HILLARY

Hilarious for Hillary to go campaigning (grubbing for votes),
Instead of clearing up the air first of some voters' doubting thoughts.
Let us briefly conjecture on that tragic Benghazi affair...
Likely, if not certainly, there must have been non-terrorists there;
Avoiding collateral damage must have been the main culpa.
Regarding her Denver server, her 'inexcusable' faux pas...?
Yet the emails were made 'hackable' to mislead the foe, ha, ha!

(On a similar vein, see Subterfuge posted Aug. 21st.)

SHODDY

So now Uncle Sam has at last become 'famous'...
How sad to be described as pusillanimous!
Our 'agreement' with Iran is not a treaty;
Do call it, if you wish, a disguised entreaty,
Done to appease the Iranian powers-that-be.
You do have signed scraps of paper, Mr. Kerry....

A MEA CULPA (?)

As the campaign continues, I now realize
My earlier forecasts may not materialize;
Even my hope that we'll have a laissez faire state
Appears destined to end inside a trash bin fate.
Could it be "Let me be" is no longer our goal?
Unless I'm wrong, Liberty empowers us all!
Let not Initiative be drowned by 'regulation'.
Political rivalry brews a hot concoction,
Aggrandizement of self--main topic of discussion..?

PUISSANT

Presidential candidates should be puissant,
Unafraid to solve tasks herculean, unpleasant.
Individual promises are solemn pledges,
So state them clearly and bravely, without hedges.
Sidestep thru 'ad hominems' no valid issue.
Argue with facts and with one's own common sense view.
Neither the prolix nor the puerile ought to be
Tagged as the Republican Party's Nominee.

INAMORATA

I loved and loved countless times, but each time I lost.
Now in my old age, I'm asked:- Who did I love most?
After considerable thought, I guess--just one:-
Myself, I must confess, for all 'sweethearts' are gone.
One by one my youth's past heart throbs somehow vanished;
Reputedly, I was at fault, perhaps tarnished:-
A poor poet, even worse, a clumsy lover!
Thus, sadly/thankfully, sweet romance was over.
Agenda of women, I've yet to discover....

CARLY FIORINA

Carly Fiorina does have a persona,
And Donald Trump did not refer to her 'cara'.
Rush not to judgment; He was seeing her aura...
'L' could mean Lilith who gave Man knowledge of Sin.
'Y' could signify 'Yang', the counterforce of Yin;
'F' does not mean female 'feo', Spanish pidgin.
I think The Donald sensed in her a secret gene;
Outwardly not akin:- he roars, she's serpentine.
Regardless, they are both Republicans with class,
I do hope their campaign will not run out of gas.
Nonetheless, only one is bound to win, alas...
A king in Man's jungle or queen in cobra grass...?

NAIVETE

Now that the second debate session is over,
Ask voters what, if any, did they discover;
I, myself, did actually readily conclude
Vortices of their debate whirled around one dude,
Eye of the storm--Dr. Carson's gentle Etude.
The Donald's maneuver to act with politesse
Easily ignited Fiorina's finesse....