{"id":2154,"date":"2019-11-10T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2019-12-22T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T20:00:39","slug":"moscow-mitch-is-on-the-way-out-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2019\/11\/10\/moscow-mitch-is-on-the-way-out-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Mitch is on the Way Out | Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Image from: Video of Nathan and Owald performing “Light at the End of the Tunnel” <\/a><\/p>\n\n

By Andrew Manzoni, Elections Correspondent<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The world is spinning.
Election Day came and went.
Big Democrat victories in Virginia, in\u00a0Kentucky\u00a0<\/em>(of all places).
Next year,\u00a0Moscow Mitch<\/em>\u00a0better\u00a0WATCH OUT\u2014<\/em>
the pouting little turtle man without a shell (or a spine).
He is on the\u00a0WAY OUT.<\/em>
But before that happens:<\/em>
EVERYONE<\/em>, FALL INTO PARTY LINES.
And listen to the seraphic angels\u00a0singing.<\/em>
\u00a0
The momentum, it is\u00a0building<\/em>\u2014
let us ride the crest of the blue wave and
pray that it does not break prematurely.
\u00a0
Beto dropped out.
And so should many of the others\u2014
these obscure candidates nobody wants to\u00a0truly<\/em>\u00a0get behind.
Andrew Yang promised us 1,000 dollars a month.
I would be voting for him if I thought he was truthful.
While running, politicians promise you\u00a0the world<\/strong>.
Once voted in, their true colors are\u00a0exposed<\/em>\u2014 their banners unfurled.
\u00a0
The dust clears and we fear that we chose
someone\u00a0other\u00a0<\/em>than the silver-tongued politician\u2014
the one so specified upon the ballot.
We are dodging bullets\u2014 fired at us in\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>directions.
Turns out it was a heap of bullshit.
And we\u2019ll be scratching our heads, again.
Despite losses in my city, Spokane
(the Republican TV anchor with no experience
beat the qualified guy for the title of\u00a0mayor<\/em>),
we are heading forward\u2014\u00a0and then?<\/em>
\u00a0
Join in, my friends.
\u00a0
We are traipsing through the muck, the mire.
We are desiring\u00a0A NEW WORLD, a rebirth of America<\/em>
into something BETTER than GREAT, again.<\/em>
It will happen as long as we will it\u2014
as long as we continue to pursue our truths, our goals.
We will\u00a0know<\/em>\u00a0redemption and will\u00a0heed<\/em>\u00a0these lessons.
Succumb not to the grip of political depression.
The Republicon leadership wants you to\u00a0lose hope<\/em>\u2014 to drop out
of society\u2014 out of the good fight
when there is clearly\u00a0light\u00a0<\/em>cascading
through the mouth of this\u00a0long\u00a0<\/em>tunnel.
\u00a0
Only one more year to go\u2014
until we know what fate has in store.
Do not deny. Do not ignore the signs.
Otherwise we shall\u00a0never\u00a0<\/em>rise.

<\/p>\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n

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