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CALUMNY's the source of great pain,
From which decent humans refrain.
So there's none to fear,
Except in each year,
When there's an election campaign.
--- Chris Papa

Let's all give thanks every day
For life in the U S of A.
For in truth it seems
Foreign regimes
Sometimes take that privilege away.
--- Arden

Our government sits in Victoria
In a permanent state of euphoria;
But come voting day
We will sweep them away,
While the trumpets play "Sic transit gloria."
--- John E Mayhood P0800

The college was cool and collected
As Cleveland thought he'd been elected
By popular voice,
The voter's first choice --
But Harrison then was elected.
--- R J Winkler P8411

The college entitled electoral
Has duties much more than inspectoral:
Our biggest election
Involves its selection,
A function that could be protectoral.
--- R J Winkler P8411

The electoral college could choose
From the candidates destined to lose
By the popular vote.
It's a chance that's remote
And no doubt it would tend to confuse.
--- R J Winkler P8411

A new twist to the phrase, voting block:
Near two fifths of the ballots in stock
L.A.'s sheriff did score
Even though, days before,
He had answered the Grim Reaper's knock!
--- Prof M-G

Said fumble-tongued candidate Mears,
Whose platform is deep in arrears,
"Though starting from scratch
I promise to snatch
Defeat out of Victory! (loud jeers!)
--- Armand E Singer 439

The candidates raved and emoted;
Now parts of their speeches are quoted.
The college now chooses
Who wins and who loses,
Depending on voters who voted.
--- R J Winkler P8411

As campaigns cover TV in force,
Smooth talkers court votes at the source.
They have taught in their school
That each voter's a fool,
So be wise and discount their discourse.
--- Esther Koch

Democracy takes education
And commitment to the relation.
If people would come
With their homework all done,
There wouldn't be so much frustration.
--- Terrance Boult

We've improved on the Brits' style you see.
What we do in the 'land of the free',
Despite sleaze, theft and sneers,
Every two, four, six years;
We vote and elect our royalty.
--- Loren C Fitzhugh P9710

Each fourth year comes a national event;
Fortunes spent to elect president.
Is winning a crime?
Surprise sentence -- full time
Rough and tough capitol punishment.
--- Esther Koch P0106

"Every four years," observed Mr. Ong,
"An election campaign comes along
So the country can name
One person to blame
For whatever it is that goes wrong."
--- A N Wilkins P8411

Today is the day of election,
When the people all make their selection.
My ballot is in.
Let the counting begin.
The excitement gives me an erection.
--- Mr B

I have a political view,
But no need to explain it to you.
You will see my face
At the polling place;
My colleagues there are very few.
--- Frank Fazed

The pollsters assemble their trivia
Contorting the facts that they give ya.
For some sinister deed,
They intend to mislead,
And we Gallup along to oblivia.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-2820

You know nothing of issues of note?
Then I urge you to get out and vote!
With no literacy test
You're as good as the rest,
Just follow the crowd and emote!
--- John Miller 0140

A politico in a campaign
Will love for the working folks feign.
When votes are all in,
Thanks them with a grin
From the cab of soft-buck gravy train.
--- J'Carlin

Tomorrow is leader selection;
Go vote for the ones in your section.
If you pull the wrong handle,
There might be a scandal --
It could be a long hard election.
--- Jon Gearhart

While holding my voting-tool pick,
And stabbing one hole for each prick,
I question each one
And why he must run --
Then think of each miniscule dick.
--- Anon

Our leaders, they really have nerve;
They bob and they weave and they swerve.
But come the election,
They ooze with affection;
Let's limit how long they can serve!
--- Renwa

Don't fret the impending election
And suffer post ballot depression.
As you watch the cable,
I'll crawl 'neath the table,
And do my best intern impression.
--- Anon

Re politics, let me confess:
I vote and then hope for the best.
I cannot pretend
To know in the end,
The truth or the lies. I just guess.
--- H Welchel

I voted once for Daffy Duck,
Buut he didn't make it, worse luck.
Those political goons
Are all Loony Tunes,
And we are the ones that they fuck.
--- Funny Bone

A well-rounded lady was glad
That she had the nerve to be bad --
The lottery done,
The lady had won
A date with a loose-hanging Chad.
--- Marlene Lewis

This college, by law, it is clear,
Must vote each quadrennial year;
When learning results,
The winner exults --
The loser emits a wee tear.
--- R J Winkler P8411

Says George Bush: Vote for me, it's a must!
Big government just isn't just.
Trust the people instead;
Now in votes I'm ahead.
Let's machine count; what folks can you trust?
--- Prof M-G

In Australia the Government has sought
To make everyone vote; and resort
Has been had to steep fines
For not voting on time.
No doubt to "encourager les autres"...
--- Mike

As parties campaign for our votes,
They're all at the other guys throats.
So why put your cross,
For spin doctored dross,
And meaningless mealy-mouthed quotes.
--- Jarmo

I have voted since I was two;
I'll vote when I've bid you adieu.
I am there on the rolls
Of twenty-six polls;
Pray tell me, what else should I do?
--- John Miller

Let's hear it for citizens many,
Who haven't a thought worth a penny,
Of learning they're shy,
But they can multiply,
And possess the vote, good as any.
--- Chris Papa

When Big Government get into trouble,
They pull themselves into a bubble.
They ignore all suggestions,
And don't answer questions.
Next election, they'll be naught but rubble.
--- Andrew Purdom

This is file vjl

A part of a candidate's vote
Must come from the voters who dote
On her or on him,
Else prospects are dim
And chances of winning remote.
--- R J Winkler P8411

Bush and Gore, both dumbed up dimwits,
Together are not worth two bits.
The time's right to elect,
From a whole different sect.
Vote for pussy, vote cleavage, vote tits!
--- Goin2later

Seems women enjoy being 'Gored',
By fanatical recounting hoard.
But I don't want that prick
Screwing me with his dick.
No Bush to be had? Men grow bored.
--- Anon

The election created some friction
Re A's income and B's jurisdiction.
Some say, "Without doubt,
A's in or B's out."
But of outcomes, I make no prediction."
--- Laurence Perrine P8411

How the press hates the presidency;
Every hiccup is shown on TV.
Vote for Bush if you must,
Or give Al Gore your trust,
Just as long as you don't vote for me!
--- Lynn Mostafa P0206

The far rightwing lunatics
Have the country in a bad fix.
The Dems have the middle;
Repubs play second fiddle
After November [1998] election tricks.
--- Dave

Up early and off to the polls,
Where I choose between jerks and trolls.
They're in? Vote 'em out!
But please have no doubt,
That this is just one of my goals.
--- Marlene

Voting seems quite ONEROUS
To some in our country, and thus
There's need to remind.
Some reason, we find,
It should be for the "owner"; us!
--- Chris Papa

The People have spoken, that's true,
And the "character" issue fell through.
When the other side wins
They're THE BASTARDS, those ins...
It's a matter of whose point of view.
--- William N Nesbit P9701

Thought conservative niece of Alf Landon
Said, "This election I should get my hand in."
She said, "Vote for Dubya Bush
You can pat my flat tush."
(Republicans call this abandon.)
--- Arnie Schoenbrun P0411

I'll win by a landslide election;
No need for a ballot inspection,
Without hanging chads,
Left by red-blooded lads,
Who'll vote with their penile erection.
--- Anon

The voting machine I admire;
It registers tallies entire
By the pull of a lever,
But it would be more clever
If you voted by pulling a wire.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-1921

But what about women? They'd rail --
Of this method they could not avail.
Nor could men old and sick,
But they could do the trick
By dropping their turds in a pail.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-1922

With the help of an honest workstation,
I'd select all the heads of our nation.
Those who win and who lose
I would randomly choose,
To dispense with all false explanation.
--- Larry Dahl

Carolina votes Bush! Left me blinkin'.
Just what are those old rednecks thinkin'.
Not since the war
Have they voted for
The party of Abraham Lincoln.
--- MrMalo

If we're in a helluva mess,
Please do all you can to address
The matter at hand.
Don't bitch, take a stand,
And write to or run for Congress.
--- Frank Fazed

When we play at the politics game,
We kick out the scum that's to blame.
Yes -- the rascals are out --
But there still leaves some doubt,
For it seems that the stench is the same.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-2968

Paranoia here deepens and grows
In the wake of vile terrorist blows.
But as for my vote,
I want you to note,
It's secret and nobody knows.
--- John Miller

Though the Dems gained a bit more authority,
While Republicans kept their majority.
The result most to note
About yesterday's vote,
Is incumbents have more senority!
--- Prof M-G

Methinks that I need a decoder
To decipher the hint of this odor;
Though once I ate turkey
In Old Albuquerque,
I'm elsewhere a registered voter.
--- Anon

All pollsters results are conjectural
But at times are truly "Projectural."
Our statutes provide
That some will decide:
It's the college that's know as electoral.
--- R J Winkler P8411

The man seeking office should think,
For his armor is not without chink.
If your act is not clean,
Don't debase or demean;
When you stir up the shit it will stink.
--- Albin Chaplin

Here is a point that's worth noting:
A gender prevented from voting
Engenders enough rage
To ensure their SUFFRAGE,
Which stops further rights from eroding.
--- Gary Hallock

No candidate's right for next year;
The G.O.P.'s had it, I fear.
So there's a good chance
We'll lower our pants,
And take the results in the rear.
--- Anon

Elected officials agree,
"Those term limits are not for me.
Forget honest work;
I want every perk.
Welfare reform's only for thee."
--- Thomas Patton P9802

"These term limits," moaned Senator Grover,
"If they come, my career will be over.
I'll leave Capitol Hill
Without talent or skill --
But my pension will keep me in clover."
--- William N Nesbit P9802

Why, to the forecaster's chagrin,
Do the voters -- enraged by the sin,
The corruption, and greed
Of the Washington breed --
Keep throwing the rascals back in?
--- A N Wilkins P9102

The voting machines in Nantucket
Broke down when a mad voter struck it.
But the voters did rally
And completed the tally
But dropping their turds in a bucket.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-1923

I encourage others to do
The same as us voters, me and you.
All should take note,
The privilege to vote
Extends to all, not just a few.
--- Arden

While the candidates ran unopposed,
As late primaries' ills diagnosed:
This electoral hoax
Disenfranchises folks
Who can't vote till the outcome's disclosed.
--- Prof M-G

The computer in some states debuts
In voting with glowing reviews.
(By one report,
There's NASA support
Which should make for some interesting news.)
--- Anon

Although candidates strongly emote
That they wish that more people would vote,
What's implied is "for me"
And if not, well then he
Would prefer that we not rock the boat.
--- Gary Hallock

I'll be right there by your side,
Like some political bride.
Come this November,
We should all remember
Our duty and do it with pride.
--- Arden

Term limits--a voter rebut
To Congressmen stuck in a rut,
There's late word from the street,
In response to the heat,
They've voted themselves a pay cut.
--- John Paulk P9301


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