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Will Wall Street follow through on threats to disown them? Have they seen the last of big campaign donations? Or do they expect Nanny Norquist's largesse To cover all court specified reparations? Haven't they learned from watching Newt Gingrich? Two spouses later he's still grasping at straws. What he had considered his moment of glory Has failed to produce any lasting applause. Shutting the government down may fuel some egos That dread the prospect of careers like Mitch's. Who'd pander to voters and corporate interests Just to be known for their negative bitches? Newt made the mistake of believing his third, Who turned out to be a bit too optimistic When she told him there's no way that he'd be forgotten, But failed to point out donors aren't all masochistic. Still Cantor, DeMint and their fellow pledglings Persist in the nonsense that if they shut everything down, There'll still be a segment of the population Who won't realize Congress was the last game in town; If Wingnuts have power, shouldn't they try to use it? But isn't that a common power broker mistake? First Gingrich, then Grover, and now Rupert Murdoch, Except Murdoch claims that he's not on the take.
Bob Carlson 7/20/11 To 'GOP leaders must free themselves from the Tea Party’s grip' To 'Out from under the anti-tax pledge' To 'Nanny Norquist's Congressional Pledglings Verses' To 'Michele Bachmann’s defaulty logic' To 'GOP dissent complicates path to resolving debt-ceiling crisis' To 'Congressional GOP Leaders Slowly Convincing Newer Members of Importance of Raising Debt Ceiling' To 'Newt Gingrich's Sideshow Verses' To 'Eric Cantor's Noise Verses' To 'Nanny Norquist's No-Tax Pledge Verses' To 'Murdoch's Malign Monopolies Verses' To 'Mitch Just-Say-No McConnell Verses' |