The Other Guy

If eyes are the window to the soul
his soul is on the way to Hell;
Creepy and distant,
blue but vacant.

He reminds me of those guys who shoot
innocent folks for the pleasure;
Paranoid and strange,
He looks deranged.

He's running for a seat in Congress
but we really cannot afford
to elect him now;
crazy, and how.

Stand Up and Fight

The Democrats, I guessed
were more human than the G.O.P.
That was my first mistake.
People who differ are still oppressed.

When you dare raise your voice
you are shut down rudely and censored.
You are blocked from websites
and though a member given no choice.

What they do is brutal:
Ostracize and shun and ridicule.
They 'll intimidate you
any way they can, fighting futile.

Or so they will assume.
The truth is different than that, my friend.
You CAN resist and fight back, 
quite effectively, not in back rooms.

So learn to organize
and use their own tactics against them.
Be ready for their push back 
but that means you have gotten a rise.

You're making progress then:
if they spend time and money on you,
it is a good bet you are.
So you  keep at it, time and again.

Make big noise publicly
and people will begin to notice.
That is the last thing they want.
Become savvy politically

Isaac

A hurricane heads for Tampa,
and that's just the G.O.P.
Isaac is another story
He may get the glory.

The problem is that the focus
is all on the convention
when Haiti should be center
of all presenters.

Those poor people have been through it
First an earthquake devastates,
then disease sets in to stay.
please send help their way!

The bags of hot air in Tampa
can, no doubt, fend for themselves.
They will generate bluster,
all they can muster.

It might even be enough to
turn a hurricane aside
forget about the wealthy
help the unhealthy.

The State of Things

There once was a time when
America was still cool
the government a good thing
and politics the tool.

Then Watergate occurred
and it changed my perspective.
Nixon WAS indeed a crook,
statements irrespective.

Moral Majority
moved GOP to the Right
Religion came to the fore
and began to incite.

Moral Majority
was neither but made big noise
convinced many smaller minds
of  Jerry Falwell's ploys.

The Grand Old Party moved
even farther to the right,
getting closer to the edge
where they'd be out of sight.

The Tea Party appeared
with funding from fanatics
to promulgate falsehoods
and increase dramatics.

They fooled the ignorant;
it seemed so easy to do
because they watched Fox News
whose facts were very skewed.

So now we have gridlock
in our government order
which leaves the People angry;
congress in disorder.

Citizens United came
called corporations persons
and said money is free speech;
campaigning now worsens.

Freedom is now up for sale
to auction's highest bidder.
The People have no say now;
Time to reconsider.

There Once Was A Guy Named McCotter

There once was a guy named McCotter
His staff didn't do what they oughta
What they did was unwise
and caused his demise
So now he's in hot water.


©2012 Cherie R. Boeneman