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Cooking the Books

August 8, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

No one said the presidency was a cotillion,
But when S&P did the downgrade, Obama saw vermillion.
However, one has to ask,
If Standard & Poor’s is so good at math,
How come their estimate was off by two trillion?

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So, He’s Irish

May 24, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

The tornados left Missouri in a mess
And folks there are in serious distress.
But leave it to the right-wingers
To catch their panties in the wringer
Over Obama knocking back a Guinness.

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Blacker Than Thou

May 19, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

We thought with the demise of the “Birthers”
That we’d see fewer Obama attackers.
But along comes Cornel West,
With a new racial litmus test,
At the head of a movement called “Blackers.”

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GOP’s Immigration Solution

May 11, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

President Obama yesterday addressed all the haters
And the jingoists and immigration debaters.
He took the Republicans to task,
And predicted they’ll ask
To surround the nation with a moat full of gators.

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An Apt Description

May 6, 2011June 19, 2015 Buck Banks

Some of the names he’s been called make us cringe,
But now in the wake of his popularity binge,
Leave it to Bill Maher
To nickname Obama
Not “DJ B.O.,” but “The Multitasking Ninja.”

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Barack Was Born!

April 27, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Obama finally put to bed that birther jive.
Though we always knew that crap was contrived.
Now we’ve seen the document,
And it’s a legal testament
That proves Barack was born — in Hawaii — alive!

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Jindal’s Birther Gamble

April 20, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer did something good —
She vetoed the “birther bill,” as she should.
But when it comes to birther bill signing,
Not everyone’s declining —
Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal says he would.

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Crappy Menu Choice

March 31, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Being the president can sometimes be a bitch,
What with fighting two wars and an economy in the ditch.
But Obama’s a worrier
And a reluctant warrior,
Which is why he characterized Libya a “turd sandwich.”

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What’s Up, Doc?

March 30, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Monroe had one, from ocean to ocean.
Jackson had one to deal with the Indians.
We have to be willing
To kill to prevent killing —
Pretty much sums up the Obama Doctrine.

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Following the Frogs

March 22, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

The Republicans say Obama’s stuck on the bench,
That international cooperation has a cowardly stench.
But don’t let ’em fool ya,
It’s not about going in to Libya —
It’s just that we we went in AFTER the French!

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Russian to Judgment
Buck Banks | Oct. 19, 2026

The United States and Ukraine no longer seem to be in synch,
After Trump lifted Russia sanctions with a grin and a wink.
Trump coordinated it with Putin,
Who ramped up the drone shooting,
After Trump and Elon Musk throttled Ukraine’s Starlink.

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Verbatim

    “Take, for example, the French Revolution. Remember when Marie Antoinette said, ‘Let them eat cake’? Now, is that a problem of accountability and tyranny, a corrupt government? Or is it a problem of affordability and standard of living? It’s both! Authoritarianism and tyranny are extremely expensive for the people. And it’s the exact same thing when you go down the line with Donald Trump. So, are we going to go after the corruption? Yeah, you’re damn right. And are we going to go after affordability and making people’s lives easier? Yeah, you’re damn right. We’re going to do both of them.”

    — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

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    “Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

    — Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

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    “If it wasn’t for President Trump the United States of America would not exist right now. This man saved America. He saved our military from collapse. He saved our economy from destruction. He saved our border from annihilation. He saved our country from threats at home and abroad which would have been the end of the American dream for ever.”

    — Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

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    3,824

    A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats, reports Florida Phoenix. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running — up from 2022’s previous record of 3,621 women candidates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Women make up 35.5% of all state legislative candidates this cycle. Currently, women hold about one-third of state legislative seats across the country — a record level of representation but nowhere near parity.

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    $1.4 billion

    “Prediction markets about the 2026 midterm elections have surpassed $1.4 billion in trading volume as Election Day fast approaches,” CNN reports. “This year has seen massive growth in the prediction industry, where people can bet on real-world events like sports, entertainment and the weather. While small-scale election markets have been around for a while, they gained traction before the 2024 presidential election and have seen huge numbers for the 2026 midterms.”

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    -35 points

    G. Elliot Morris: “Low-knowledge 2024 voters say they backed Trump by 8 points, according to our poll. Today they give him a net job approval of ?27, a 35-point shift. Compare that to Trump’s approval rating among voters who got both questions right: These voters backed Harris by 1 point and now give Trump a net ?24 approval, a 23-point shift. … Low-information voters have moved against Trump at a higher rate than high-information voters, by 12 points.”

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    31%

    President Donald ?Trump’s approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices and appeared ready to punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump’s ?performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in ?either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.

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    63% to 38%

    KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

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