I am not a crook
I heard the head guy say
Behind his peace sign fingers
To hold the wolves at bay.
We rose up on our haunches
To boot him down the road
Thought the other party
Would surely bear the load.
I did not have sex with that woman
The ladies man would swear
While he held up air traffic
So someone could cut his hair.
So we rose up on our haunches
To boot him down the road
Thought the other party
Would surely bear the load.
We cheered when smaller government
Reduced the welfare state
While politicians padded pockets
And wrote themselves a raise.
Now we rise upon our haunches
To boot them down the road
And they go laughing to the bank
Carrying our gold.
Free enterprise our treasure
Outdated minimum wage
While our children drive their beemers
And our workers starve and age.
Again upon our haunches
To boot them down the road
When will we learn partisan politics
Are not a princely toad.
Author notes
No authors notes needed, I would suspect 
Be informed about the individual and vote the best you can, but vote always. It is your responsibility and priviledge.
Written September 29th, 2005
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Lol, what amazes me even more is that on a poetry site that is about helping people become better writers, when we ask for a critical review, all we get is are either praises or personal insult based on the personal oppinions of PARTISAN POLITICS.
Okay, so you think that refusing to make my voting decisions based entirely on party is stupid. Obviously, the message I intended is not quite clear. I AM NOT Democrat, I AM NOT Republican. I am an AMERICAN who bases decisions on the individual action or inaction. I am not fooled into thinking there is some magical party affiliation that can make a politician honest. I am not entirely sure there is any such thing as an honest politician.
In our country, when being sold a bill of goods, I can usually count on a certain amount of tainted truth from any salesman. And the last administration that I remember being relatively free of huge scandal was the Carter Administration.
Since I vote by secret ballot, you really have no clue as to what I think par is. My true oppinion is that party is just another stereotypical category we lump people into in order to justify or own prejudice and further our own agendas.
No offense intended or taken. You have a right to you oppinion as well, but I consider straight ticket voting a crock. The next election, I will be looking at individuals and their public previous records and stands on issues, not their party affiliations.
Now how about an actual review of the poem. You know, form, rhyme, rhythm, why wasn't the message clear, etc.
And as stated in the authors notes
Be informed about the individual and vote the best you can, but vote always. It is your responsibility and priviledge. -
It just tickles me when I read something really stupid. When there's a scandal with a Democratic President, it's always about sex. When there's a scandal about Republican Presidents, it's always about abuse of power. It amazes me that people like you think those things are on a par with each other. What a crock.
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Although this was written a little while ago, boy did it strike a chord with me. My husband and I were just remembering that expensive haircut our Commander in Chief,stopped in for, lol. Well done!!! This is worth gold!!! vj
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Lol, I think they should just put all white house silverware in storage and make em all eat with their hands At least it would make for an interesting presidential photo album. Thanks so much for the comment and for running the contest. Hopefully you started enough controversy to get people up and voting. After all, now would be the time to start at least googling some congressional voting records etc and seeing what the potential candidates stand for.
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I lived in California at the time of the infamous haircut. I think someone is trying to rewrite history by denying it. The Clintons were a law unto themselves. What else was a fabrication? Hillary throwing lamps and ashtrays at Bill? Firing the travel office staff and incriminating them unjustly? Firing all the Federal Prosecutors? Bill cheating on his miniature golf score with Chelsea? Bill and Hillary helping themselves to the White House silverware and china? Slick Willie's pardon of the exiled Mark Rich? There was just so much sleaze associated with that yayhoo.
Anyway, don't let me get sidetracked and fail to tell you that I absolutely love this poem. It is great and gets a hearty dose of brownie points to boot. Thank you for entering. -
Good for you. That means you pay attention to more than the spin we get from the media . This was a portion of the point the poem makes in general so it was intended. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. And I applaud you attention to detail.
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The haircut story is a prove fabrication, confirmed by air traffic controller records. All the rest was great. -Al
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Lol, thanks for your comment. This was quite a fun write.
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Three cheers for this thinking person's write.Hip Hip Hooray!Ugly is as ugly does.Attacking your self America,isn't just insane,it's counter productive as hell will tell and has.~~Suseann
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