How many ways could Trump mount a coup?
At first, we all thought there were just one or two!
But no, there were many as it turns out.
Number One was the Big Lie. Repeat in a shout,
The election was stolen by Dems in the night!
Because it was stolen, we’re going to fight.”
Number Two: Mount a challenge in every court.
Forget about evidence, just file the tort.
Sixty cases presented, sixty cases just died.
By even the Roberts Court, these were denied!
Number Three: Pressure officials of note —
Raffensburger in Georgia, “Just find me the votes!”
Number Four: DOJ has to quickly declare
That fraud made election counts very unfair!
Number Five: Establish Alternate Slates
Of Electors in all of the Battleground states.
Number Six: Have Hill allies — Hawley, Jordan and Cruz,
Dispute valid ballots, no need for excuses.
Number Seven was key: Mike Pence had the Card.
If he played it just right, it shouldn’t be hard
To throw everything into utmost confusion,
Upend the election, create the illusion
That Trump was indeed the president elected.
But Pence foiled the coup because he defected.
Number Eight: Too bad, they’d have to call in Their Mob.
Just a messier way to handle the job.
Seize the ballots or burn them, thus postponing the count.
So many great ways an insurrection to mount.
Though he failed in these efforts, it clearly is true
He’d have done anything to accomplish his coup!
Now he plots and he plans in his various towers
How to use every means to regain and hold power!
Jack Smith and his team, with luck, may have the key
To preserving and maintaining our democracy!
“Count the Way” A very brave poem about Donald Trump’s indictment
Written by Carolyn McGiffert Ekedahl, a former deputy inspector general for inspections at the Central Intelligence Agency and co-author of “The Wars of Eduard Shevardnadze.”
The original poem can be found at the RAW Story
This is such a defining time, and the outcomes that stem from these current legal actions will reverberate and disrupt for multiple decades to come. I was confined to some bedrest (pregnancy) in the summer of 1973 glued to the Watergate hearings, and here we are, 50 years later. Sometimes it’s hard to believe.
I learned about Watergate and Nixon’s involvement later on, I always thought it was a big mistake to not hold him accountable.
As for recent developments, I start to avoid the TV^^
Good poem and cartoons… it is a sad chapter for the country though. Why can’t we just have a little honesty in politics, why does everyone have to lie and point fingers all the time? Just once I would love a political ad that said – “I am candidate X and I stand for Y.” That’s it, no name calling or bad mouthing of the other candidates. We raise our children not to lie and then politicians set these horrible examples. …sorry, let me step away from my rant now. Good post Bridget!
It’s a sad chapter for the world. Democracies are declining, dictators and autocrats are on the rise. I don’t understand it, not for the life of me.
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How I long for this to be over!
I think most of us do. I can’t stand it anymore.
We have our own ridiculous political turmoils – especially with a general election due next year. It is all rather disheartening.
There is a lot going on in this world. Democracies are on a downhill spiral so it seems. I am glad I am older.
Spot on.
We watch from a safe distance
I know how you feel. We are watching the UK from a safe distance.