Arming Sister Margaret!

If the GOP agrees to sticking out their necks:

Call for comprehensive, universal background checks,

Give police authority to take somebody's gun,

Raise the legal age to purchase them to 21,

I think we should let the teachers in a school decide

If they want to have a loaded pistol by their side...

If they did - and if they're trained on how to use their guns -

I'm prepared to compromise and let them arm the nuns.

(Sister Margaret was armed... She had her rosary.

She'd begin to swing those beads when she was mad at me.

With that heavy, metal cross that dangled from the end

She was not a woman you would argue with, my friend.)

'though, not everyone is Sister Margaret - Thank God! -

My sons had two State cops coach their Varsity Wrestling squad;

I'd trust guys like them with guns if they brought them to school.

I would make that bargain any day...  I'm not a fool.

If the President's sincere and starts to back away

From positions long supported by the NRA

I think that he'd see his polls dramatically increase.

He would have my full support...  Will wonders never cease?

The Donald Pulls Ahead

(Political cartoon by Gary Varvel/Courtesy of www.cagle.com)

Donald Trump is polling 1st; he's pulled ahead of Bush;

Racist birther looking for more buttons he can push...

Offering new insults every time he flaps his lips.

Trump!? A guy I wouldn't trust with decorating tips.

He's the guy who leads the polls?  A clown so crass and loud

He even embarrasses the Honey Boo Boo crowd.

Could it be Republicans responding to the polls

Sit there laughing quietly into their Wheaties bowls?

Knowing that by answering The Donald's who they'd pick
All their other candidates look better?  It's a trick!

And a way conservatives can take a little poke

'cause they can't be serious; it's gotta be a joke.

The 113th Congress - Saner Heads?

Rumor has it Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell are

Very close to compromise, although they won't get far...

Just across the hall, perhaps, unless John Boehner will

Bring it to a vote.  I wouldn't hold my breath until.

Markets must believe it 'cause they didn't take a dive,

'though the recent shutdown means that business didn't thrive.
 CFOs are slugging down their keg-aged, single malt.
They don't like a shutdown but they really hate default.

Hope the markets have it right or we're all gonna lose.

Hope the GOP will put a muzzle on Ted Cruz.

Judging by the recent polling, he makes people mad,

As we ponder how this situation got so bad.

Wondering why we're ignored in favor of extremes;

Why we're always victims in some politician's schemes.

Hope that saner heads prevail and they can make a deal.

Call or write your Congressperson. Tell them how you feel.

Race for the White House - "Reality Has a Well-Known Liberal Bias."

Recent polls are showing that Obama's in the lead -

Romney's lagging far behind - 'though FOX has disagreed;

Not just media, but polls show liberal bias, too.

Therefore, Romney's really only trailing by a few.

Any time Conservatives aren't happy with the facts

They blame a conspiracy of secret, liberal pacts.

Questioning the science and the motives of their foes;

Finding liberal bias in the things that they oppose.

Yes, it's true that polls are not exact, but still

If there's any truth to them at all Obama will

Win it in a walk-off...  If the numbers haven't lied

It looks like the President will crush the other side.