Ode to Obamacare
The events of the August Congressional recess provided so much fertile fodder for the Chautauqua Center for Political Poetry, we decided to extend the Summer Workshop (at taxpayer expense, of course). As a result, we’re proud to present this paean to profligacy:
Ode to Obamacare
If Congresswoman Jackson-Lee can lobby for a bill,
But not respond to questions from constituents until
She calls her Help Line just to find out what the hell is in it,
Why should we entrust her as our proxy for a minute?And when she goes on CNN to sidestep and evade,
Why should we, as voters, brook her negligent charade?
Rick Sanchez ain’t conservative. His viewers all agree
That he’s not part of any vast, right-wing conspiracy.But this will be okay with us. We’ll settle right back down,
Content to float while clowns in Congress try to help us drown
In complication, obfuscation, sophistry, and tax,
While tending to their union pals, entitlements, and PACs.That’s how it’s done in Washington: they lie, and we all love it.
And if we don’t, too bad, my friends. They’ll tell us all to shove it.
‘Cause they know best, and they’re prescribing economic ruin.
So take the pills we voted for. It’s our own juice we stew in.