WHAT THE MID-TERM ELECTION IS ABOUT

by R J Shulman

It's not about a mosque at ground zero

Or government bail outs for a 911 hero

It's not whether some mega preacher got laid

Or what Meg Witman knew about her maid

It's not whether or not the Feds should be making cars

Or who gets booted off Dancing With the Stars

It's not about death panels or Obamacare

It's not about what's right, or what's fair

It's all about what they want you to think

After they gave you the Kool-Aid to drink

Because it's simply about how the ultra rich will get more

And how the rest of us will get poor

It's not about the sin and scourge of higher taxes

Or about what Fox News says the facts is

It's not about being a life long Republican or Democrat

a Liberal, Conservative or a member of this or that

It's not about a woman's right to choose

Or guns or bibles or drugs or booze

It's not who's to blame for Gulf oil spills

Or dangers of Canadian perscription pills

It's not about bringing back the good old days

Of banning nuptual vows for gays

Or no one pulling the card about race

Because men were men and all else knew their place

It's about the truth the powerful dare not speak

About strengthening the strong and weakening the weak

Because November is all about how the rich will get more

And how the rest of us will get poor

It's not about sudden surges of aliens pounding on our gate

Or telling Arizonans who they should hate

It's not about premarital sex or internet porn

Or where the hell Obama was born

It's not about states of red or blue

Or if Glenn Beck is as sane as me or you

It's not about freedom not being free

Or about the rage of a party drinking tea

It's a wager by those out numbered ten-thousand to one

to see if we are as dumb as they think we're dumb

Because your vote will say if the rich get more

And if the rest get poor

It's not about some minority with a welfare Cadilllac

Or Dr. Laura saying the N word and trying to take it back

It's not whether the president is some communist nazi

Or about Paris or Britney's latest photo of their hotzie totzie

It's not about global warming hitting Pennsylvania

Or about Rush Limbaugh's meglomaina

It's not about whos more American - Christian, Muslim, or Jew

Or about what some frightened fat white man thinks Jesus would do

It's about which party has sold thier souls to a greater degree

And will do and say anthing so you and I won't see

It's all about how the rich will get more

And how the rest of us will get poor

It's not about the North versus the South

Or what comes out of Bill O'Reilly's mouth

It's not about government being way too big

Or if we should drill or if we should dig

It's not about the lazy unemployed

Or whether they have a right to be annoyed

It's not about ending don't ask don't tell

Or who has the loudest scream or loudest yell

So don't let the millions spent on campaign ads

Make you angry and make you mad

Because you really know what each party stands for

Whether the rich get rich and the poor get poor