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Vote Them Out.
(warning: might be politically offensive to some readers)
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Bush and Cheney and Rove and Rice,
Act insanely
We pay the price.
Hatch and McCain, Palin the rest,
Inflicting pain,
They think they’re blessed.
Rich and filthy and way right wing.
Willy nilly
They think they’re king.
They start a war and scratch their itch.
They tax the poor
And feed the rich.
They’re neo-cons, religious right.
They kill our sons,
Make torture trite.
They like Enron and corporate greed.
All hope is gone,
They pay no heed.
They ruin all, increase the debt.
They make us fall:
No safety net.
They tap our phones and torture men.
We’re skin and bones
Because of them.
They own resorts and have the gold.
They own the courts
And votes are sold.
They think that Christ will come real soon
And save their hides
While we’re all doomed.
But when did Christ get violent?
Not even twice
Was he so bent.
He drove them out of his temple.
He didn’t shout.
It’s quite simple:
A needle’s eye is way too small
For Bush and tribe
To find at all.
The pearly gate will stop them cold.
But that’s too late
(Or so I’m told).
We have the vote, we have the way
To end their gloat,
To make them pay.
Just vote them out and end their sleaze.
And then boycott
Their companies.
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by > Roamoff
composed May 2006.
submitted 22 May 2006.
Copyright © May 2006 by Roamoff.
Vote Them Out.
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