Whistleblower Holiday Cheer 2014!

T’was the week before Christmas

And all through the House,

Boehner was stirring

No longer a mouse

The Senate as well

In GOP hands

Girding for battle

With toothless demands.

No government shutdown

That never played well.

Impeachment would surely

Damn them to hell.

Executive orders,

No self-deport.

Why diss the Congress?

He does it for sport!

In 2016,

Are Repubs aware,

That they need a candidate

With Romney’s hair?

GOP are no saints

They carp and complain,

Blaming Obama

With dripping disdain.

“He’s a king or a czar.

It’s all been a ruse.”

We know this is true

It was on Fox News.

So will there be progress?
Will they join hands?

Can we have hope?

As we watch from the stands?

Or can we expect,

More of the same,

Bickering, sniping

And pointing the blame?

Will Jeb give the nod?

Can Hillary lose?

Or Dancer or Prancer,

Or maybe Ted Cruz?

Sit back and relax,

For the start of the show,

It’s a rerun of sorts,

Gridlock 2.0!

Wishing you joy and peace.

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