Written by Robert S. Becker   

Pontificating, as if taking a stand,
Raucous Trumpery stalks the land;
The spectacle how billionaire blarney
Glibly hornswoggles a gullible army.
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In doubtful quest for lost golden ages,
As if slogans alone ease Tea Party rages?
They cheer and guzzle carbs & lite beer,
Guffawing at Trump's infantile sneers.
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Is this clown likened to Sen. Sanders,
The great moral voice who never panders?
This pretender's no more the populist
Than Bernie's akin to commie socialist.
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Yet facile pundits invent a fake fight:
Sanders stands far-left, Trump far-right.
One fires a shotgun, the rank entertainer,
Bernie's a genuine, reform campaigner.
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So laid over today's campaign whipsaw
Arises a massive, ideological fraud:
Trump only spouts disruptive wedges,
Sanders upholds core progressive pledges.