Month: July 2017

 

I have Republican family and friends
Like most of us they can’t admit a mistake
Nobody thinks himself so gullible
That he’d vote for someone so un-truth-able
They knew he was foul but they thought not a fake
And Trump wasn’t Clinton who’d lost it with them

We’ve had half a year of Trump, how think they now?
World leadership role losing since the election
No real legislation enacted for us
Just EOs Trump’s signed with all flurry and fuss
Repealing gov regs meant for public protection
So what’s their opinion; is there room for doubt?

They’re mostly still with him, it’s what he will do
He’ll cut back their taxes and get them great jobs
Just give him some time, it’s been only six months
With lots of distractions like fake news witch hunts
Except for Jeff Sessions, those insults don’t lob
He is one of us; he was right to recuse

So the answer is no, no mistake had they made
When voting for Trump to become President
It’s you liberal progressives who got it all wrong
And can’t really stand it when Trump comes on strong
And the stock market’s with him, the highest it’ been
He’ll again make us great; leave you Dems in the shade

7/30/17

 

Time for reflection, a week to remember
Most likely the worst week for Trump since November

Aside from his loss of Repeal and Replace
His presidency he has truly disgraced
He chose Scaramucci for Communications
Political gadfly for Trump’s recreation
He fired Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff
Replaced by Gen. Kelly, political naïf

He tweeted that transgender soldiers must leave
But Generals won’t act, they’ve not orders received
Most of Trump’s tweets were berating Jeff Sessions
Who has pushed Trump’s agenda with singular passion
Trump’s trying to shame Sessions so he’d resign
But Jeff is not biting; he likes his job fine

Trump’s goal in all this is to get rid of Mueller
Before he uncovers unlawful endeavors
Involving the Russians that Trump has been hiding
Obstructing of justice is worth Trump abiding
If Trump is successful and Mueller gets fired
The Senate will thwart him and Mueller they’ll hire
To head up a new independent commission
With powers to finish its Trump probing mission

Six months it has been since Trump swore his allegiance
Among nations our standing is losing it dominance
The Presidency has become un-respected
Our allies concerned lest they be unprotected
Trump’s governance characterized as being chaotic
Our Congress impotent, our leader despotic
These were the goals of the Russian regime
Who meddled, succeeding beyond Putin’s dream

7/29/17

You can contact senators to thank them if you wish on their web sites.
These can be reached as: LastName.Senate.gov . Some senators won’t
accept Emails from out-of-state. Please also note Ken’s comment on the
BLOG site.

Thanks

As you all know by now Skinny Bill got thumbs down
We can thank three staunch Senators siding with Dems
Murkowski, Alaska, Sue Collins of Maine
And from Arizona the maverick, McCain
They heard you, the people, Democracy’s stem
Who rallied to protest in cities and towns

Your numbers, persistence, your Capital sit-ins
Your young, your disabled, your old and your strong
United in action to bury these health bills
Sham legislation ‘gainst millions who will
Have lost their insurance, all hope would be gone
But this time you’ve won and I toast you your winning

McConnell’s the one whom I’m critical of
Who has let his Republican senators down
In eight or more years of his warped leadership
He has strongly encouraged gross partisanship
And foisted this bill to a vote up or down
But this one he lost thanks to your work and love

7/29/17

 

 

The “skinny” health bill will be voted tonight
Both the Dems and the Reps do agree it’s a mess
It would dis-insure millions; send the costs out of sight
‘Though it’s what they detest, many Reps will vote yes

They have asked for assurance from Speaker, Paul Ryan
To take it to conference where it can be changed
To say Paul’s committed would somewhat be lying
The Senate’s behavior on this is quite strange

The vote will occur in the wee hours of morning
The bill’s actual wording most haven’t yet seen
The realization I hope will be dawning
The Senate’s behavior is truly obscene

Meanwhile the Mooch is Trump’s most recent jester
He’s named as Director of Communications
Drunk now with new power all Trump staff he pesters
He’s foul mouthed, uncouth enough for nomination

There’s more going on with Jeff Sessions and Mueller
Trump keeps on discrediting the FBI
He knows that they’ll find him out later or sooner
But that’s for another poem; for now goodbye

7/28/17

 

 

The Senate down-voted a bill to repeal
Without a replacement for Obama Care
Along with eight others McCain voted nay
In line with his lecture on sense yesterday
Next up is the “skinny bill”, how it will fare
Perhaps by tomorrow we’ll know if it’s real

Trump tweeted a bombshell with lack of much thought
To ban all transgenders from serving our forces
He blindsided everyone with his announcement
His generals, advisors knew not his pronouncement
Military transgenders are major resources
And many were killed in the battles they fought

Pres. Trump keeps on tweeting against his AG
To publicly shame him so he would resign
So far Sessions’ staying, ignoring Trump’s jibes
He has Senate backing but Trump still may try
To oust him directly, a panicking sign
Of deep desperation, what Mueller might see

Trump’s guilty behavior on Russian affairs
Are signs he is hiding some terrible deeds
Concerning the Russians and Trump’s family
It must be so toxic that no one must see
The real evidence lest they truly take heed
And impeach Donald Trump, something he could not bear

A prophet I’m not; nor the future predict
But as the noose tightens, the walls closing in
Trump will see the hand writing and offer a deal
That Mueller stay secret and nothing reveal
And Trump, in return, in protection of kin
Will his term terminate; from this office he’d quit

7/26/17

 

Thanks to McCain who flew back to D.C.
While recovering from recent brain surgery
The procedural vote passed, thus allowing debate
On a few health-care bills and Obama Care’s fate

So, while I am writing the Senate is casting
Its yeas and its nays while the public keeps asking
And pleading their senators not to repeal
And replace ACA with some sham of a bill

By tomorrow some time we are likely know
The outcome of all this, if it passed, yes or no
In the mean time keep calling your senator’s place
To keep up the pressure and maintain the pace

On the Russian front Trump keeps berating Jeff Sessions’
Obeying the law, which has gone out of fashion,
By recusing himself, leaving Trump unprotected
From investigations where Trump is suspected

But Trump keeps on claiming he’s done nothing wrong
It’s fake news, a witch hunt; it doesn’t belong
So, Trump, if you’ve really got nothing to hide,
Why, then, are you hiding stuff deep down inside?

7/25/17

Trump is really obsessed with his “meddlesome priest”

Who’s probing where Trump doesn’t want him to go

It is time for Bob Mueller to cease and desist

There are things hidden there Trump wants no one to know

Trump has conjured a path to relieving Bob Mueller

He’ll first fire Sessions, his loyal supporter

And find someone else who is not a recuser

Who is loyal to Trump and will do what he orders

The Senate is past due its long August recess

As soon as this pesky health bill’s had its day

It’s Trump’s opportunity, Senators to finesse 

A recess appointment while they’re all away

The appointment is good for the rest of the year

Time enough to erase any hint of wrong-doing

Put an end to this witch hunt toward which Trump has fears

And push Trump’s agenda, though tough is the going 

News, other than this, also jumped out at me

Jared Kushner’s claimed innocence hard to believe

The health-care debacle which no one has seen

Will suffer tomorrow’s blind vote un perceived 

 

But the big news is Trump having realized a pathway

To ousting Bob Mueller lest he digs up dirt

On Russian cash laundering (I speculate)

But if this should happen, Trump will really be hurt

 

7/24/17

 

We can’t truly fathom the depths of despair
Of blue collar men who had lost their “man’s job”
Like welder, or miner, or making repairs
And pink collar work will their dignity rob

Nursing, care giving: that’s not work for men
But they’re on the increase while men’s jobs are not
Without a degree from a college, what then –
No good jobs, good paying, are there to be got

Without work, I’ll be like those white trash and blacks
Who lazily take what the government gives
Including Obama Care while I get taxed
Weren’t that way then, the way we used to live

My daddy’s a Democrat; I was one too
We all had good jobs and good living back then
I switched to Don Trump in the hopes that he knew
The way to make America great again

7/22/17

 

 

Mueller, we don’t have to warn you
Lawyer Dowd is out to stop you
Delving into Trump’s finances
He’s not taking any chances

Someone clearly must be dumped

It’s Jeff Sessions: must remove him
Leaked a bomb shell that should screw him
True or not, it in will do him
So another can replace him

Someone loyal to Don Trump

Someone who will fire Mueller
Stop his probe, the better, sooner
Lest he finds what Trump’s been hiding
Broadcasts to the world his findings

Russia money laundering Trump

Try as might it will not happen
Senate won’t approve some chap in
Schemes to scuttle Mueller’s probing
Mueller’s safe from early closing

At least that’s my humble hunch

However, I would hope that Mueller
Has plan B. Who knows the future?
Dowd might yet succeed his ousting
Politics with luck is jousting

All his findings he should dump

7/21/17

 

This fate wasn’t meant to happen
In my face the Press keeps yapping
All my strength their news keeps sapping
Fake news claiming I’m a sham
Really thought this would be breezy
Unlike business which is sleazy
Being President’s not easy
It’s not really who I am

My supporters, I’m their man

Health care I said I’d deliver
It appears that battle’s over
I’d have signed a bill, whatever
But McConnell screwed the works
Couldn’t get the Senate backing
For his bill since it was lacking
What the voters for we’re asking
They are all a bunch of jerks

Nor did the Dems give helping hands

This Russia thing has got me worried
Sessions screwed me in a hurry
Made me fire Yates and Comey
Sessions now has got to go
Mueller’s looking at finances
Can’t allow their probing glances
Risk is large, can’t take the chances
Mueller, too, I must let go

But my base will with me stand

7/20/17