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I just dreamt of Trumple winning
Cable casters madly spinning
Broad confusions
Wild conclusions
What caused Hillary to lose?
‘Twas the turnout said the Muse

Meanwhile Trumple’s team was cheering
Jumping up and down and jeering
Cocktails toasting
Trumple boasting
“I’m so good, I never lose”
Tis the turnout said the Muse

I woke from my nightmare screaming
Was it real, or was I dreaming?
With poll scorings
Upward soaring
How on Earth could Clinton lose?
It’s the turnout says the Muse

8/06/16

I am rubber; you are glue
What you hateful say of me
Bounces back and sticks to you
That is Trumple’s strategy

Don’t forgive and don’t forget
Retribution for each slight
Trumple’s Trumple, no change yet
Presidential? Not in sight

Hillary gains in the polls
Republicans in disarray
Success too soon can take its toll
Complacency can lose the day

So, be rubber and be glue
Be resilient; stay the course
Beating Trumple, it’s still true
Democrats must vote in force

8/05/16

The following is an excerpted summary of an Aug 3,  Daily Kos article:  

“Let’s review:

1. Donald Trump has frequently expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin, viewing him as a “strong” leader who Trump “admires.” Trump has also given wildly differing statements on his personal relationship with Putin.
2. Trump has, on multiple occasions, suggested a weakening of the NATO alliance.
3. Despite this, Trump previously expressed support for the Ukraine.
4. After Trump hired Paul Manafort, a man who had worked for—and may still be working for—pro-Russian forces seeking to destroy the democratic government of the Ukraine, Trump’s position on the Ukraine changed to one that is far more friendly to Russia.
5. Trump campaign staff, including former Rumsfeld assistant J. D. Gordon, halted the implementation of pro-Ukraine language in the GOP platform, and insisted on language that was much more supportive of Russia after saying they had to speak directly to Trump about the policy.
6. One week after the change was written into the GOP platform, emails hacked from the DNC were released through Wikileaks. Both government and independent investigators have identified the hackers as being associated with the Russian government.
7. Donald Trump suggested that Russia might also hack Hillary Clinton’s email server and recover 30,000 emails (which are not “missing,” but were personal emails deleted by a team of lawyers who reviewed the server). 
8. Trump later claimed he was being sarcastic, but within a week of his request, further hacks took place at the DCCC and the Hillary Clinton campaign. These hacks have also been identified as coming from Russian sources.
9. Both Manafort and Trump issued denials that they had anything to do with the changes to the Republican platform, despite the many witnesses and despite having made no objection to the news as it was reported at the time.
10. Trump, in an interview, seemed not only confused about the two-year-old invasion of the Ukraine, but gave apparently contradictory indications that, were he elected, he would cede the occupied Crimea to Russia, and that the Russians would withdraw from the Ukraine.

None of that is speculation. Not one word of it is theory”

I am not a conspiracy buff
And I rarely consider this stuff
But I’m now telling you
I’m disturbed through and through
And attention is not paid enough

My problem is not Donald Trump
Who, I think’s being played for a chump
By glib Paul Manafort
Campaign boss man of sort
Who’s receiving, I think, info dumps

Every day Trump is CIA briefed
Secret info that’s not to be breached
I just wonder if Trump
Bragging while on the stump
Without thinking allows much to leak

Why suspect Manafort, you may ask
Of a foreign intelligence task
It’s his Russian support
That condemns Manafort
I don’t trust him, for that and all that

8/04/16

In a nickel of minutes plus one
How much, do you think, can be done?
You can hard boil an egg
You can stand on one leg
You can start a war that can’t be won

Given all of six minutes to choose
When informed by your staff of the news
An attack they do fear
Many nuks, it appears
Launch our own? Really, what would you do?

It’s the Prexy’s decision to make
Sixty million could die in its wake
Under pressures like these
Who’s controlling nuk keys?
That decision is all ours to make

8/03/16

Khizr Khan and wife Ghazala
Having lost their son, Humayun
Army captain, Afghan hero
Changed the course of this election

Khizr spoke the Dem’s convention
Dignified articulation
Laying bare Trump’s xenophobic
Epithets and blatant threats

Trump, responding as he always
Does, receiving such descriptions,
Denigrated spouse Ghazala
And their Muslim faith as well

This sparked many refutations
From the GOP elite
Some said they would switch to Hillary
More will follow; wait and see

I’m encouraged when I witness
People, humble, well informed,
And courageous like this couple
They’re who make this country great

8/02/16

I fear for the Republican Party when it’s leaders don’t have the moral fortitude to put country first.  What Donald Trump espouses and his base applauds is un-American and un-Republican at its core.

Trumpledee is in retreat
About debate dates he complained
Realizing that he would be beat
Elections will be rigged, he claimed

It’s sad I am; it’s up I’m fed
Republicans can disagree
With everything that Trump has said
And still endorse him publicly

While Trumple contemplates defeat
And makes up reasons why he’ll lose
The leaders of the GOP
Put Party first, and that’s bad news

8/01/16

A lot more is in the news and Sunday political talk TV about Trump publicly  favoring Russia and Vladimir Putin.  According to Trump’s son they have a lot of holdings in Russia, but, in addition, a Trump statement in a Daily Kos (7/27/16) article by SouthSideDem quoted Trump as follows: 

“Donald Trump said Wednesday that, if he is elected president, he would consider recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and lifting the sanctions against Russia.

At a wide-ranging news conference, Trump said he “would be looking into that” when asked about his stance on Crimea and Russia. The Crimean Peninsula has been part of Ukraine for decades, but Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed the territory in March 2014 after a popular revolt toppled Kiev’s pro-Russian government.”

The clueless Trumpocchio
Is dancing on strings
Pulled on by Vladimir
The Russians’ mock king

The schnoz of Trumpocchio
Grows long with the news
I feign caution Vladimir
Bet Trump and you’ll lose

Hillary’s for NATO
To protect Balkan states
Never doubt, come November
Donald’s snout she’ll negate

7/31/16

Swindle, swindle, Donald Trump
Saw his holdings downward jump

Bankruptcy’s his art-of-deal
Firing workers his ideal

Workers hired for buildings new
Never paid them what was due

Sends his business overseas
Bank’s his gains where ’tis tax free

No one knows how much he earns
Hides his income-tax returns

Lies so glibly, unabashed
Cons the needy from their cash

Swindle, swindle, Donald Trump
Come November you we’ll dump

7/30/16

Tonight, on the MSNBC, Rachel Madow show, she reported two things: (1) Trump cancelled a round-table discussion with Hispanics in Florida this weekend and, as of then, had no other scheduled campaign appearances on his agenda; and (2) of all the planks on the Republican platform, many of which Trump has indicated his lack of agreement, the only plank that he forced off the platform was the one which pledged support for the Ukraine against Russia.

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Poor Trump’s depressed
His ratings were a mess
The Republican convention rated low
When he saw that Democrats
With diverse and funny hats
Had put on a really great convention show

Trump’s fighting back
Asking Soviets to hack
Hillary’s computer with no shame
So he’d get the dirt he’d need
For his campaign to succeed
And for this he’d promise Putin the Ukraine

7/28/16

In addition to Hillary’s comprehensive and effective acceptance speech, I thought three others were remarkable: The Reverend, Dr. William Barber of No. Carolina, Ret Gen John Allen and Khizr Khan, father of war hero, Cpt. Humayun Khan.  Rev Barber made the moral case in revival style against Trumpism, while Gen Allen, based on experience working with Hillary, made the military case pro Hillary and against Trump as commander-in-chief.  Khizr Khan challenged Trump: “… You have sacrificed nothing and no one…” All in all the convention was executed flawlessly, was very upbeat and showcased Hillary properly as wise, compassionate, tough, persistent, most experienced and qualified to be President, and entirely trustworthy.  I’m with Hillary.

Hillary’s acceptance address
Historic in itself
Oratory in prose
Not a hit out of the ballpark
Instead
Hillary brought everybody
Into the ballpark
America is great
Because America is good
Together we’ll
Make it even greater
Re Trump –
How would Trump handle a real crisis
If he can lose his cool over a tweet
Overall –
A great celebration
Of democracy
Of patriotism
Of women
Of Hillary

7/28/16