Archive for the ‘Political Verse’ Category
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
How ironic! According to Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, the very type of constitutional “originalist” judge that Ted Cruz says he’d appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court, is the very sort of judge who’d deem Cruz unqualified to be president by reason of his Canadian birthplace.
Trump’s Birther attack on Ted Cruz
Seemed, at first, like some dumb Donald news.
But a judge of the sort
Ted Cruz likes would retort:
“Call Cruz ‘natural born?’ I refuse!”
Here’s Tribe, as quoted by The Guardian:
“…the kind of judge Cruz says he admires and would appoint to the supreme court – an ‘originalist’ who claims to be bound by the historical meaning of the constitution’s terms at the time of their adoption – Cruz wouldn’t be eligible because the legal principles that prevailed in the 1780s and 90s required that someone be born on US soil to be a ‘natural born’ citizen.”
“Even having two US parents wouldn’t suffice for a genuine originalist. And having just an American mother, as Cruz did, would clearly have been insufficient at a time that made patrilineal descent decisive…”
Tags: Birthers, Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, Judiciary Humor, Laurence Tribe, Law Satire, Ted Cruz, U.S. Supreme Court
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Ammon Bundy, one of the leaders of the Oregon armed federal-building-takeover, is militantly against the federal government … except when he needs its help:
Ammon Bundy decries and bemoans
Fed’ral rights to the land the gov owns.
Yet he’s pleased to exploit
And extremely adroit
At fed-subsidized small bus’ness loans.
Here’s an excellent Mother Jones article about Ammon Bundy and his SBA loan.
Tags: Ammon Bundy, Anti-Government, Armed Occupation, Cliven Bundy, Domestic Terrorism, Double Standards, Guns, Hypocrisy, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Militia Limerick, Money Humor, Oregon Limerick, Protestors Limerick, Ryan Bundy, SBA Loans, Terrorism
Posted in Firearms & Guns Humor, Hypocrisy Humor, Money And Finance Humor, Oregon, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016
This armed occupation is whack;
The militant Oregon pack
Is called “peaceful” and gets
Kid-glove treatment. All bets
Would be off, were those terrorists black.
Tags: Ammon Bundy, Anti-Government, Armed Occupation, Cliven Bundy, Domestic Terrorism, Double Standards, Guns, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Militia Limerick, Oregon Limerick, Protestors Limerick, Ryan Bundy, Terrorism
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2015
As the GOP madness persists
And the front-runner raises his fists,
George Pataki drops out
Of the race, without doubt
Cuz his party no longer exists.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, George Pataki
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2015
Dear George, I can guess why you ran;
You assumed a sane, serious man
Had a chance this time ’round.
But your party seems bound
To crown someone who b’longs in the Klan.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, George Pataki
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2015
This question’s becoming increasingly common: “What If No One Believes the Fact Checkers?”
When a pol will incessantly lie,
While supporters routinely deny
The fact that he’s lying
And keep on defying
The truth, our poor nation’s awry.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, Fact Checkers, Liars
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Sunday, December 27th, 2015
Ted Cruz is the Senate’s “bad boy,”
But for Teddy that title’s a ploy;
The more INSIDERS hate him,
Despise and berate him,
The more he’s the hoi polloi’s joy.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Election Humor, Senate Satire, Ted Cruz
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Since when is it okay for presidential candidates to lace their speeches with vulgarisms and obscenities?
Donald Trump is far worse than a jerk.
He’s a fellow whose mind’s gone berserk
And whose speeches are laced
With language debased,
So I’m guessing his “schlong” doesn’t work.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To A Smutty Candidate
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Dear Lindsey, I’ll wistfully miss you
And the bliss that I sensed when I’d diss you.
Those debates, undercard,
Without you shall be marred.
For this scarring abyss I must hiss you.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Election Humor, Lindsey Graham
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Lindsey Graham, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Farewell Limerick For Lindsey Graham
Monday, December 21st, 2015
Congratulations to Donald Trump on winning the Politifact 2015 Lie of the Year Award!
The “Lie of the Year” prize is Trump’s.
Though many pols fib, Donald jumps
To the top of the list;
His stump speech’s gist
Is take dumps on the truth to hook chumps.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, GOP Lies, Lies, Politifact
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Sunday, December 20th, 2015
Dear Martin O’Malley, I snickered
And wondered, “Could Martin be liquored?”
Cuz your pre-canned remark,
A don’t-bicker-here bark,
Made no sense because nobody’d bickered.
Note: Here’s the post-debate sub-headline: “O’Malley Bashes Bickering During A Moment Of Peace.”
Tags: Campaign Satire, Debate Limerick, Election Humor, Martin O'Malley
Posted in Bernie Sanders, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Hillary Clinton, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Open Limerick To Martin O’Malley
Friday, December 11th, 2015
I hope I don’t sound like a chump,
Who plays down what Trump spews on the stump.
But I fear there’s a threat
That he’ll make you forget
Others’ vileness. It isn’t just Trump.
Please remember: Just because Trump says things and espouse positions that are marginally worse than his fellow candidates, doesn’t mean his GOP opponents aren’t pretty damn heinous in their own right.
Tags: Bias Humor, Bigotry Limerick, Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump Isn’t The Only Bigot Seeking the Republican Nod (Limerick)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Conservatives, bummed and bereft,
Due to Donald Trump’s poll number heft,
After searching their brains
To explain his huge gains,
Found the cause: It’s Barack and the Left!
Tags: Barack Obama, Blame Game, Campaign Satire, Conservatives Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, GOP Humor, GOP Idiocy, Republicans Humor
Posted in Barack Obama, Blame Game, Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Successful Soul-Searching Is Tough Sans A Soul (Limerick)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
The more loathsome Trump’s statements become,
The more popular Donald’s with some.
It’s not Muslims I fear,
But the folks who hold dear
A vile man who’s both evil and dumb.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, GOP Humor, Hate Speech, Muslims, Republicans Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on What REALLY Scares Me (Limerick)
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Any pol, whether woman or man
Who says shootings are part of God’s plan
Is just shifting the blame,
And for that I say, “Shame!”
“Control gun sales! Your stance doesn’t scan.”
Tags: Assault Weapons, Gun Control, Mass Shooting, Massacres, NRA, Religion In Politics
Posted in Firearms & Guns Humor, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | Comments Off on Yet Another Mass Shooting Limerick
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Here’s the latest Republican strategy for dealing with the scourge of Trump:
In a seven-page confidential memo that imagines Trump as the party’s presidential nominee, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee urges candidates to adopt many of Trump’s tactics, issues and approaches — right down to adjusting the way they dress and how they use Twitter.
In the memo on “the Trump phenomenon,” NRSC Executive Director Ward Baker said Republicans should embrace Trump’s tough talk about China and “grab onto the best elements of [his] anti-Washington populist agenda.” Above all, they should appeal to voters as genuine and beyond the influence of special interests.
“Trump has risen because voters see him as authentic, independent, direct, firm, — and believe he can’t be bought,” Baker writes. “These are the same character traits our candidates should be advancing in 2016. That’s Trump lesson #1.”
If you can’t trump The Donald, then ape him?
That’s the viewpoint of those who’d escape him.
How those GOP trolls
Long to knock down his polls.
What a shame they (like web thieves) can’t “scrape” him.
(Info for those unfamiliar with “web scraping.”)
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor
Posted in Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on If You Can’t Beat Trump, Join Him? (Limerick)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
When Republican pols take the stage,
Seems deceit has become all the rage,
Cuz no matter how sordid,
Their lies are rewarded.
Waging war on the truth’s become sage.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Election Humor, GOP Lies, Republican Lies, Republicans Humor
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
With their lies, guys like Donald Trump try us.
Prove them wrong, they just laugh and defy us.
They keep getting their way
Cuz there’s NO price to pay.
Call them out? They shout, “Media bias!”
Tags: Campaign Satire, Donald Trump, Election Humor, GOP Lies, Media Humor, Presidential Election, Press
Posted in Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Media Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trumping The Truth (Limerick)
Monday, November 9th, 2015
The “liberal bias” lie is in full bloom this election cycle. And in its latest manifestation, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Hugh Hewitt would have us believe that the press is being really mean to Ben Carson, while treating Hillary Clinton with kid gloves.
Of course such assertions are so laughable, even Joe Scarborough is mocking them.
Hugh Hewitt and Reince look askance
At the Ben Carson cov’rage. Their stance:
It’s a lib-press vendetta!
Hill’s treated much bettah!
(Even Joe isn’t buying their rants.)
Tags: Ben Carson, Campaign Satire, Election Humor, Hugh Hewitt, Joe Scarborough, Liberal Media, Media Bias, Media Humor, Reince Priebus
Posted in Ben Carson, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Media Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Shedding Tears For Ben Carson? (Limerick)
