Obama at the Bat

By Doug Gamble

"The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Liberalville gang that day.
The polls were looking bad with another state in play.
And after Virginia went GOP, and New Jersey did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the Democrats in the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the political huckster’s breast.
They thought, if only Obama could give the ball a whack,
We’d put even money now, with Obama at the bat.

But Pelosi preceded Obama, as did also Harry Reid.
And the former was a lulu and the latter lame indeed.
So upon the stricken Democrats grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed little chance of Obama’s getting to the bat.

But Pelosi let drive a single to the wonderment of all,
And Reid, the much despised, advanced through sheer unbridled gall.
And when the dust had lifted, and all saw what had occurred,
There was Reid safe at second and Pelosi a-hugging third.

From the mainstream media and MSNBC there arose a lusty yell.
It rumbled through the Congress, it reverberated around The Hill.
It echoed around CNN and recoiled where progressives sat.
For Obama, mighty Obama, was advancing to the bat."

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