THE QUADRENNIAL TURKEY TROT

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THE QUADRENNIAL TURKEY TROT

The Race Is ON!

The campaign’s begun and we all get to choose

Who’s going to win or be yesterday’s news.

'Twas Congress last time, but heading to ’12,

Republicans have already started to delve

Into who has the best chance

And whom they should shelve.

Voting this time is “important!” “historical!”

(Whatever they say is mostly rhetorical.)

‘Cause it’s name recognition, money, and buzz

That’ll make all the difference ‘tween who is or was.

Just one year from now we’ll again have our say

As to who walks the plank and who gets to stay!

The members of Congress—all five-thirty-five--

Will be humbler once more, knowing some won’t survive,

For this is the year when top dogs take note

Of constituents dear; they covet their vote.

As John and Jane Public come into their own,

Solicitous candidates court them by phone,

By mail and by satellite, radio, too,

Election is paramount; they know that you

Are back in the driver’s seat (now’s when, of course,

Our dear public servants remember who’s boss).

(Self-serving’s a fact for all pols--innately,

So citizens ask, “Whatcha done for me lately?”)

As Tip O’Neill said, all politics is local.

But who wants their nation led by a yokel?

Election, say some, has become too important

To leave to the candidates. Lobbyists brought in

Have something to say about all their campaigns

And influence broadly who goes or remains,

For they, more than others, have axes to grind,

So hopeful ones heed them or get left behind.

A few of the aspirants pissed up, forsooth,

While others survive by the skin of their tooth.

So which one can summon his or her karma

And win the okay to take on Obama?

Before long some more will most surely be pruned,

So let’s take a look at them, OK? Stay tuned…

Alvin Hattal

www.bizwriter.net