We Americans have lost our minds.
We’ve drunk the kool-aid as republicans designed.
We’re poised to allow more republican control,
The very same folks who put us in this very deep hole.

And now we’ve bought the worst kind of bunk
Blaming Obama for all the junk
He is responsible according to the “wise”
For ISIS, Ebola, Putin, and sea level rise.
There is nothing on the earth going sour today
That hasn’t been put on Obama’s tray.

We the people must face our fears
Engendered by republican propaganda for years.
We crave instant gratification;
We’ve lost sight of complex causation.

The panic ensuing over Ebola contagion
is callously fueled by GOP raging.
Remember FDR and his famous quote?
It is fear itself we must revoke.
Give republicans their deserved rout.
Get to the polls vote the fools out!

Are we ready to move?
Are we ready to take action?
Can we change the course?
Can we thwart the distraction?
Can we get back to governing?
To our own satisfaction?

What is the proper antidote?
Why we the people have to vote!

We’re stuck in the mud and need to get out
Can we muster the courage – can we manage to take charge?
We have a good trick but we all have to act
Our vote is our power – that is a fact!

Our Founders were wise but could not have imagined
The stuck place we are in because of ideological passion
Turning and turning in utter dismay,
How their land of promise has gone astray!

We are meant to argue and find a way
To settle on policy and make laws for the day.
Can we work together – our country’s creed
To find solutions to solve all of our needs?

A do nothing Congress has upset the cart.
We need to take action straight from the heart
Republicans cry fowl when Obama takes action
To compensate somewhat for Congress inaction.
But what to do when the House goes awol
With their pompous idealogues and extraordinary gall!

All of us must vote this fall
For candidates who rise to the call
Who will hold their ground against party tyranny
Who will vote for laws that speak a common sense litany
Who understand making laws underlies
Our Founder’s wisdom — the need for compromise

We all must find those candidates and vote!
It is our future we must promote!

Are we ready to move?
Are we ready to take action?
Can we change the course?
Can we thwart the distraction?
Can we get back to governing?
To our own satisfaction?

What is the proper antidote?
Why we the people have to vote!