President-Elect Donald Trump

What is there to say?

I just never realized how mad the middle class

Must have been to vote for Trump, a total horse's ass.

Didn't understand how bad their lives have got to be

If they'd vote for someone as unqualified as he.

I cannot believe that they're all bigots - though there's some

And, though many lack degrees, that doesn't mean they're dumb.

Were they right that Washington, D.C. was broken? Yup.

System didn't work for them and so they blew it up.

For my fellow Clinton voters, still in states of shock,

Knowing Mitch McConnell said Republicans would block

Anything that Clinton tried, perhaps it's just as well...

Roll the dice and pray the country doesn't go to hell.

Trumpettes? Really?

How are there still women who would vote for Donald Trump?

That thought makes me want to tear my hair out in a clump.

He's a pompous, narcissistic, self-promoting pig...

Have these women missed the news? I'm gonna need a wig.

How could they support this guy? We've all known jerks like him:

Self-entitled SOBs who, when the lights are dim,

Grab or grope or whisper something vulgar in our ear.

Could it be The Trump is sounding...  Armageddon's here?

Otherwise, I can't explain how anyone at all

Still supports The Donald...  It's the middle of the Fall.

I'm not scared of Halloween but this Election Day

I'll be voting Hillary then go to church and pray. 

A Salute to Senator Lindsey Graham

 

Never thought that Lyndsey Graham and I would both agree;

Strange bedfellows brought together by the nominee

Of the party Graham's supported his entire life...

In the spirit of rapprochement, I won't twist the knife,

Lyndsey's said it well enough...  There's not much I could add:

GOP's gone "bat shit crazy," Donald Trump is bad

For the party, for the country.  Donald is unfit.

Graham will not support Trump.  I admire him for it. 

Lyndsey's love of country's trumped his hate for Hillary;

Too bad he's a lonely voice inside the GOP.

Most Republicans are falling neatly into line:

They support their candidate... Don't worry. He'll be fine.

Never mind his bigotry, the awful things he spouts.

They'll ignore his ignorance; they're swallowing their doubts,

Catering to angry voters yearning for the past,

Putting party first, ambition second, country - last.

The Look

One of the earliest known images of "The Look."

Clinton's the presumptive Democratic nominee;

An important moment in the country's history.

This will be the first time that a major party's pick

For the highest office in the land will be a chick.

I think she's the perfect choice to take on Donald Trump.

When he opens up his mouth to take a verbal dump

She'll give him that look all women have...  You know the one;

It's the look you get from Mom for stupid things you've done.

There is not a man alive who can withstand "The Look"

It's not something they can learn from YouTube or a book.

Donald should be careful lest "The Look" become "The Glare."

That one has the power to uncurl his orange hair.

The Donald tries "The Look" - unsuccessfully.

Unsolicited Advice for Senator Sanders

 

I like Sanders very much but do not "Feel the Bern."

I think that, like Hillary before him, it's his turn

To drop out and unify the Democrats behind

Hillary because Republicans have lost their mind.

Just like Trump - although not such a total horse's ass -

Bernie's making promises that Congress wouldn't pass.

We need someone with a chance of getting something done;

Out of all our choices, Hillary's the only one.

She's got the experience; she's been around the block.

Donald Trump... (forgive me, I'm still in a state of shock)

Calls her "crooked" - like the pot that called the kettle black -

Using Bernie Sanders' quotes as part of his attack.

Clinton's clinched the nomination. Bernie needs to quit;

Start supporting Hillary...  Stop acting like a twit.

Nothing matters more than making sure that Donald Trump

Loses in November...  Bernie, please get off the stump.

The Lesser of Two Evils?

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You might think Republicans - opposed to Hillary -

Should take time to think who their alternative could be.

Hillary conspiracies, the kind that FOX News panders,

Have resulted in a surge for Vermont's Bernie Sanders.

Do they really want a guy who claims he's Socialist

Or a seasoned politician who's a realist?

(FYI: Real Socialists say Bernie isn't one...

That he's more conservative than David Cameron.)

Shouldn't they be worried Mrs. Clinton's in a slump

While their leading candidate's an idiot like Trump?

He is unelectable. Because of him, they'll lose.

I'd think Hillary's the lesser evil they would choose.

The Problem With Hillary 2016

This is how the GOP sees Hillary. (Courtesy of/www.veooz.com)

Lately I've become convinced that I don't have a choice;

I can argue politics until I've lost my voice...

Won't convince Conservatives to change their point of view.

So I've started thinking that it's time for someone new.

Since there is no compromise, our government is broke.

All the plans Obama has are going up in smoke.

Nominees are languishing and sex slaves have to wait

Because they don't like Barack...  But, Hillary they hate.

If you think that things are bad right now then wait and see

Just how bad it gets if we elected Hillary.

Knowing Clinton represents the sum of their worst fears,

I don't know if I can stand 4 more contentious years.

I could vote Republican to spare myself the pain;

If someone like Snowe, their former Senator from Maine,

Were to be the GOP's selected nominee

They might still convince me not to vote for Hillary.

A Bad Week For Hillary

Hillary has not announced if she intends to run.

Even so, the week she's had could not have been much fun.

Hillary got pilloried by pundits in the press;

Just a taste of what's ahead if her decision's yes.

She used private e-mail servers when she headed State,

Breaking rules that she'd condemned in earlier debate.

Looking like a hypocrite - like rules do not apply.

When you are a Clinton, GOP expects a lie.

This just feeds their narrative...  Republicans believe

Mrs. Clinton's motivation's only to deceive.

Cover up Benghazi and mistakes she might have made;

This gives them the ammunition for which they have prayed.

I don't know why Hillary would run for President.

What is it she's won after her millions have been spent?

Criticism, controversy...  Thus, I have to ask

Why would Mrs. Clinton even want that thankless task?

Unsolicited Advice for Senator Elizabeth Warren

Available now in bookstores and on Amazon.

Massachusetts' Senator (of whom we're rather proud)

On a tour to sell her book's begun to draw a crowd.

There are calls for her to run for President next time

But, as her constituent, my free advice (in rhyme);

Dear Elizabeth; May I suggest that you should wait.

Keep on doing what you are - a credit to this state.

Build up more alliances and stick it to the banks...

Something that you're doing well at now, Ma'am.  Many thanks.

Hillary is gonna run for President, I'd bet.

She will get the nomination; you're not ready yet.

Not to say that, if you ran, that you would not be great.

But the best that you could hope for?  Clinton's running-mate.

Senate needs a leader who will do the People's work -

Someone who knows where the money merchants tend to lurk...

Work that you are doing now is vital to us all;

If they try to draft you Senator? Don't take their call.

Unsolicited Advice for Hillary 2016

Were I Mrs. Clinton, you could not pay me to run,

Even were I certain that I'd be the chosen one.

Tea Party Republicans and other Right Wing nuts

Have already made it clear how much they hate her guts.

Even now, before she's thrown her hat into the ring,

Limbaugh's claiming she arranged to have some loony fling

(At a speech) a shoe that almost hit Hil in the face...

Snidely adding Chelsea's child's a ploy to win the race.

Look at poor Obama, who's been hounded by the Right;

You would have to be insane to want that kind of fight.

If you think he's had it bad however, wait and see

What would happen if the President were Hillary.

The GOP's Benghazi Conspiracy Theory

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) gets a skeptical reception on FOX & Friends.

You're in trouble if your Friends on Fox believe you're wrong,

Usually, they're likelier to blindly go along...

They love a conspiracy and never mind the facts.

This time they're aware that's how a crazy person acts.

Questioned Jason Chaffetz, who consistently implied

Clinton and Obama are the reason people died.

He claims they had information Congress people lacked.

That they tried to cover-up that we had been attacked.

He believes that we abandoned U.S. personnel.

Didn't save them once the situation went to hell.

FOX & Friends have realized (although it's overdue)

Even GOP insistence doesn't make it true.