Blues Ignore McCain's Plea For Compromise

You have to admire McCain flying back to the Swamp after being diagnosed with cancer of the brain

Real class act by a Senator who the current gridlock clearly disdains

The only adult in the chambers of the Senate

Bemoaning that my way or the highway had become its main tenet

Calling out Senators on both sides for gridlock

Any chance of getting anything done totally blocked

McCain came across as a Senator of the old school

While too many of his colleagues came across as fools

Applauded when he urged them to the journalists and talk show hosts ignore

Their rhetoric getting in the way of accomplishment of anything on the Senate floor

A standing ovation of both Blues and Reds

A nation held its breath to see if there was any hope partisanship might be shed

A glance at emails from Warren, Sanders, Harris, Schumer, Murray et al shows rabid partisanship alive and well not dead

We are sick of the temper tantrums of spoiled brats who in the middle refuse to meet

While the Trump agenda of jobs, safety, tax cuts and infrastructure languish and face defeat

Party before nation, raising money for reelection their focused

Hands out for cash from the lobbyists, cheaply selling their souls

Too many deaf ears in the Senate unwilling to hear or if heard refusing to budge

A true Swamp choking us all with rabid partisanship sludge

© July 26, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet 

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