As it seems that things just can\u2019t get worse;<\/p>\n
After watching the debate<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I wonder how it got so perverse.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 –<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I know I should just bite my tongue<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ignoring the mud that\u2019s been slung,<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But there\u2019s just no good choice,<\/p>\n No reason to rejoice,<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It\u2019s akin to two piles of dung.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n From the long list we had to choose from<\/p>\n You\u2019d have thought we\u2019d come up with a plum,<\/p>\n But there\u2019s no understanding<\/p>\n Our choice for commanding,<\/p>\n It\u2019s either \u2018the bitch\u2019 or \u2018the scum\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n – We can vote for the one who can\u2019t email,<\/p>\n Who probably should now be in jail,<\/p>\n Who thanks the paparazzi<\/p>\n For going light on Benghazi<\/strong>,<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And for hiding the things that might ail.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n And Trump\u2019s<\/strong> just a rambling buffoon;<\/p>\n A self-centered, babbling tycoon<\/p>\n Whose manner is crude<\/p>\n And often times rude<\/p>\n And promises the wall in by June.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n So where are the Reagans<\/strong> or Trumans<\/strong>,<\/p>\n Or anyone else that\u2019s half human?<\/p>\n Instead we are stuck<\/p>\n With a couple of shmucks;<\/p>\n Hell, I\u2019d settle for Alfred E. Newman.<\/strong><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n No one\u2019s voting because they are proud.<\/p>\n No one\u2019s saying their choices out loud.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t have her win!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t let him in!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Is the only thing voters avow.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n I\u2019m embarrassed that American<\/strong>\u00a0voices<\/p>\n Have come up with these two dreadful choices.<\/p>\n When all the ballots are in<\/p>\n And the new term begins<\/p>\n There\u2019ll be no one who really rejoices.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n As a nation we\u2019re on our last nerve,<\/p>\n Electing a new leader to serve.<\/p>\n It won\u2019t matter who\u2019s hired<\/p>\n Or who ends up fired,<\/p>\n We\u2019re getting just what we deserve.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cEvery nation gets the government it deserves\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and philosopher (1753 – 1821)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do we really deserve this<\/em>?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow I regress to\u00a0Morning News in Verse, As it seems that things just can\u2019t get worse; After watching the debate \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And becoming irate, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 … read more![\"hillary\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hillary.jpeg\")
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