Okay, this item is definitely back in the political arena. Thanks to my friend Liza (and my mother’s doctor … is that a strange source for warped humor?) for passing along this gem, forwarded umptysome times from some unknown source.
\nSing along to this one – you know the tune!! Black gold that is!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Come and listen to my story ’bout a boy named Bush.
\nHis IQ was zero and his head was up his tush.
\nHe drank like a fish while he motored all about.
\nBut it didn’t really matter ‘cuz his daddy bailed him out.
\nDUI, that is. Criminal record. Cover-up.<\/p>\n
\nWell, the first thing you know young Georgie goes to Yale.
\nHe can’t spell his name but they never let him fail.
\nHe spends all his time hangin’ out with student folk.
\nAnd that’s when he learns how to snort a line of coke.
\nBlow, that is. White gold. Nose candy.<\/p>\n
\nThe next thing you know there’s a war in Vietnam.
\nHis daddy says, “George, you can stay at home with Mom.
\nLet the common people go to get maimed and scarred.
\nWe’ll buy you a spot in the Texas Air Guard.”
\nCushy, that is. Country clubs. Nose candy.<\/p>\n
\nTwenty years later Dubya gets a little bored.
\nHe trades in the booze, says that Jesus is his Lord.
\nHe says, “Now the White House is where I wanta be.”
\nSo he calls his daddy’s friends and they call the GOP.
\nGun owners, that is. Falwell. Jesse Helms.<\/p>\n
\nCome November 7, the election’s runnin’ late.
\nKin folks say, “Jeb, give the boy your state!
\n“Don’t let those colored folks get into the polls.”
\nSo they put up barricades so they couldn’t punch their holes.
\nChads, that is. Duval County. Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n
\nBefore the votes are counted five Supremes step on in.
\nThey tell all the voters, “Hey, we want George to win.”
\n“Stop counting votes!” is their solemn invocation.
\nAnd that’s how George finally got his coronation.
\nRigged, that is. Illegitimate. No moral authority.<\/p>\n
\nY’all come back to vote now. Ya hear?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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