Bush's anti-terror war,
   to all but him accursed.
Ashcroft's anti-terror case
   got itself reversed.

Five thousand "terrorists" detained.
   He proudly convicts one.
With that case thrown out, the score?
   Detainees: five thousand.
   General Ashcroft: none.

Bush is so incompetent
   he readily inspires
The very same incompetence
   in ev'ryone he hires.

Ashcroft lost his senate race
   though his opponent died.
Georgie lost his Holy War.
   Perhaps because he lied

Repeatedly to try to win
   the necessary votes,
Despite years of disasters
   that he quickly sugarcoats.

He's stubborn and unwilling
   to now admit the truth.
Unlike his Vietnam charade,
   these can't be blamed on youth.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
9/22/04

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