Bush & Company

One can't help wondering who's to blame

For tarnishing the family name.

From duty as from boyish scrapes

Young Bush enjoys countless escapes,

Because his father bails him out---

Could that be what it's all about?

In business deals nobody tops him;

Conflict of interest never stops him;

A son whose ethics ape his own---

(So early on the seeds were sown!)

Yet who by any norm exceeds

By far the patriarch's misdeeds;

A father who won't criticize

Has tears of pride still in his eyes.

How many breaches are allowed?

How can a father stay so proud?