Here is what I e-mailed to Senator Mary Landrieu (D?-LA) on the occasion of her announcing her position on health care legislation:
Senator Landrieu:
Your work and stated positions on health care legislation have inspired me to wax poetic. Please enjoy my bit of blue doggerel.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Advancing the lobbyists cause,
In the hope that more of their nickels and dimes
Will be clutched in a Blue Dog’s paws.
Mary, Mary, it’s getting quite scary.
Can you give me an estimate,
Of what you collect as it is amortized
Over your constituents’ insurmountable debt?
Mary, Mary, how many will we bury
To raise your campaign dough?
Shall we ever allow the blood to run
To ensure your dirty cash flow?
Mary, Mary, at your next primary,
The folks in Louisiana will float
A campaign for an honest, upstanding opponent
Who understands who should benefit from his vote.
Mary, Mary, no reason to tarry
Clean your desk as soon as you are able,
And reap every one of the bitter rewards
For having your own interests alone on the table.
Here's some programming you can depend on:
If no single payer, no government option on the table. then no for-profit on the table.
As ever, I encourage you all to join me in this fun.
