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(Sorry if this has already been posted. I just received it from a friend and wanted to share with all my DU friends.)
T'was the night before inauguration and I saw with dismay
The market was tanking. No more 401K!
The stocks: they were hung, in downfall they stuck
While Bush, he did nothing; a truly lame duck.
Republicans nestled their heads in the sand
With visions of defeat of the Republican brand.
And Cheney with his gun, his heart raced apace,
Looking for someone to shoot in the face.
When out on the House floor, there arose such a clatter
I sprang to the Internet to see what was the matter.
Away to my screen I ran like a flash
Hoping the market hadn't utterly crashed.
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow
Showed us all someone we needed to know.
When what to my eyes I paused (with a comma,)
But a vision of hope: Barack H. Obama!
With excitement, conviction in each of his steps,
I wondered what he and his staff would do next.
More rapid than eagles his appointments they came
And he whistled and shouted, and called them by name.
Now Emanuel! Now Daschle! Now Richardson, Biden!
On Clinton, Napolitano, and Gates! No sense hidin'!
To fix the economy, our reputation, and more.
And to stop the killing of this horrible war.
As Obama stood still, Republicans trembled,
Recalling 8 years of disaster they'd assembled.
They've broken our banks, and doubled our debt.
They scared us to death with weapons of threats.
They squandered a surplus, They started a war.
Our shredded constitution still litters the floor.
They attacked our unions, immigrants, gays.
Though they claim to be Christians, on weak folks they prey.
Will we ever recover from the hole that they've dug?
We'll climb to the top with an American tug.
The Republican party near destroyed all that matters.
They deserve nothing more but to hold the damn ladder.
But his voice, it did change, along with a smile,
Thinking thoughts of the bills that soon would be filed.
We'll protect people older and younger, alike;
Restore our fine honor, our military might.
Protecting our planet, and cleaning our air,
While creating a surplus we can leave to our heirs.
We'll fix our economy; health care for all!
We'll honor those who fought, and those who will fall.
Barack sprang to his feet, to his team gave a shout.
The challenges, impossible? Hard work needed, no doubt.
But I heard him exclaim, as he talked and he ran,
Hey! It's not just a slogan, YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!
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