably not
Much too messy
He likes things
Nice and tidy

THE ORANGE GRINCH

 

The Odious Orange Grinch says
Ba Humbug
No Merry Christmas for you
Unless you support his fabrication
That the 2020 election was hijacked
By Democrats acting in criminal desperation

NETANYAHU WON’T QUIT

 

Netanyahu persists
In pulverizing Gaza
How many civilians must die
To satisfy him and his right wing
Before the revenge lust runs dry?
 
Netanyahu is taking Israel
From being the victim
To being Israel the aggressor
Lacking humanity and wisdom

NOT YET

 

Regarding the Special Counsel’s request
The Supremes said not yet
The Court of Appeals needs its shot
Then the Supremes can decide
Whether to agree or not
 
Meanwhile,
Want a laugh?
Ask whether there’s a way to resolve
The Israeli-Palestinian blood bath

NEVER READ MIEN KAMPF

 

The Orange Huckster said
“I’ve never read Mien Kampf”
You didn’t have to, Huckster
You’re already a natural born dictator
 
Besides, you’ve never read
Much of anything
Your intellectual void
Is periodically filled
With a Fox News fling

ISRAEL, UKRAINE, MEXICO

 

No aid to Israel and Ukraine
Until the new year, if then
The hold-up is the Mexican border
Which is as porous as a chicken pen
 
Senators are struggling
With immigration reforms
But the going is slow
Republicans want complete closure
Dems want, well it’s hard to figure

HUCKSTER OFF THE BALLOT

 

The Colorado Supreme Court
Says the Fourteenth Amendment
Keeps the Orange Huckster
Off the Colorado primary ballot
 
The ruling is certainly destined
For the U.S. Supreme Court
Even Justice Thomas might have to
Cut his multiple vacations short
 
A plethora of other election issues
Are inching to the Supremes
In the months ahead
The robed authorities will hear
A collection of weird legal themes
All due to the Orange Huckster
And his dictatorial dreams

TOO OLD

 

Nikki has called Joe “too old”
C’mon, Nikki, ya’ gotta be fair
If Joe is “too old”
So is the stumbling Orange Bear
Don’t shy away from an overt attack
On the cause of your party’s seismic crack
 
You would not be
An effective Presidential leader
If you’re not willing to unequivocally confront
The destructive narcissistic wannabe dictator

NIKKI COULD BEAT JOE

 

Nikki Haley could beat Joe Biden
Maybe even really good
But can Nikki beat the Orange Huckster?
Probably not because
The Grand Old Party
Has become a party of sycophants
Without any integrity

HOUSE TAKES A REST

 

The House went home for the holidays
Leaving the Senate with the task
Of finding a way through
The government’s financial morass
 
Meanwhile,
The Orange Huckster sinks ever deeper
Into his own morass
Of fabrications
Demagoguery, bigotry
And outlandish accusations

RUDY

 

Another milestone in the deflation
Of Rudy Giuliani
A jury award against him
In the amount of 148 million
For defamation
 
Poor, poor Rudy
Who really is poor
Because he’s broke
He has also become
A national joke

LESS THAN A YEAR

 

In less than a year
A new President
Will likely have been elected
What are the odds
Of the Orange Huckster being selected
Or hopefully rejected?
 
And will Putin
Still be the Russian leader?
If MAGA Republicans have their way
He will have been promoted dictator
 
Meanwhile,
Putin held a year-end presser
Claiming he’s the greatest ever
That Ukraine is a loser
And thanking his backers in America

SCRATCHING THE ITCH TO IMPEACH

 

The GOP-led House
Authorized a Biden impeachment inquiry
Based on nothing more than a desire
To please the Orange Presidential wannabe
 
Democracy may be
The best form of government
But at times it permits
Action by the incompetent

LITTLE CHANCE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

 

Will Congress authorize aid
For the Israeli and Ukrainian nations
Before departing Washington
For holiday celebrations?
 
Seems to depend
On whether Biden and the Democratic Party
Are willing to take seriously
The MAGA Republicans
Closed border fantasy

At least to the extent

of not snickering too loudly