GOP Candidacy Debate #5

Overall the Republican debate

Went pretty much as expected.

Sadly, not even ONE of the debaters

Has what it takes to be elected.

 

Priebus introduced the debate,

But we have to wonder whether

He was joking when he said

The Republicans had their act together.

 

One of Trump's suggestions was

To shut down parts of the Internet.

Not very feasible, Mr. T;

Iran does that, don't forget.

 

Cruz wants to bomb the Middle East

To see "if sand can glow in the dark."

I think he in his hawkish zeal

Would prove that his bite is worse than his bark.

 

Then there were feisty Marco Rubio's

Nebulous traditional values rants.

He thinks his ideas have greater appeal

Now that he's wearing big boys' pants.

 

Carson says that to protect America,

We throw out PC, and sure enough,

By doing "whatever is necessary,"

We will be safe. Scary stuff!

 

Christie is quiet when bridges are mentioned

But quite vociferous in his campaign

When he speaks of a no-fly zone

And threatens to shoot down a Russian plane.

 

"Let's take back America," says

Fiorina; but don't give three cheers.

To her that means denying rights

For which we have fought for sixty years.

 

Paul is correct on regime change

But wrong when he points out what is harming

America the most. It's not our debt;

Other dangers are much more alarming.

 

Kasich and Bush--the supposed moderates--

Bow to placate the far-right base.

Bumbling, tumbling, fumbling, stumbling,

They both could use some style and grace.

 

Hawkish rhetoric, bombast, promises,

Advancing by stepping back to the past…

The debaters are playing a game to see

Who can "outwit, outplay, and outlast."

 

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