GOP Presidential Debate #6

The Republican presidential debates

Have become extremely boring.

Debaters sidestepped pertinent questions

And placed their focus more on scoring.

 

Still confusing facts and figures

And resorting to wild exaggeration,

The debaters made it their ultimate goal

To blast the current administration.

 

Rubio ignored questions and spouted

Talking points--yes, the ones

He's been saying all along,

Such as the president's after our guns.

 

Carson wondered if Americans have

Standards and values, which really is

A stupid question. Of course, we do--

Just not intolerant ones like his.

 

Trump's still spouting anti-immigrant

Rhetoric, which caused some dispute.

He just can't help making such statements

As "People come in; they live; they shoot."

 

Cruz, who is a skillful debater,

Made the mistake, by the way,

Of criticizing "New York values."

What a clumsy thing to say!

 

Bush criticized the president's recent

Executive orders and wondered why

The president hadn't worked with Congress.

Ha! Poor Jebby! What a guy!

 

Kasich often makes sense; however,

His problem is that in this race,

He's a little TOO sensible

For the right-wing Republican base.

 

And Christie, well, as usual

His talking points were planned out fully.

It's SO hard for him NOT to come off

Sounding like a childish bully.

 

Notice there wasn't a single question

About climate change. (Or did I snooze?)

Oh, I just remembered: the debate

Appeared on Fox Business News.

 

Were there insightful moments? A few.

But most were overshadowed when

The debaters bickered back and forth

And spewed their venom again and again.

 

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