20160630 (man of the hour)

Come on, Mitt, take one for the Gipper. Only you can save the GOP from absolute disgrace.

Not a gambling man but I’m

Going out on a limb to wager

The Republican National

Convention to be held here in

Cleveland shortly will indeed

Stun the world. I’m betting 

They as honorable men (mostly

Men) will finally gag up some 

Decency and will dump Mr. Trump.

Whether they, as lawyers skilled

In arcane technicalities of party

Governance or as street-smart

Ward heelers, will come up with

Pitiful excuse or whether they 

Will go for the straightforward

“Even Stevie Wonder can see

This man is not qualified to serve

The nation,” will be up to them

To decide—hanging or electric 

Chair. For it is quite certain by

Now that he is seen as a loser

By all but the most obtuse one-

Issue angry old men who claim

To be attached to what was once

Called the Grand Old Party. The

Monied who run the two parties

Will not risk Trump’s ascension

To the Oval Office. Unlike Reagan

He is not an old man teetering on

The edge of competence, who can

Be molded by aides. They would 

Not be able to control him. They 

Quite obviously can’t control him

Now. When one considers the

Scallywags with whom each party

Has worked in the past, they

Might consider trying it again, but

I think the background powerful

Will not put up with him. Nor do

They want the complication of 

Having to eliminate him if he

Ever gets to the White House.

Certainly there are enough

Realpolitickers in that crowd

Who could have him magically

Disappear from public view

But I don’t think they would 

Use such desperate acts

If they could rid the party of

“That troublesome beast” by

Lesser measures—finding

Him morally objectionable

(As they tried so hard to pin

The tail on Slick Willy). They 

Could use his own words

About sending his numerous

Mistresses to doctors to assure

The sexual safety of liasons.

Or they could finally unearth

His perfidy in business for all

To see so long as they can keep

Their own asses covered. So

What dark horse could they

Dredge up in his stead? Romney

Knows how to lose, and this is

Important because at this point it

Is clear they are going to lose. 

Their choice is to go down in

Flames for allegiance to an

Idiot or dredge up some semblance

Of dignity as they prepare to

Bury the party.

c. J.S.Manista, 2016