Twas mere weeks ’til election, when all through the landThe people were voting by mail and by hand; The ballots were mounting in state after stateCast after four years of interminable wait; The voters were spilling out into the streetsWith the tongue taste of 2016 still bittersweet; And Kamala in her Chucks, and Liz with…
Tag: Presidential election
Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough To Make Me Go Home
I don’t recognize the country I left eight years ago. I don’t recognize my home. When I left, I never feared being shot over a parking spot or of my life ending in a pool of bloody popcorn kernels while watching a blockbuster onscreen. I didn’t have nightmares of my children being gunned down at school,…
The Washington Hillbillies
This November, tune in to the craziest family comedy you never knew you were missing. Meet the Candidates, the first family of Dysfunction Junction. When Old Grandpa Barry dies without a will, the family business is suddenly up for grabs. Watch as hilarious antics ensue as everyone from kooky Uncle Bern to the nutty old neurosurgeon at…
Why Donald Trump May Be Just What America Needs Right Now
The time has come, as my father would have said, to shit or get off the pot. Let’s be clear. Whenever Donald Trump opens his mouth, I cringe. I recoil at each campaign promise. If there is a spectrum of ideals, I am as far away from Donald Trump as one can be. But at the…