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The Spectacle Blog
President Obama’s reaction to Iranian protests demonstrated his “Third Way” political philosophy of “Putting Obama First.”
“Putting Obama First”
By Asher Embry
Obama’s mumbling on Iran was, sadly, as expected.
It showed his core philosophy is just as we suspected.
Not speaking out against Iran’s suppression at its worst
Just proves his guiding principle is: “Put Obama First.”
The problem was these protests put in jeopardy his dream,
To sit down face to face with Tehran’s leadership supreme.
And then he’d work his magic and convince them with his
charm
To give up nukes and terror and to otherwise disarm.
The world would then revere Barack, they’d celebrate his
name.
Without Barack to save us, we would never be the same.
Though no one else could tame Iran, Obama got it done.
And then we’d finally all admit: he really is “the One.”
But now that dream was waning as the freedom protests grew.
Faced with disappointment, what’s a megalomaniac to do?
That’s why O issued statements which were tepid, soft and
late.
Pronounced he was excited seeing “vigorous debate.”
He didn’t want to jeopardize his chance to sit for tea
With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; persuade him to agree.
There’s no other explanation for ignoring freedom’s cry.
We’ve always stood with democrats and never questioned why.
Some will say “O” played it right; not “meddling’s” smart and
knowing.
Many say it’s just his inexperience which is showing.
They hate to say “we told you so,” reminding as they
grouse:
He never had these problems in the Illinois State House.
They point to Putin’s move invading Georgia, with a fight;
It took “O” several days and tries to get his statement
right.
Best case -- his incompetence -- gets the benefit of the
doubt,
But please don’t rashly rule the “messianic” theory out.
We fear he’d still be mute today if polling didn’t find
His interest and the rest of ours had thankfully aligned.
(You can read more of Asher Embry's Political Verse at www.politicalverse.com.)
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Tim| 6.22.09 @ 1:45PM
"learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all" Whitney Houston.
Andrew| 6.22.09 @ 2:05PM
1) There are lots and lots of forms of rhyming poetry other than the AABBCCDDEE format... Rhyming every line with the one before it has the effect of making a poem sound like a nursery rhyme.
2) If you're going to do rhyming metered poetry, then you goal is still to write in natural language, not to desperately torque things around to fit your meter. For example, a line like "Best case -- his incompetence -- gets the benefit of the doubt," makes no sense at a sentence. It's ungrammatical. It's missing a clause.
3) Also, your poetry is just really terrible. Please stop writing it.
Angel| 6.22.09 @ 3:09PM
AmSpec has a poetry critic? Who knew?
Just a little pi$$y this morning, Andrew--criticism of your Obummer startin' to hurt? Get used to it, weenie. Ha ha.
Robyn| 6.22.09 @ 3:28PM
I really think you're missing the big picture here, Andrew. If you got your head out of your butt, you would see that Mr. Embry's "goal" is simply to vent "poetical," not to write rhyming poetry for the ages.
Great job, and very funny, Mr. Embry! And need I add, far more entertaining that Andrew's comment!
Sean| 6.22.09 @ 4:31PM
I think if you are going to complain about ungrammatical writing you should make sure your own isn't ungrammatical.
Kingsmill| 6.22.09 @ 4:53PM
Has the Left scanned Muhammad Ali's (fka poet Cassius Clay) poetry for conformity to metrical form?
Mary| 6.22.09 @ 5:18PM
To the troll(s): Hard Cheese; in perpetuity!
And, as a bonus to Amspec's poet:
Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds. [Samuel Johnson, April 2, 1775]
Sherry| 6.23.09 @ 10:32AM
May not be the best poetry but the point is dead on. I believe that Obama's greatest aspiration is to use his unparalleled powers of persuasion to convince A-Jad to stop pursuing nukes, while the world watches in slack-jawed amazement. All of this foolishness about freedom are ruining his narcissistic fantasy. Sucks to be you Barry...