Wednesday, September 21, 2016

TRUMP, TAXES & PUTIN-Y ON THE BOUNTY!

We have to unearth a mother lode of Trump treasure
So why doesn’t the media keep up the pressure?
Americans need to learn more about his finances
Like did this billionaire pay his fair share of taxes?

An IRS audit is a charade behind which Trump hides
He fears that releasing his returns will turn the tide
Why even Trump’s base might be upset to find out
That his wealth, taxes, charity, etc. are all a washout!

Then there is this entire “Putin-y on the Bounty” facet?
Russians holding an uneven cross-section of Trump assets
Why penalize China for decade-old currency manipulation?
It’s not really a problem, more like a Trump exaggeration!

So if he hangs on to his returns with his usual string of lies
Losing an election won’t really hurt the Trump enterprise
But if he ascends to the Oval Office without coming clean
We might as well just let him paint the White House green!  

Now if he offered full disclosure but lost the presidency
Then the Trump brand will surely lose some currency
But if releasing returns is followed by a victory at the polls
God save this nation, as President Trump will be on a roll!

We simply cannot afford to chance it with this great nation
Informed voters can wittingly preempt a Trump administration
By putting country before party, even the Gipper would agree
Be like Bush 41; vote for Hillary Clinton and also save the GOP!

Monday, August 22, 2016

Let Trump Be Trump!

After a six-year hiatus Donald J. Trump has "pulled me back in" into political blogging.  It's not that I don't write any more, but I have been focused more on my day job, where I blog as well.  Nonetheless, over the past 15 months, Trump has provided all sorts of opportunities for us political hacks to chime in.  Thus far, I have resisted, but can't hold out any longer.  So let me jump back in with an ode to Trump that I have titled, "Let Trump Be Trump," which pretty much encapsulates what this means to me.


LET TRUMP BE TRUMP!

They’re saying to get over the hump
We must let Trump be Trump
So they added new campaign staff
To control the man’s routine gaffes
But will this make his poll numbers jump?

Kellyanne Conway is a master of spin
Bannon always goes for the chin
Manafort’s style just did not work
As Trump continued to be a jerk
But can this new team make him win?

After they repackaged Trump as Trump
He expressed his first regret on the stump
But without any specific sort of apology
It sounded like the same old tautology
Hillary’s the devil that we need to dump!

Americans are tired of his constant smears
Inciting the worst in us and stoking our fears
What happened to the shining city on a hill?
That Reagan made us aspire to, if you will
Not this apocalypse that Trump says nears!

After all trust is what each one of us earns
Trump must begin by releasing his tax returns
And he must absolutely stop with the name-calling
It’s simply childish, un-presidential and galling
Dignity and decency is what the nation yearns!

So from now until November the eighth 
Pray tell us why America is not already great
We need to hear details in the Trump plan
Debate your differences woman-to-man
And convince the skeptics that it is not too late!

Else Madam President it is going to be
With a likely Democratic Senate majority
She will shape the courts for a generation
In many ways that will transform our nation
And Trump will be Trump—destroyer of the GOP!