Bush & Company

A journalist in Baghdad threw
A very symbolistic shoe,
A missile hurtling through the air
That missed our W by a hair,

Then swiftly hurled one more size 10
To emphasize his point again,
Though Mr. Bush was equal to
The onslaught of that second shoe.

Some may believe that it was luck
That George averted that one, too.
I tend to think that our lame duck
Has always known just how to duck;

Some knew before his job was done
Stuff would be thrown at Poppy's son.

General Eric Shinseki (ret.) has been named secretary of the Cabinet
post of Veterans Affairs.

The general, once somewhat disgraced,
Who spoke his conscience when he faced
The Congress, hoping they'd accede:
400,000 troops we'll need
To keep peace in postwar Iraq;

Because of that, he got the sack.
That is to say, old Rummy fired
The general who has since been hired
(Proven right since he retired)
So many vets to oversee,

Though once scorned by the powers that be.
Ah! Just and exquisite irony!

One piece of post-election news
Is Karl Rove and Karen Hughes
Are going to rewrite history
By fixing George's legacy.

It shouldn't be too hard to do,
Because before their job is through,
They'll just pick someone else to blame

For anything that they can't spin,

Then make a tenure filled with shame
Seem like the kind it should have been.