Monday, November 12, 2018

№ 463: Raindrops Not Fallin' On MY Head


'Those veterans the president didn’t bother to honor fought in the rain, in the mud, in the snow,' John Kerry writes.

“If Dems can’t figure out how to make hay for days out of Trump not visiting military cemetery on anniversary of conclusion of WWI because of a little rain ... while other leaders attend ... they really don’t deserve to win in 2020,” said Tucker Martin, a former adviser to the Republican Governors Association who also ran communications for Gov. Chris Christie’s Super PAC in 2016.

Of course, I acknowledge unpayable debts*
all of us owe U.S. World War I vets.
(Who, I heard, died reclaiming French land
from my ancestor Germans. But I understand.
I, myself, was once all set to serve
until the draft board, I gue$$, lo$t their nerve.
FIVE TIME$ they decided I'd be deferred!
Me! A poor $tudent. A geniu$Bone-$purred.)

It's not I don't honor battle-dead vets. . .
(With dew respect, I dasn't get my hair wet
because it's so thin. Whenever it rains
I worry water will seep into my brains.
Yes, I said BRAINS! Mine have extra parts.
That is why I am so smart.)

(I prefer “heroes” not killed or captured.
And living suckers over those “raptured”.
All us great leaders are pickers and choosers.
And we don't choose dead, low-energy losers!)
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*On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has said dealing with the nation’s $18 trillion debt will be easy. One reason: Trump could just choose to ignore it. That appears to be how Trump has dealt with some of the debt on his own balance sheet. — Fortune, March 23, 2016

†Appearing on Saturday at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, the real estate mogul took his running feud with Arizona Sen. John McCain to a new level. 
“He’s not a war hero,” said Trump. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”  —  POLITICO, 7/19/2015