Only one last ‘Christian’* vote? But there’s a silver lining

Forget whether outcomes are legit, / Now ended by mobs with holy writ.

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How can this septuagenarian, 
Sniffing the machiavellian,
Dismiss a dump-the-vote rationale?  
What if elections got a root canal?

For Trump promises “beautiful Christians,”
Oblivious to “weird” contradictions, 
“We’ll have it fixed so good,” he swore,
“You won’t have to vote anymore.”

Oh goody! All those crooked pledges waived,
Plus precious time and money saved;
If voting is out, bye, bye elections—
But what about governance questions?

Few glory in anguished campaigns,
Inciting more stress than labor pains.
Bipartisan spigots gush forever,
Inflaming ire, spiking blood pressure.

Forget whether outcomes are legit,
Now ended by mobs with holy writ:
The loudest demagogic cult 
Into power “populists” catapult.

No need to dread left-wing pariahs,
Elbowed aside by MAGA messiahs;
Hardcore fanatics allergic to doubt
Ax sacred rights with a tyrant’s clout.  

No state counters need dilly-dally—
For Trumpers cement the finale;
Expect no bang, just sneaky whimper,
And majority rule gets the third finger. 

Out the window go election laws—
No voting means no whining on fraud.
Salute chaos, nothing’s certified,
Even when Trump loses by a landslide.

For MAGA, it’s neither dumb nor blind
To punish “evil-doers” out of their mind.
Since government’s divinely-ordained,
Rulers must ride the Biblical train.

If and when God’s will isn’t done,
Prepare for retribution to come;
Infidels who defy the godhead
Drive fundamentalists to bloodshed.

Nothing proves ballot boxes got stuffed
Than when the Never Wrong are rebuffed;  
Yet count our blessings from that we abhor—
If MAGA Christians won’t vote anymore!

*”Trump tells Christians they won’t have to vote after this election” 
Trump commanded: “Christians, get out and vote, just this time. “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”

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For over a decade, Robert S. Becker's independent, rebel-rousing essays on politics and culture analyze overall trends, history, implications, messaging and frameworks. He has been published widely, aside from Nation of Change and RSN, with extensive credits from OpEdNews (as senior editor), Alternet, Salon, Truthdig, Smirking Chimp, Dandelion Salad, Beyond Chron, and the SF Chronicle. Educated at Rutgers College, N.J. (B.A. English) and U.C. Berkeley (Ph.D. English), Becker left university teaching (Northwestern, then U. Chicago) for business, founding SOTA Industries, a top American high end audio company he ran from '80 to '92. From '92-02, he was an anti-gravel mining activist while doing marketing, business and writing consulting. Since then, he seeks out insight, even wit in the shadows, without ideology or righteousness across the current mayhem of American politics.

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