In far Tibet there'll live a lama,
Scorned by Papa; scorned by Mama.
This lama once was president
Whose guilt was not self-evident.

Got himself stuck on one ism.
Saw all others through that prism.
So it came as no surprise:
His ism wouldn't compromise.

Turned other isms against his.
There's more of them; that's how it is.
Outnumbered, he'd have got the boot;
Some isms even said they'd shoot.

He craftily outsourced his job
And so escaped the angry mob.
No Law and Order melodrama:
That's how George became a lama.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
11/1/04