<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><b style="font-family: inherit; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">POLITICS</b></div><div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">by Barbara Asboe of Pocatello</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a tabindex="-1" style="color: rgb(56, 88, 152); cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"></a></span>There once was a woman from Cannes</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Who for state representative ran </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">She toted a gun </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">So she naturally won, </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Then they found she was really a man.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Some folks who adore Idaho </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Want to cling to our loved status quo </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">They greet with a frown </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Any new folks in town </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And tell them to “gaddup and go.”</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Instead of a loving caress </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">They polish their guns with finesse </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">They meet their new neighbors </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">With pistols and sabres </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And municipal scorn — in excess.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Our state Legislature’s passe </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">They enact grotesque laws every day </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Not to help kids progress </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">But to feather their nests </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And to honor their god: NRA.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">They abhor the minimum wage </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And caring for those of old age </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Their corporate hearts </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Rising way off the charts </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Leaves citizens full of outrage.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The time’s come to vote out “dose bums” </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Grab your piccolo, fife and your drums </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Cast out the poor souls </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Who clog Idaho’s rolls, </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">So our government, once again, hums.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Barbara Asboe, Pocatello</div></div></div><div><br></div>—————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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