Debate The Third, A Summation In Verse

A humble effort by one political observer to capture the essence of the third presidential debate.

Clinton vs. Trump: Live from Las Vegas

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Hi, my name is Wallace (Chris)

Michael was my father

I have some questions for you both

(Aw hell, why do I bother?)

Hey, there’s Malik in the house

And look! It’s Sarah Palin

Ruddy Rudy on TV

A-sneerin’ and assailin’

The candidates are on the stage

Jill, we told to go

Gary’s at the kids' table

Finding Aleppo

WikiLeak! Take a peak

Juicy stuff, I’ll bet

Now Julian’s in the embassy

Without an internet

So let’s talk about your budget plan

Will taxes play a role?

Trumped-up trickle,

Down we go, into the rabbit hole

Nine hundred million written off

Returns that can’t be seen

FEE FI FO FUM

Time to show some spleen

Thirty thousand emails lost!

Vanished, gone away!

Shouldn’t you be jailed for that?

(What did Comey say?)

Foundation fingers ‘round the globe

How does the money flow?

Piddle peddle influence

A quid’ll get you quo

Some foundations furnish well

A club or family flat

Six-foot portrait of the Don

(I mean… who does that?)

Our standing in the world is down

But rest assured I’ll up it

Disputin’ ‘bout (ras)Putin

(He’d rather have a puppet)

Refugees are cast adrift

To turn our back’s a sin

Bah. Trojans send a horse our way

And we just let it in?

The immigrants who made it here

Should we let them stay?

No. Build a wall and toss ‘em o’er

Every bad hombre

Last time in the White House

Your husband went a-roamin’

Egad, you’ve nerve to speak of that

(What a nasty woman)

When you’re rich and famous

Just grab her by the [tush]

Assaulter? Stalker? Locker talker?

Mel blames Billy Bush

Ok, I think we’re finished here

It’s time to say goodnight

I thank you both for coming and

Engaging in this fight

Come November, Don or Hill?

(No, you can’t pick Pence)

But will you graciously concede?

Eh… I’ll keep you in suspense.

-- by Dave Tilford, Louisville, KY