SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May 2018. Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's lyrics posted on these earlier blogposts...
Dark Schemes
Rosenstein
Brennan's Tweet
"Get Me Roger Stone - the Song"
Dark Schemes
Rosenstein
Brennan's Tweet
"Get Me Roger Stone - the Song"
ORIGINAL SONG: "Annie's Song" by John Denver, 1974.
Enjoy Denver's recording HERE on Youtube. PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Indiana Song" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.
BACKGROUND INFO: George Will's opinion-editorial was published in the Washington Post under the rubric "Trump is no longer the worst person in government". It appeared in our local newspaper on May 10, 2018, under the heading "Mike Pence sets sad standard for governing by groveling."
Here is the link to the particular newspaper column which generated all the interest.
INDIANA SONG
to the tune of "Annie's Song"
to the tune of "Annie's Song"
George Will writes Mike Pence sets
A 'sad standard for ... groveling',
Like at cabinet meetings
Where he's 'humbled' by Trump.
Using barbs like 'oleaginous',
Like 'repulsive' and 'toady',
George fills up his column --
His disdain doesn't slump.
Then George targets invective
At Mike's praise for Arpaio,
At a rally in Tempe
Near the home of McCain.
George invokes Mike's 'vocation'
(Servile ingratiation)
And asks voters repudiate
That mob's M.A.G.A.* again.
* Make America Great Again, slogan of the 2016 Republican campaign.
A 'sad standard for ... groveling',
Like at cabinet meetings
Where he's 'humbled' by Trump.
Using barbs like 'oleaginous',
Like 'repulsive' and 'toady',
George fills up his column --
His disdain doesn't slump.
Then George targets invective
At Mike's praise for Arpaio,
At a rally in Tempe
Near the home of McCain.
George invokes Mike's 'vocation'
(Servile ingratiation)
And asks voters repudiate
That mob's M.A.G.A.* again.
* Make America Great Again, slogan of the 2016 Republican campaign.
George Will 'conservative political commentator' and popular columnist with the Washington Post Writer's Group.
Mike Pence Vice-President 2017- . Previous experience as Republican governor of his home-state of Indiana. Described as 'conspicuously devout' by Will, presumably picked for his current post due to his freedom from financial or lifestyle imbroglios.
Mike Pence Vice-President 2017- . Previous experience as Republican governor of his home-state of Indiana. Described as 'conspicuously devout' by Will, presumably picked for his current post due to his freedom from financial or lifestyle imbroglios.
Donald Trump President, 2016-.
"Sheriff Joe" Arpaio controversial local political figure in Arizona, self-styled as 'America's toughest sheriff', convicted of contempt of court in relation to repeated racially charged practices, 'pardoned' by Trump in 2017.
John McCain high-profile long-serving senator from Arizona, Republican candidate for President in 2008, struggling with terminal brain cancer at the time of these events.
John McCain high-profile long-serving senator from Arizona, Republican candidate for President in 2008, struggling with terminal brain cancer at the time of these events.
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