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Politics as usual

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I saw Obama yesterday

At a town hall meeting

His supporters were all there

They were giving him a greeting

Yes I can, Yes we will

In a mindless chant

They yelled on command

In a choreographed rant

Up stood three men

A banner they unfurled

What about the black community

The crowd nearly hurled

They tried to shout them down

But Obama was gracious

He called for everyone to be civil

His hope was audacious

He said let him finish

His normal stump speech

They can ask a question

If they just let him preach

The mob would have jumped them

If he gave them the word

Some town meeting

The notion is absurd

They got to ask one question

I thought he was gonna pee

They spoke of the issues in the black community

He knew where this was going'

"I was a civil rights lawyer,"

He wouldn't be contrite.

"I spoke about these issues,"

He named three sound bytes

He would not frame these issues

In the way that they wanted

"Vote for someone else,"

He tried to seem undaunted

You can run yourself

Raise 5 million a day

I ain't no socialist

I don't want to play

Yes I can, Yes we will

For the people of wealth

So just let me go on

With my usual stealth

 

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