[Vision2020] More Poetry Courtesy of Calvin Trillin (Deadline Poet)

[Tom Hansen]

"The Republican View on Extending All the Bush Tax Cuts"

It's always bad to tax the rich.
They stimulate with every nickel.
Their money helps us all. Its sound
Is trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle.

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"Late-Night Comics Bid Farewell to Christine O'Donnell"

You surely were a hoot, Christine.
We're sad to see you leave the scene.
We reveled in the revelation
That you'd condemned all masturbation.
(Not only us but even anchors
Enjoyed the way you fought those wankers.)
Until you came along one day,
Old witchcraft jokes had been passé.
Because of you, just for a while,
Old witchcraft jokes were back in style.
So though, Christine, we now say ciao,
We hope you're back two years from now.

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"A Question on the Economic Recovery"

Again, the Wall Street types are thriving.
Can folks, then, who are just surviving
Take heart and contemplate the day
Another Lexus comes their way?

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"The Legislative Agenda of Congressional Republicans"

One simple phrase can make them so
Nostalgic for that Reagan glow.
The Gipper didn't coin it, though.
'Twas Nancy Reagan: "Just say no."

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Stay tuned . . .

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found.”

- Calvin Trillin