“You’re too young.” “Oh yeah! You’re too old.”
“You’re wishy-washy!” “You’re too bold!”
“You’re a liberal elitist!”
“You’re an addled senile rightist!”
“You’ll increase back-breaking taxes!”
“Sure, for obscenely rich macaques”
“You’ll socialize health care for all!”
“You’ll dance at health care’s profit ball!”
“You’ll talk to enemies and deal.”
“You’ll kill them all with fervent zeal!”
“You won’t let us drill more for oil!”
“But you don’t care what drilling spoils!”
“You want to regulate our trade!”
“Sure! Hindering greed-driven raids!”
“We’ll privatize the SSA!”
“Then elder’s wealth will ooze away!”
“Your speech shows that you’re of Mensa!”
“Your speech shows early dementia!”
“But I’m a hero—downed with shot!”
“You’d seem more able had you not!”
You feel that old guy’s fit to serve?
Elect him, get what you deserve!
(9/6/08)