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Today, a couple of selections about the 2024 Republican presidential "contest." First, from D.C. in Portland, OR:
Haley & Christie, Ron D and the jerk
Hustle and jostle to be runner up
News persons lob softballs; a performative act
Serving their dish of alternative facts
It's a farce, of course, without the four-times indicted
Who stands on his own stage, no rivals invited
When push comes to shove, at the end of the day
And it's finally time, the voters have their say
This comedic tragedy of a pointless process
A pea beneath mattresses missing a princess
A rotting ship long after it sank
Biden will meet Trump; you can take that to the bank.
Adding their two cents is S.E. in Hartsdale, NY:
The GOP Unwell
O come, all ye faithful,
Our gay apparel now we don.
Here comes DeSantis, here comes DeSantis.
Our gay apparel must be gone.
Oh, Haley might
See her star a-rising.
But Trump still leads.
MAGA earth wants their king.
Dashing through debates
Is Ramaswamy's way.
He's not jolly, he's too mean.
He won't have his day.
We wish you a merry Christie
And a helping of fear,
But hark, the herald fails.
It won't be his year.
Up on the polls' top
Sits a would-be king.
O'er the field he goes
Jingle, jingle, jing.
More tomorrow; send your verse here. (Z)