Smoke! Smoke! Smoke Another Pack
Old Mac "has taken on" Big Tobacco

My Friends:
I'm the "celebrated hero" of the Hanoi Hole,
An advocate of abstinence for birth control,
Who spent years in prison yet never caused a single pregnancy.

But being 'bout as desperate as a lonely guy can get,
I told them ev'rything I knew just to get a cigarettte,
So guess who's now a "celebrated hero" because of his captivity?

    Smoke! Smoke! Smoke another pack.
    Puff, Puff, Puff –
    I smoked so many I lost track
    You think waterboarding's bad?
    Just wait till you've been had
    Compliments of John McCain and Charlie Black.

In a deal I cut with Bushie to salvage what is left,
A deal that Addington has designated petty theft,
I agreed that he, not me, would pose as the Marlboro Man –

That by giving me his blessing and chance to mind his store
I would willingly assume the role of Big Tobacco's whore
With Charlie Black who'd lobby for and guarantee our plan.

    Smoke! Smoke! Smoke another pack.
    Puffs, puffs, puffs,
    That the FDA can't track
    To see what harm they're going to do
    To you, and you, and you,
    Compliments of John McCain and Charlie Black.

The scam meant simulating a Big Tobacco fight
All without antagonizing our Extremist Right
While making me look like I'm the greatest maverick around.

I co-sponsored it with Teddy; if you see him say, "Hello."
I prob'ly said I'd vote for it, but Charlie Black said, "No!"
It sounded good to some, but to R.J. Reynolds, "It's unsound."

    Smoke! Smoke! Smoke another pack.
    Puffs, puffs, puffs,
    That the FDA can't track
    Now that Charlie's bought me off.
    Please enjoy your smoker's cough
    Compliments of John McCain and Charlie Black.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
8/26/08

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