For a time it appeared that the Tea Party's agenda, wacky as it is, was going to determine the outcome of the debt ceiling and budget debate. But the Tea Party reps in Congress overplayed their hand and...
A Tea Party
House Rep's Lament
When my way had them quaking,
With none did I play nice;
But a DC pro took me aside
And gave this sage advice:
With poor folks' perks go fiddle,
And do a middle whittle;
But one thing is forbidden,
Sam's triple-A don't diddle.
Still my way had them quaking,
So I shrugged and threw the dice;
'Cause where my backers gather
Compromise is viewed as vice;
I thought I'd rolled a seven
With demands of spending bars;
But voters got so angry
I may have rolled boxcars.
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