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BIPARTISANSHIP?
There is a lot of
politician talk about how “bipartisanship”is going to “heal the
nation,” “reconcile our differences” and make everybody happy. This
is, we say, something you put on the ground, spread it all around, it will
make your flowers grow; as was said about how the boss has our interests
at heart during union organizing days at an earlier time.
There was a song
written at that time about “bipartisanship.” It is worth repeating:
A story ‘bout mules
and elephants.
The mule was a queen who
ruled quite well,
Till the tragic clang of a wedding bell.
The bride was sweet as
donkeys go,
People got scared, began to squirm,
When she hooked up with the pachyderm.
Union rights the
people cried loudly,
But jumbo did himself quite proudly,
He moved into the White house fast,
“Listen to the story of a strange romance;
When the elephant married the ass.
People wondered why
the donkey
Aped her husband like a monkey.
Love, love love, what a wonderful thing
Love, love, love made the elephant sing
While he plucked the goose with the golden egg.
How did these things
come to pass?
Well the elephant married the ass.
Here’s the moral to
this story,
Both our parties are turnin’ Tory
Cause the ass wont sue for a divorce,
We’re gonna saddle us another horse.
We’ll build our own
party,
A real party, a people’s party now!
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