Bush & Company

Mr. McCain, you're in a spot---
To cozy up to Bush or not---
Although unwise to seem the same
As one with such a tainted name,

You still need every Bush supporter,
The sooner the better, time's growing shorter;
And who should be your running mate,
Someone to swing a crucial state?

I bet you'd almost rather quit
Than partner with the hated Mitt;
Almost, not quite, and Mitt would do it;
All things considered, you might do it.

Iraq, Iran, oil versus green,
The Left, the Right and in between;
It's tricky pleasing everyone;
The truth is, it just can't be done.

Yes, it's becoming painfully plain---
Your turnabouts may be in vain.
Yes, you've devised a tough campaign---
Rough days ahead, Senator McCain.

...An edgy Bush, a cool Brown
Faced the press in Londontown,
When Gordon made himself agree,
Like Tony Blair back in 03,

With George's thoughts about Iran
And oil, Iraq, Afghanistan:
While like his predecessor Blair,
This Brit, alas, lacks Tony's flair.

Like George's visit in 03,
Protestors shouted in the street,
Though Downing's garden out in back
Escaped the boots of Bush's men

That crushed some pretty plants back then
And helicopters it's been said
Churned up both lawn and flower bed
That were so picturesque and neat

At Buckingham back in 03.
But, at least, the greenery
At Downing Street's proud number ten
Was spared what happened in 03:

(Some say the story was a scam
To smear the name of Uncle Sam.)