Go Vote!

 

I'll be glued to coverage of the returns tonight,

Hoping that the country will impose some oversight

On a President who's been behaving like a troll.

This mid-term election is about our country's soul.

Here it is...  November 6th, and I've already voted.

Turnout was much higher than I've previously noted:

Younger voters who don't normally participate,

Brand new voters at the polls deciding their own fate.

It's unprecedented in a mid-term that we see

Hordes of people taking part in their democracy.

Pollsters are reluctant to predict the tighter races

Because lines are out the door at many polling places.

Hopefully this indicates a Democratic wave;

Citizens who feel this country's worth the fight to save

From the demagoguery we've been subjected to.

It's a referendum on what is and isn't true.

Tweets Don't Count

Polls are open, lines are short on this Election Day;

When the voters in this country get to have their say.

Notice I said "voters" not the person on the street,

Half of whom won't cast a vote...  Instead, they'll "Like" or tweet.

Even if their tweet is clever, it ain't gonna count.

Doesn't add a thing to any candidate's amount.

Only at the polling booth does anybody care...

That's where it will matter what opinions people share.

Get up off your buttocks, throw on sweat-pants, go and vote.

(Here in Massachusetts you won't even need a coat.)

Mr. S. and I will cancel out but, even so,

I have hopes my Democratic sisters plan to go.

The Massachusetts' Governor's Debates - 2014

2 weeks 'til the Midterms so I'm watching the debates,

Like the one last night between the leading candidates

For the state's new Governor (on local PBS)

Moderated by respected members of the press.

Format was a conversation; there weren't many rules.

Pointed questions led into some heated, verbal duels.

Baker had a hard time looking Martha in the face.

Both were pressed for details and allowed to make their case.

Martha Coakley did appear a little less uptight;

Baker seemed to come across a lot like Bill Weld Lite.

Both were very well prepared.  It's hard to say who won;

But, in recent polling, Charlie's pulled ahead by 1.

I'll be voting Coakley 'cause her values match with mine

(Though, if Charlie Baker wins, I think we'll still be fine.)

I just cannot make myself support the GOP;

They will never - ever -  get another vote from me.

In A Democracy You Get What You Deserve

Weekend saw a few elections held across the pond...

Politicians who would like to loosen ties that bond

European Union member nations won the day.

Tired of austerity, the voters voted "Nay!"

Half of Ukraine voted; not much turn-out in the East.

Faced with armed militias... Don't blame voters in the least.

In the West the winner was a candy billionaire.

Putin said he'd honor the results if they were fair.

Egypt held elections, too; the outcome no surprise.

Winner is a former Army General in disguise.

After leading Egypt's coup, took off his uniform.

In the region, that's not the exception, it's the norm.

U.S. will hold mid-terms soon but most of us won't vote.

By default, we'll let the special interests steer the boat

All the while complaining...  We have got a lot of nerve.

People only get the government that they deserve.

Congressional Update - A Rhyme

(Artist Drew Sheneman/Courtesy of Tribune Media Services)

Update on the Congress (for the few of us who care...

Those with any interest in what goes on up there)

Congress reached a compromise and passed a Farming Bill,

Raised the ceiling on the debt - that's if the Senate will.

That seems pretty likely so, at least, they'll get that done.

It might be the last thing, though... They've got campaigns to run.

Boehner wouldn't give an Immigration Bill a chance.

GOP's afraid their base would look at them askance.

Since the only people who will go and cast their vote

In mid-term elections would be handing them their coat

If they gave the President and Democrats a "win,"

Once again, our immigrants will take one on the chin.

It is so short-sighted when we cater to extremes,

Seemingly forgetting that we're not on different teams.

We're "one nation - indivisible..." At least, we were.

Well...  Except for Bachmann; I am disavowing her.