Hillary Billary,
Quite a phenomenon,
Two-headed candidate,
Husband and wife.
Talking to Democrats,
Hunting for delegates,
She’ll use the microphone,
He’ll use the knife.
Once he was president,
She was First Lady,
His partner in leadership,
Two heads for one.
Triumphs and tragedies,
Turmoil and merriment,
Eight frantic years of it,
Then they were done.
Hillary Billary,
That wasn’t good enough,
Thought that it ought to be
Her time to shine.
Wouldn’t let anything
Stand in her way —
Said to Bill, “You had your turn —
Now this one is mine.”
If only he could have
Stayed out of the limelight.
If only he could have said
“Once is enough.”
If only he could have been
Someone he isn’t —
He opened his mouth
And began playing rough.
Hillary Billary,
Secrets and strategies,
Going to war
Till the last doggie dies,
Knocking Obama
Right off of his message
With dark innuendo,
Distortions and lies.
“Think he’s an angel?
He’s just like the rest of us,
(Other, of course,
Than the shade of his skin),
Now shouldn’t that worry you?
Not that we’d criticize —
But how do you know
Where this stranger has been?”
Hillary Billary,
Softie and savage —
Who cares that the tears
In her eyes might be fakes?
They’re playing for keeps
And they’re playing for history,
Ready to sink to
Whatever it takes.
Ill-tempered finger wags,
Silver-tongued memories,
Tales of the good times
Grown long in the tooth.
He talks of the old days,
When he was exactly
As faithful to her
As he was to the truth.
Hillary Billary,
Righteous and retrograde,
Calling the new guy
A roll of the dice.
So what if they used to
See ev’rything differently?
“Where does it say
We’re supposed to play nice?”
They play to win
And that’s all that there is to it,
They don’t take prisoners,
They don’t hold back.
They’ve built a machine
And they want they want
And they want it right now
So they’re on the attack.
Hillary Billary,
Please stick a sock in it,
Call off the rumors,
The rips and the rants.
Give up the spotlight,
Get out of the way:
Eight years is plenty, thanks —
You had your chance.
Rick Horowitz is a nationally syndicated columnist. His e-mail address is rickhoro@execpc.com.
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