Rex has rarely done anything right,
And his errors I’d often indict.
But re Russia he’s wise,
So to no one’s surprise
Trump’s response is: Get out of my sight!
Archive for the ‘State Department’ Category
Trump’s Latest Ex Is Rex (Limerick)
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018Donald and Rex (Parody Dialogue)
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017Parody Dialogue (I’m almost positive it never took place.)
TRUMP: You’re to hold an immediate press conference and announce that you NEVER called me a “moron.”
TILLERSON: “Never’s” a strong word.
TRUMP: And that of all 50 U.S. presidents, I’m the smartest.
TILLERSON: We’ve been through this before, sir: 50 states. 45 presidents. That’s why we call you “45.”
TRUMP: I know that!
TILLERSON: Anything else sir? Perhaps I should say you have a 180 IQ.
TRUMP: Good idea, but make it 200.
TILLERSON: I was being sarc…
TRUMP: In fact, make it an even 225.
TRUMP: (Turning to General Kelly) You see? Now THAT’S how you negotiate!
Heckofa Job, Karen!
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007So Karen Hughes has resigned from her job to “promote America’s values and confront ideological support for terrorism around the world.” Hmmm. Could she have been involuntarily slated for an assignment in Iraq? Probably not, but it’s an amusing fantasy. In any event, it’s haiku time:
Heckofa Job, Karen!
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Karen Hughes resigned
From her boost-our-image job.
Mission accomplished?
(You can find more of my Karen Hughes humor here and here.)[tags]Karen Hughes Humor, U.S. Image Problems, American Values, U.S. Dept of State[/tags]
Pondering Condi
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Condi Rice’s testimony this past week, in which she belligerently defended the State Department’s work in Iraq, was her first appearance before a Democratically-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. True to form, she blamed everything but the Bush’s many administration failures for the problems in Iraq:
Rice stated that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the liberation of Iraq were worth the money and sacrifice of life. She blamed the current chaos in Iraq on the previous regime, stating the stabilizing Iraq “has been harder than we thought because we didn’t realize how broken the country was under Saddam Hussein.”
Regarding problems with contractor oversight, Rice also shirked blame, repeatedly using a fifty-dollar word that few people even know:
In response to charges that private security firms were not held accountable for their aggressive behavior, Rice dodged responsibility by repeatedly referring to a “lacuna” or a gap in the law that prevented the contractors from being prosecuted.
Condi has inspired me to write some more-serious-than-usual verse:
Pondering Condi
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Rice shrugs off blame
For wartime’s toll.
Poor oversight?
Rice claims a hole—
A legal “lacuna”
Impedes control
Of contractor actions
On Iraq patrol.
Must fill that lacuna—
She touts that goal.
But who will fill
The lacuna in her soul?
On a lighter note, you might enjoy the Condi song parody I wrote way back when.[tags]Condi Rice, Rice Testimony, State Department Failures, Condoleezza Rice[/tags]
