What? Give Him a Chance?

Give him a chance, people say.

Give Trump a chance; let go of fears.

The SAME chance Republicans gave

President Obama for the last eight years?

 

From the beginning Republicans

In Congress superciliously vowed

That President Obama would serve

Only one term. They felt so proud.

 

Pushing their petty partisan agenda

And blocking proposals with all their might,

They perfected the art of obstruction

And did it with insidious delight.

 

Calling the president a liar

And his birth certificate a fraud,

They displayed contempt for their leader

With reasoning that was greatly flawed.

 

It's dereliction of duty when

Republicans, the Party of NO,

Refuse to confirm a Supreme Court justice

With all their lame excuses in tow.

 

Flouting the very institutions

That normally make a democracy succeed,

Unethical members of Congress have

Only made our democracy bleed.

 

Their mindless obstruction, along with their

Unprecedented disrespect,

Is partly why we have a populist

Demagogue as president-elect.

 

NOW they say to give the next

President the respect that is due.

It doesn't work that way; they can't

Have their cake and eat it, too.

 

(11-17-16)