Month: August 2016

I’ve been involved with government organizations most of my professional life. I recognize how things get done. Some call it “business as usual”. This is a stream-of-consciousness poem. Simple phrases as they come to me.

Business as usual there in DC
Access for gifting, it’s all there to see
Congressmen do it and Senators too
It’s business as usual, there is no taboo
Just look at Virginia and R F McDonnell
The courts set him free, though he took gifts from Jonnie
In every such instance of access for gifting
The one who’s receiving retains what is gifted
That’s not true of Clinton, she keeps not a penny
It funds the Foundation, such favors, if any
For hundreds of children to keep them alive
Access so hundreds of children might thrive
A worthy tradeoff considering things
Foundation donations for pulling some strings
But if she were consciously playing for pay
Scheduling meetings with her in this way
Her record in doing this, pulling this off
Is so bad it’d cause her supporters to laugh
Of the seventeen thousand such meetings she held
Only eighty or so made donations as well
That is half a percent, really all she did handle
But oh me, oh my, it is such a yuuuge scandal

8/30/16

In witnessing Trumple’s projections so dire
On whomever he is against
His usage of labels like “crooked” and “liar”
And “bigot”, it makes no sense
Except as projections of Trumple himself

I would opine that his labels so far
Have only rebounded on him
But once Trumple claimed that elections are rigged
This could lead to something quite grim
Could Trumple be planning to rig them, himself

But how could he do that, if he so desired
Without being caught in the act
It’s easy for hackers whom Trumple could hire
Since voting machines can be hacked
And Trumple would win, which counts most to himself

8/29/16

I have sent this poelitic to Hillary’s campaign.  If I get other than a perfunctory response I will share it with you on this blog.

A letter, dear Hillary, on subjects not new
This blog has supported you right from the start
But still questions linger; they come from the heart
On incidents for which opponents blame you

The first is Benghazi, please time-step us through
On what you knew when, and then what did you do
On Emails please tell us what’s false and what’s true
And on the Foundation, shed light on that too

We know that these issues your staff has addressed
And you have responded to some with vague clues
When clarity’s lacking it fosters false views
Your role in these issues has Fox News obsessed

So, please draft an op-ed, or news conference throw
And where there are issues admit to them too
It’s not enough giving obscure interviews
Supporters don’t want to vote holding their nose

8/28/16

Now that Paul Manafort’s no longer there
Puppeteer Putin’s receeding, it’s plain
A new puppet master with billions to spare
Is pulling strings now in the Trumple campaign

This mystery man underwrites Trumple’s pact
Managed by Kellyanne, now Trumple’s pawn
And also he bankrolls Breitbart; it’s a fact
That Breitbart’s Steve Brannon is Trumple’s chief man

So who is this guy; also what is his role
His name’s Robert Mercer; hedge funds keep him rich
Established Republicans out, seems his goal
Replaced by the radical right; that’s his shtick

8/26/16

Trump’s latest label for Hillary is “bigot”.

Way down along the Swampy River
Where Trumple dwells
That’s where his filth is spewing over
That’s where his ego swells

Gross are the names he labels people
Whom he’s against
Gone are the days of discourse civil
Gone, too, is common sense

All the phrases Trumple utters
Sad it is to say
Stink loudly, coming from the gutter
It needn’t be this way

8/25/16

I could have written on Hillary’s health but Frank Bruni of the NYT (8/23/16) said it best in his op ed.  I could have written about the battle of liers , but  PolitiFact has the facts: Trump Score Card; Clinton Score Card.  So I settled on  Trump’s unwarranted attacks on Hillary and the Clinton Foundation.

It is all pay-for-play, that is what Trumple says
The Clinton Foundation is phony
To gain Clinton access, you first had to pay
The Clinton Foundation big money

This misrepresents the Foundation’s role
Contributions are charity, not bribes
The Foundation runs programs with laudable goals
Saving lives by the millions worldwide

Thousands of prominent people have spent
Moments with Clinton at work
Some had donated with no evidence
Of favors or DOS perks

So I’ve had enough of these overblown cries
That Clinton’s corrupt at her core
That she’s worse than Watergate, Nixon’s demise
It’s Trump trying to even the score

8/24/16

Dear Donald Trump, please don’t build the wall
No walls are needed, diplomacy’s all
It stops no illegals
Makes enemies of friends
The illegals problem’s not solved by a wall

Dear Donald Trump leave NATO alone
Treaties are sacrosanct, shan’t be undone
The Baltic States joined us
To fight Taliban
NATO defends them; they can’t stand alone

Dear Donald Trump get rid of those debts
If you become President, off are all bets
Millions owed China Bank
Millions elsewhere
A President beholden is bad as it gets

8/23/16

All day, all night Kellyanne
Down in the swamp lands with Trumple fans
Managing his campaign is Kellyanne
Making him more presidential, if she can

Kellyanne, oh Kellyanne
His campaign’s going nowhere
With poll results down ‘cross the land
How long will you be there?

We all feel for Kellyanne
We hope he pays you well
Changing one who poorly ran
Is like making ice in hell

All day, all night Kellyanne
Down in the swamp lands with Trumple fans
Everyone one applauds you Ms. Kellyanne
Even though your head must be in the sand

8/22/16

Some people say that Trump’s a leadership dud
His campaign’s fracturing and stuck in the mud
Stuck in the mud
And down in the dumps
Dissention’s reigning that is all due to Trump
Saint Peter don’t you call him, ‘cause he can’t go yet
He owes those banks billions dollars in debt

If it’s work you’re wanting, better step aside
A lot of men didn’t and to them Trumple lied
To them Trumple lied
Never paid what was due
If you want your money then you’ll just have to sue
Saint Peter don’t you call him, ‘cause he can’t go yet
He owes those banks billions dollars in debt

8/21/16

This is the way that the government works
In international relations
Under the lines is where true meaning lurks
When dealing the cards among nations

One’s never at ease representing a state
To relate openly all the facts
Often times when considering all that’s at stake
The less said’s often better the tack

When asked, Hillary spoke to the grieving star mom
At the grave where her son lay in rest
He was killed in Benghazi, attacked by a bomb
Based on hate against those of the West

‘Twas a rogue video clip that inspired the attack
Clinton said to the mom grieving so
It was later proved true but not all of the facts
Telling some but not all that was known

This response, partly true, but not all of the truth
Is quite typical DOS speech
Which in normal discourse would be thought as uncouth
Among diplomats that’s how they speak

8/20/16