Joe Sixpack, Again??

I wonder what has happened
To this country that I love;
Where once we chose our leaders
From those who rose above
The ordinary middle --
Those talented and wise --
Now we elect Joe Sixpack
‘Cause he’s ‘one of the guys’.

And when Joe Sixpack leads us toward
Disaster and abyss,
We gasp and say, My goodness,
How has it come to this?

Our economy in tatters,
A war that has no end;
Our reputation shattered,
Who can this ruin mend?

Surely we need someone who’s wise
And gifted beyond measure,
But many look to ‘hockey moms’
To restore our lost luster.

We like the bottom of the class,
‘Cause brilliance makes us fear;
We choose to choose someone who
Doesn’t know to say ‘nuCLEAR.”

Our schools are failing, yet we still
Believe ourselves superior;
Blinded by patriotic pride,
We can’t see our face in the mirror.

Are we like Rome - where people let
Old Nero play his fiddle?
Why do we vote for those who fit
The ordinary middle?

I see the American Century
Declining like the sun;
Where is the will to halt this slide
And raise us up again?

The face of hope may not look like
Your face, or even mine -
But he’s the best hope that we’ve got
To reverse our decline!

You know that what I say is true,
Your heart must tell you so;
Your ‘gut’ misled you in ‘04,
Why would you trust it now?

I wonder what will happen
To this country I hold dear
If we don’t take our blinders off
And see what’s all too clear.

We’ve let ourselves be led right to
The edge of the abyss,
Do you believe this can be stopped
By the bottom of the class?

Is his judgment good and sound?
Or does he improvise
Based on his ‘gut’, without the facts,
So very far from wise?

Did he know much about his choice
To be his running-mate?
Had he vetted carefully?
Or did he just tempt fate?

Will he use careful judgment in
A crisis with Iran?
Or will he rush into a war
Without a thorough plan?

We’re already in one such war,
Do we really need another
To leave us bankrupt and bereft,
A line of weeping mothers?

A hundred years he said we’d spend,
A century of treasure,
Just ask yourself which candidate
Is wisest, by this measure.

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