Posts Tagged ‘Constitution Verse’

The Enablers (Limerick)

Friday, October 31st, 2025

Is there anything Donald can’t do?
Seems the Senate and House won’t say “Boo.”
And permissive Supremes
Keep fulfilling his dreams;
Willing allies in Donald Trump’s coup.

If Only… (Limerick)

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

How I wish we had some way to halt
Donald’s evil, persistent assault
On our land. But alas,
No one reins in that ass:
Ev’ry day spawns a new “Oy, Gevalt!”

Limerick Ode To Kimmel, Colbert, Seth, Jon, and John

Tuesday, September 30th, 2025

Stress is triggered by reading the news.
So the show hosts who somehow amuse
Freaked-out viewers, deserve
Lots of love served with verve:
Let us toast them! (We STILL need that BOOZE!)

A Chicken Little Limerick

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Chicken Little spread fear day and night
With her tales of a sky-falling blight.
Her “catastrophe” spew
Caused a panic, undue.
(Chicken Little, these days, would be right.)

A “Potential” Limerick

Saturday, September 13th, 2025

Is “potential” a positive word?
I once thought so, but now I feel spurred
To consider the fact,
That with each evil act
Trump’s destructive potential’s bestirred.

An Open Limerick To Donald Trump

Friday, June 13th, 2025

Dear Trump: Your behavior’s depraved!
You act as if all laws are waived,
Freeing you to engage
In a flag-waving rage
And wreak all of the havoc you’ve craved.

Limerick Pep Talk

Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Though it feels like our nation’s degraded,
Don’t give up! Please try NOT to be jaded.
Our great battle’s not lost!
We must fight at all cost!
TACO Trump should in hell be paraded!

Four-Verse Trump Haiku

Wednesday, February 19th, 2025

A fractured nation
controlled by foul maniac;
Trump’s evil, unchecked.

A fractured nation
overtaken by evil,
as Putin’s Trump reigns.

A fractured nation
victimized by Trumpy myths
and cowardly pols.

A fractured nation–
Endangered Constitution–
The courts our last hope.

Our Constitutional Collapse (Limerick)

Thursday, February 6th, 2025

I used to be able to write funny limericks. But these days, most of them are serious and depressing. This excellent Karen Tumulty column largely inspired this one:

An Executive Branch run amok!
Sen. “Advice and Consent?” No such luck!
Our Democracy’s hacked
And our nation’s soul’s cracked.
So what else can one say except FUCK!?!

Trump’s New Year’s Resolutions (If He Could Write Limericks)

Tuesday, December 31st, 2024

“Tell me Sir, what’s your best resolution?”
Getting vengeance with each prosecution!
Also closing the borders,
Undoing Joe’s orders,
And trashing the damn Constitution!

Then there’s placing high tariffs galore
To give nations a giant what-for,
Getting rid of non-whites
And that dumb Bill of Rights,
Plus I’ll dump X-man Musk. What a bore!

Defeat Team “Weird!” (Limerick)

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

A creative critique of Trump/Vance
Is they’re “weird” which, while true at a glance,
Is the least of their sins.
We must ward off their wins!
If we don’t, freedom won’t stand a chance.

Deal? Or NO Deal? (Limerick)

Monday, May 29th, 2023

This confession will make me look mad,
But I simply can’t help being sad
That a debt deal is close,
Cuz it’s time for a dose
Of the 14th Amendment. (My bad?)

Open Limerick To Joe Biden

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

The 14th Amendment is clear,
And the time to take action is here.
Quash the “ceiling” charade:
Our debts must be paid!
Kick extortionist pols in the rear!

Flag-Hugger Haiku

Monday, December 5th, 2022

Flag-hugger Donald
says suspend Constitution–
GOP pols shrug.

Unconstitutional Stench of Whitaker Appointment (Limerick)

Monday, November 19th, 2018

Headline: “Senate Democrats Sue to Block Whitaker Appointment”

Will a judge block Matt Whitaker’s rise
To Acting A.G.? I surmise
His appointment’s unlawful–
Unspeakably awful…
But just fine in Trump-bootlicker eyes.

Trump v. Ryan

Wednesday, October 31st, 2018

Headline: “Trump Bashes Paul Ryan Over Birthright Citizenship”

The Donald is having a fight
With Paul Ryan, and Ryan is right.
I’m in need of a breather;
Agreeing with either
Is painfully draining. Good night!

Words Matter (Limerick)

Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Donald Trump’s been rebuked once again:

For the second time in two months, two federal judges on Wednesday refused to allow President Trump to impose a travel ban, citing his campaign rhetoric as evidence of an improper desire to prevent Muslims from entering the United States.

Remember when GOP chatter
Taunted Dems with the sentence: “Words matter!”?
Yet it’s rare that they balk
At the Donald’s loose talk…
Which has flattened his bans with a clatter.

Trump’s Trademark Quid Pro Quo? (Limerick)

Saturday, March 11th, 2017

Guess who just got preliminary approval for 38 new trademarks in China — applications green-lighted with unusual speed, according to a Hong Kong intellectual property consultant.

Chinese trademarks that Donald has sought
Were approved. Seems high office has bought
Trump the branding he’s seeking–
Emolument-reeking!
But to cronies, alas, it means mean naught.

Sleazy To The Core (Limerick)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, formerly a Common Core enthusiast, now claims that the U.S. Education Department’s initiative is an Obama “power-grab.” He’s even suing the federal government, in an appeal to wingnutty Tenthers.

Ka-ching!

Sleazy To The Core (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Bobby Jindal has filed a fed suit
To get Common Core given the boot:
Obama, claims Bob,
Did a power-grab job:
A prez wannabe, raising some loot.

Mike’s Oklahoma “Solution” (Limerick)

Saturday, January 25th, 2014

As the fight over Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage heads to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, Oklahoma Rep. Mike Turner (R-Edmond) is worried that gay marriage might prevail. And being desperate to combat the scourge of same-sex marriage, Turner has drafted a shell bill to use in case the case doesn’t go his way:

Mike’s Oklahoma “Solution” (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Mike Turner’s prevailed in his hunt
For an anti-same-sex marriage stunt.
If you’re gay or you’re straight
You can’t wed in his state,
Says his bill; Equal rights — Mike’s out front.