Condi Critical of Foreign Policy

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized President Obama’s leadership role during her remarks at the GOP convention. She charged that world leaders have been left to wonder – “Where does America stand?”



Taking The Lead

Condoleezza Rice
Added to the drama
At the GOP convention
Referring to Obama.

As a leader of the free world,
She says he isn’t pressing;
And in the face of danger,
He keeps friend and foe both guessing.

  ©  2012  Jim Gordon

Romney jokes about his birth certificate

Campaigning in Michigan, Mitt Romney joked that no one has ever asked to see his birth certificate. The candidate’s top advisor says Romney was simply referring to the fact that Michigan is where he was born and raised.



 

      Native Son

It’s politics as usual
Filled with digs and scorn;
As Romney notes that folks don’t ask
Where he was bred and born.

Some folks feel his comment, though,
Is on the right-wing fringe,
As candidates throw out remarks
That make some voters cringe.

©  2012  Jim Gordon

Judge says Nevadans can no longer vote for ‘none’

U.S. District Judge Robert Jones has ruled Nevada voters no longer have the option of casting ballots for ‘none of the above.’ Says Jones, such an alternative is unconstitutional.




          Casting About

Nevada’s folks must choose
Which candidates they love;
Their ballot now must lose
It’s “none of the above.”

A district judge has spoken,
Though some are disagreeing;
To keep the rules unbroken,
Vote for a human being.

  ©  2012  Jim Gordon

Candidates accused of being too negative

According to a recent poll, voters feel the presidential candidates tend to be bit “too negative.” Some voters asked, say they’d like to see both sides address the issues facing the country.



Positives Attract

As candidates try
To catch our ear,
Most seem to apply
The partisan smear.

Such negative tone
May get some to join,
While others bemoan
While flipping a coin.

©  2012  Jim Gordon

Romney picks Ryan

Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his choice for VP. The two men are expected to depart on a four-day bus tour of what are termed “key battleground states.”



           Team-Mates

Up before the roaring lion,
Romney said his man is Ryan.
As Mitt prepares for his p’litical fate,
He’s welcoming his running mate.

Though he’s yet to be the man selected,
Romney’s seen as the one expected
To run against Barak Obama
And renew the presidential drama.

  ©  2012  Jim Gordon

Who will Romney choose for Veep ?

It seems lots of folks in and around Washington have suggestions for Mitt Romney’s running mate. Team Obama’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki is quoted as suggesting Newt Gingrich or Michele Bachmann. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Psaki says as soon as Romney makes his choice, her people will be “happy to tell you why that person may be a bad pick for middle-class families.



    Awaiting A Mating

Obama’s folks are waiting
To see who Romney picks
As a running mate in battle
And suggest folks just for kicks.

Newt’s name’s, of course, been mentioned,
And some suggest Michele;
If Romney’s made his choice,
He’s yet to show and tell.

Obama’s Jen Psaki
Is awaiting Mitt’s selection
So she can lead the chorus
On reasons for rejection.

  ©  2012  Jim Gordon

Harry Reid accused of lying

Top Republican leaders say Democrat Harry Reid is lying when he passes along a claim that Mitt Romney hasn't paid taxes for 10 years. Romney, meantime, has refused to release more than one year of tax returns. He feels his critics would distort the information and use it against him.




A Taxing Question

The GOP says
That Harry is fibbing
As he attacks Mr. Romney
And gives him a ribbing.

Chairman Reince Priebus
Calls Harry a liar;
And appears to be ready
To hold his feet to the fire.

The democrats say
Mitt should keep his composure
And simply release
His full tax disclosure.

But Romney says ‘no’,
He’ll just give a portion,
For fear that his foes
Will cause a distortion.

But opponents insist
There’s no sinister plot;
They just want to see
How much money he’s got.

  ©  2012  Jim Gordon

Lifeguard billed $2,600

John Clark of Vancouver, Wash. swam to the rescue of a boy struggling in the surf off the coast of Oregon. Later, Clark received bills from the hospital, the doctor, and the ambuance company totaling $2,600.



               Treading Water

John kept the kid from going down;
Just couldn’t bear to see him drown;
He swam and swam right through the surf
To prevent disaster on his turf.

Imagine, then, the shock, the chill
When he got his mail and saw the bill.
He helped the lad get back on land
And then got billed a couple of grand.

The question, now, is how much flack
Would he get for tossing the youngster back?

  ©  2012  Jim Gordon