Thanks for the Memories, GOP. (with apologies to Bob Hope)

[Chiyo-chichi]

Thanks for the memory
Of Jackie Abramoff
The K Street feeding trough
Sex with pages of all ages
Boys you loved to boff
How sordid it was

Thanks for the memory
Non-combatant detainees,
Civil liberties,
The Constitution, evolution
Shredded like Swiss cheese
What a strange trip it’s been

You pegged dissenters as traitors
Unpatriotic people you blasted
Oh, well, it was swell while it lasted
You did have fun but now you’re done

And thanks for the memory
Of hawkish neocons
With eyes set on Tehran
Electric cords and water boards
With photos on Salon
We’ll always recall

Thanks for the memory
Of Dubya’s Pioneers
Of terror threats and fear
Media whores who care much more
‘Bout K-Fed and Britney Spears
It’s “must see TV”

Thanks for the memory
Of all your pro-life ways
The Terry Schaivo case
Civilian dead, (they’re just rag heads)
One hundred-fifty K
How thorough you’ve been

We had an election on Tuesday
America came out to vote
They leapt from your fast-sinking boat
There was no doubt, they threw you out

So, thanks for the memory
It’s time to disappear
Don’t steal the chandeliers
I hope the door will make you sore
When it hits you in the rear

And thank you so much