Did you believe in W?
Did you believe in Merck?
Did you invest in Enron?
Did you feel like a jerk?

Did you believe in Tommy Franks?
Did you believe in tanks?
Or did you believe Humvees suffice?
Then please give Franks your thanks.

Did you discover that you'd been conned
By Rummy's neocons?
And find your gardens in the hands
Of guys who blow leaves and mow lawns?

Did you believe the Medal of Freedom
Would go to well qualified guys?
Or know that it's also for cronies and phonies
And approve of the president's little white lies?

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
12/15/04

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