From TMV’s favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet:
Poor James Baker, the Bush family¹s consigliere. He came up with ways that would have saved George W. from utter historical ignominy, only to have them (and himself) dissed and dismissed by the inept scion of a once distinguished clan.
A James Baker Lament
My name is Jimmy Baker
I’m the guy who makes the plan;
If the Bushes have a problem
I’ve long been their go-to man.
When Saddam in Kuwait gambled
My riposte left him a wreck,
Cost the US next to nothing,
Earned our country great respect.
When young Bushboy seem to totter
Toward a Florida defeat,
Once again I worked my magic
Played the local yokels neat.
While the Dems on chads were counting
I another number sought,
Four to three to make a winner
In the US Supreme Court.
But alas, my latest efforts
For the Bush clan went awry,
An attempt to rescue Bushboy
From that kinky Cheney guy;
T’would have freed him from the quagmire,
From Iraq’s deep sucking clutch,
But instead the boy fell back upon
His wobbling right wing crutch.
© 2006 Michael Silverstein
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, writes a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.