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Of course you all know that Brett Kavanaugh’s in
The bar’s now so low one would have to crawl under
With Donald as President lying’s no sin
And Mitch’s rule bending, it’s really no wonder

The ends trump the means in Republican views
A Faustian bargain that reaps what it sows
This coming November it’s our turn to choose
And get to the polls everyone that we know

It now is imperative winning the Senate
Since Ginsburg and Breyer are octogenarians
Pres. Trump would right wingers he’d choose for those seats
With dwindling liberals to be court contrarians

What DO I expect now that Brett’s on the bench?
On Roe versus Wade, I expect he’d defer
Until Collins left, so to not make a stench
After that it’s fair game, he’ll do what he’d prefer

On matters of Presidents higher than law
He’ll be a lone voice with his radical views
A minor opinion that sticks in one’s craw
He’ll otherwise join the Right’s normal abuse

Should he be impeached, Democrats win the House?
It makes me no sense since the Senate convicts
A two-thirds majority – not enough clout
So don’t waste the effort, wise battles do pick

So back to the turnout to turn a blue wave
To a tsunami, proportions of note
To keep this land free as the home of the brave
Get all that you know and their kin out to vote

10/6/18

The opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings
The voting ain’t over till the last vote is sent
Not often does fate opportunity bring
To affect juris prudence for years without end

Some Reps. wanted cover for voting a yea
While holding their nose as they cast forth their vote
A straight-jacket FBI probe was their way
To safely gain cover not rocking the boat

The probe was perfunctory, limited scope
Designed not to find evidence of the truth
Noteworthy by what wasn’t part of the probe
And claims of Judge Kavanaugh not to refute

Senator Heitkamp went out on a limb
Declaring a NO vote – could cost her her seat
Senator Manchin who’s camp are you in?
Will you risk your seat Kavanaugh to defeat?

Collins, Murkowski both seem on the fence
They claimed it was thorough, the investigation
Deep down they both know ‘twas a sham a pretense
That should be rejected with true indignation

Eight thirty, tomorrow the fat lady sings
There’s Jeff Flake as well who could still vote a NO
It’s hard to foretell how the pendulum swings
I don’t think Brett makes it, but really, who knows?

10/4/18

It’s up to you, Jeff Flake; you showed your mettle at the hearings
All honor you for that
You are a true conservative, our institutions thus defending
All honors, too, for that

Your job’s not finished, no not yet
The FBI’s constrained, can’t get
The whole truth waiting to be found
By Trump’s restrictions they are bound

Will you, Jeff Flake, accept the FBI’s conclusions
Based on skimpy facts
No matter what they say there’ll be confusion
How, then, will you react

Side with Mitch or side with Ford
Mitch needs his people all aboard
To vote Brett to the high-court bench
No matter, it will raise a stench

There’s ample evidence, not counting on the probe
Which Brett’s already shown
That fit, he really isn’t for a SCOTUS robe
His smooth veneer was blown

He lied throughout while under oath
It’s yea or nay; it can’t be both
So Jeff what will your answer be
How’ll you be viewed in history

10/2/18

This tale is of two senator friends
One was blue and one was red
Judiciary sat both men
‘Twas there Friday early that morning

The blue, Chris Koons, the red, Jeff Flake
Were there to vote on Kavanaugh’s fate
Jeff Flake had said that he’d vote a yea
A done deal there late Friday morning

But two things happened Jeff to sway
Two ladies stopped him on his way
To join the hearings; had their say
He should be voting strongly nay!

And in the hearings Chris spoke out
The whole procedure put in doubt
Judiciary’s wielding clout
Unfairly there on Friday late in the morning

And Jeff by Chris was clearly moved
They conferenced in a separate room
Then other blues joined with the two
To conference Friday late in the morning

Jeff’s deal was he would not vote aye
The nomination, thus would die
Unless they called the FBI
A one-week probe to find the lies

As such the done deal was undone
The Senate Dems. this round had won
And Kavanaugh is likely gone
‘Twas there Friday late in the morning

9/28/18

Lindsey and Judicial Listenings

Today I question Lindsey Graham, the senator
Who started kissing Donald’s bottom realm
Trump turned you so around and promised you
Perhaps, post voting’s firings as Trump will do,
The offer of old Foggy Bottom’s helm
The fate of State, for you to be inheritor

We witnessed in these mock Judicial listenings
Where questions by Ms. Mitchell and by Democrats
Were deemed too tough for Kavanaugh to answer
Caused Graham on cue to loudly scold said senators
For so interrogating Brett as though inquisitors
This set the stage: Judicial Reps. no words to spare
In praising Brett how great his juris facts
And damning Democrats for gross conspiring

Although Professor Ford was most convincing
In clearly stating her traumatic tale
And to her questioners was forthright answering,
Committee Reps. behaved as though she failed

Meanwhile Brett Kavanaugh had come out swinging
He pouted and he shouted and he cried
He blamed the Dems for hatching a conspiracy
As retribution having lost the presidency
Accusing them of stories full of lies
But dodged all questions: why not FBI?

Judiciary’s quest for truth’s a sham
Just politics, by god, all else be damned

9/27/18

Evan-jelly-cals hell bent on Kavanaugh for SCOTUS
No matter allegations unresolved
Otherwise they’ll hold their votes and pocket books
And in the mid-terms they won’t get involved

Red flag, red flag for Trump and Mitch McConnell
Rush, rush to get their nominee approved
No matter what the hearings might reveal
And further allegations that have loomed

Judiciary, what have you become?
A rubber stamp for Mitch and Trump to wield
No FBI, no witnesses to hear from
What IS Bret hiding; what’s he trying to shield?

Republicans have made a mockery of justice
And any semblance of the law and truth
They’ve placed our legal system on a precipice
And sullied SCOTUS in their rush, to boot

We’re witnessing historical occurrences
Democracy itself might not survive
The utter disregard for norms and precedence
Is what can cause democracy to die

9/25/18

So Rosenstein’s the subject of a spat
Accused of anti-Trump pronouncements that
He may have made some fifteen months ago
When he was new and not much in the know

Dismiss him! scream Trump’s loyal far-right folks
Here’s your excuse. This time it’s not a joke
Except Sean Hannity, who sees conspiracy
Don’t fire him now. Turnout would soar, you see

Meanwhile, Rod says the New York Times is wrong
He’s never urged Trump’s ouster all along
He’s worked to do Trump’s bidding where he can
Providing what Trump asks for, secrets sans

But should Trump fire Rod, Bob and the team
‘Twould buy him little so it clearly seems
Grand juries have the power to continue
With the probe as part of their own venue

And Mueller’s farmed out aspects of the task
To jurisdictions not within Trump’s grasp
Trump’s actions would be viewed as overreach
Making likely more, he’d be impeached

9/22/18

An outside counsel? Hey, no way!
Chuck Grassly, why are you afraid
To be seen questioning this maid,
What Dr. Blasey has to say?

And why no FBI new probe
And what’s Judge Bret hell bent to hide
He knows the truth’s not on his side
That he could lose his judge’s robe

It’s clear Christine is super sharp
She’s got Chuck Grassly jumping hoops
His blatant lies is where he stoops
He’s met his match; she’ll do her part

My own opinion hasn’t changed
That Kavanaugh won’t be confirmed
Too big a risk for these mid-terms
And Trump will really come unhinged

9/20/18

Kavanaugh won’t be confirmed;
Not due to justice being served
Not based on Christine Blasey’s word
However valid her words were

The Reps. will want to carry on
No matter testimony heard
Corroboration there upon
Just hurry, get it done’s the word

But that will matter not at all
The general public will be swayed
Enough some senators would fall
And lose their seat they are afraid

What happens next is just a guess
If Democrats the Senate gain
These midterms, the deciding test
To keep the SCOTUS balanced sane

9/17/18

It’s one thing to see inaugural crowds that clearly were not there
It’s one thing to see New Jersey people dance as Towers fell
It’s one thing to claim three million votes illegal, lies laid bare
It’s something else to discount lives, three thousand deaths in all

You must convince your precious base that you are never wrong
But empathy you haven’t got; you feel for only you
You must convince your precious base that you’re supremely strong
But weakness shrouds your inner core no thoughts for others, true

I find it sad to go through life not knowing love that’s free
Where deaths of thousands people real to you is just a stat
To so refute since they are mute they cannot disagree
While blind you are to other’s grief; their loved ones where they’re at

It’s something else to discount lives, three thousand deaths in all
It truly best defines you, Trump, a man, an empty shell

9/13/18