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The Ballad Of Ted Cruz
In 2013, freshman Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said he had a plan to do something that seemed impossible. He could force President Obama to strip the funding from the landmark health-care law that had come to bear his name — Obamacare — by threatening to shut down the government.
Ted Cruz
Drunk on the booze
Of power obtained
From all the hare-brained
Who voted him in
Who now have to grin
And bear all the pain
And all the hard rain
They’ve brought on us all
When Cruz took his ball
And cut short the game
Saying “I’m not to blame
I just want my way
‘N this Obama won’t play
Will not obey
How I say he must
So now I will bust
Up the whole damn shebang
‘N I don’t gave a dang
How many folks hurt
Who ends up in dirt
Down to their last cent
Who can’t pay the rent
Who can’t find a way
To face one more day
Without milk or bread
No way to be fed
As paychecks go south
Just live hand to mouth
We’re tough we’ll make do
I have faith in you
Just please bear in mind
He’s not our kind
And all this upset
Is his – don’t forget
He wanted it thus
He brought this on us
This affordable care
Hasn’t a prayer
Of filling the bill
Folks shouldn’t take ill
Anyhow, anyway
‘N when they do they should pay
As we Tea Partyers say
That’s the American way
No we just cannot trust
Someone different than us
Someone with darker skin
Out to do us all in
Yes, Obama’s to blame
For ending the game.
Not me Teddy Cruz
I just don’t like to lose.
My plan’s working well
Ha ha LOL”
© tony powers and Barking in the Dark, 2013, revised 2016. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to tony powers and Barking in the Dark with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Filed under: Opinion, Poem, Presidential Politics, writing Tagged: Government shut-down, Tea Party, Ted Cruz 
Barking in the Dark is run by Tony Powers, a writer/actor/musician.
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