Headline: GOP Senate Candidates in PA, GA Have No Government Background
In GA, the odd Herschel Walker.
In PA, the diet pill hawker.
What led to this saga
Of MAGA in PAGA?
Butt kissing one foul ex-New Yorker.
Author: Steve Hirsch
Steve is a retired high-tech marketing specialist and former chairman of a college humanities division. He's a lover of Shakespeare and classical music, so he writes limericks and plays the accordion. Go figure.
Occasional Limerick #42: June 16, 2022
Headline: Trump Supported Candidates Win South Carolina GOP Primaries
The GOP in South Carolina
Still parrots Trump’s lies like a mynah.
The home of the slave trade
Still chugs down the kool-aid.
The whole thing just gives me angina.
Occasional Limerick #41: June 15, 2022
Headline: World Events Lead to Increased Stress and Depression
The news had me down and depressed —
Trump, Shootings, Ukraine — I was stressed.
But I’m fine now, you see!
I blew up my TV
And I sleep in a bullet-proof vest.
Occasional Limerick #40:June 14, 2022
Headline: Denials Continue Despite January 6th Hearings
I watch the proceedings and glower.
My mood gets increasingly sour.
Can you see with your eyes
And still not despise
This evil man’s fraud to seize power?
Occasional Limerick#39:June 13, 2022
Headline: Trump Declares Ivanka “Checked Out” on Election Results
Ivanka thought Bill Barr spoke truly –
She did not defend Daddy duly.
So Dad, that old cuss,
Threw her under the bus.
Oh, Daddy, you always act cruelly.
Occasional Limerick #38: June 10, 2022
Headline: GOP Senators Unlikely to Support ‘Red Flag’ Gun Bill
The violent and mentally ill
Might just be disarmed by this bill!!
Our psychos and trolls
Could desert at the polls
If we harm their power to kill!!
Occasional Limerick #37: June 9, 2022: Jan 6 Hearings on Prime Time TV Tonight
Tonight, as the panel makes queries
And we’ve dueling conspiracy theories
The nation will see
Something new on TV:
The first “Unreality Series.”
Occasional Limerick #36: June 8, 2022
Headline: GOP Senators Signal Raising Age for AR-15 Purchases is “Off the Table”
Hail to the Senate Repugliguns,
Arming teenagers with megatons –
So each juvenile
Can be nuvo-Kyle:
The right to cause slaughter is everyone’s.
Occasional Limerick#35: June 7, 2022
Headline: Congressional Gun Control Bill Will Fall Far Short of Biden’s Requests
After the longest neglect,
Congress is sure to perfect
A gun control bill
That quiets the shrill,
But has no substantial effect.
Occasional Limerick #34: June 6, 2022
Headline: Despite War, Pandemic, Crises, Nation Focuses on Celebrities
The Amber and Johnny affair
Is “news” that I gladly could spare.
It’s sordid and trashy. In
Fact, it’s kardashian* —
*Adjective: not worth my care.
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