Month: January 2023

A pyrrhic victory McCarthy won
Took fifteen rounds once voting had begun
And, yes, he gave his power all away
Behoved to extremists come what may

Not just emasculate his Speakership
Commitments made he secretly, to wit
Concerning funding government and debts
Such bills up for a vote, he would not let

The ceiling on our debt will soon be reached
Just days away, although funds can be stretched
‘Till early June, Sec. Treas. J. Yellon said
Beyond then U.S. credit will be dead

And interest will soar, employment dive
Financial pain and hardship to survive
A worldwide deep recession and much more
Inflation like we’ve rarely seen before

The Dems. with some Republicans on board
Can try to out flank Kevin and his horde
Discharging a petition so a bill
Can reach the floor for voting, if they will

McCarthy and extreme Republicans
Are not just plain and simple charlatans
A clear and present danger, that they be
To all of us and to democracy

1/13/2023

McCarthy’s chance as Speaker now seems slim
A dozen Reps. said they won’t vote for him
It takes two eighteen votes for him to win
But no one else has tossed his name there in

What happens if a Speaker’s not elected?
We learned from Rachel Maddow what’s expected
Without a Speaker no one gets sworn in
No business by the House proceeds within

It’s been a hundred years since this occurred
For two whole months House business was deferred
Consider what would happen sans a Speaker
Defaults on debt; gov. funding in the freezer

My guess is that McCarthy will cave in
And promise radicals their every whim
In order that The Speaker he’d become
A Pyrrhic victory he will have won

1/2/2023