« Unity & Struggle | Main | Nailing "Avatar" »

The Politics of Love

By Judy Oppenheimer

What do you get when you fall in love?
You get a lot of pain and trauma
Even with Barack Obama
I'll never fall in love again!

What do you get when you vote your heart?
You get some heavy bailout spending
An economic downturn that’s unending
I'll never fall in love again!

Don’t tell me, I know I took a chance
I was swept away by pure romance
He spoke so well, he wrote two books
His kids were cute, he had great looks.

I knew he was civilized, maybe a pleaser
Still, who wanted the GOP geezer?
And Hillary was so inflexible
And probably non-electable.

So, what do you get when you fall in love?
You get a stalled out health reform plan
A beefed up fresh war in Afghanistan
(Which falls in line with military bidding.
He told us he’d do it, we thought he was kidding!)

You get to ask yourself sadly whether
He’ll ever crack Congressional heads together
Lose his temper, throw his weight around,
Wheedle, threaten, cajole and pound
(Like FDR and LBJ
Did when they wanted to get their way).

What do you get when you fall in love
And were carried along by a great campaign
Where Plouffe and Axelrod held close the rein
So it’s only later you focus in on the guy
And ask, is there less here than meets the eye.

What do you get when you fall in love?
You get to wonder if it was dense
To opt for so little experience.
He was eloquent, cool, and racially mixed,
And you went down like a ton of bricks—
So if it’s lost its savor, the salt,
You wonder, was any of this your fault?
Should you have looked in another direction?
Who knows, but at least til the next election...
I’ll never fall in love again!



From February, 2010

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.firstofthemonth.org/movabletype/mt-tb.cgi/34

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Politics of Love:

» uebernachtung guenstig in paderborn from uebernachtung guenstig in paderborn
[...] We haven't backed away from historic positions on conference, or whatever. Plenty,fashion Israel was warned by a visiting EC official that European nations will deny preferential trade status to the Israelis after 1992 unless "peace has been tota... [Read More]

Tracked on March 28, 2010 11:20 AM

» vakantie in egypte from vakantie in egypte
De mooiste vakantie aanbiedingen voor egypte [Read More]

Tracked on May 4, 2010 01:44 AM

» Wedding Dresses from Wedding Dresses
Wedding Dresses [Read More]

Tracked on December 30, 2010 06:36 PM

» Vergleich from Vergleich
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on November 18, 2012 01:52 PM

» Stromrechner from Stromrechner
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on March 3, 2013 02:08 PM

» clayxcax@outlook.com:pop3.live.com:995:clayxcax@outlook.com:gfxm2yty:1 from clayxcax@outlook.com:pop3.live.com:995:clayxcax@outlook.com:gfxm2yty:1
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on January 14, 2014 09:53 PM

» UGG ブルーム from UGG ブルーム
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on January 23, 2014 03:45 AM

» UGG ブルーム from UGG ブルーム
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on January 23, 2014 03:48 AM

» Order The Venus Factor from Order The Venus Factor
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on February 20, 2014 01:12 AM

» Air Max Nike LTD from Air Max Nike LTD
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on April 23, 2014 04:27 AM

» More methods from More methods
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on May 24, 2014 01:05 PM

» minecraft.net from minecraft.net
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on September 10, 2014 08:14 AM

» michael kors outlet from michael kors outlet
north face coats north face jackets on sale prada shoes
[Read More]

Tracked on January 21, 2015 06:14 PM

» Coach Sneakers Outlet Store Online from Coach Sneakers Outlet Store Online
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on April 11, 2015 05:18 PM

» Coach Sneakers Outlet Store Online from Coach Sneakers Outlet Store Online
First of the Month [Read More]

Tracked on April 11, 2015 05:19 PM

Comments