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How to Win an Election
How to win an election…
It's really simple these days.
Some would call it an art.
Let us count the ways.
One. Forget the truth.
Fill your speeches with lies.
Focusing on facts
Would probably be unwise.
Two. Find a scapegoat
Or two or three or four.
If that's not enough,
You can always find more.
Three. Social media
For spreading disinformation
Will easily hurt your
Opponent's reputation.
Four. Spread doubt,
Uncertainty and fear
In the minds of the people.
Smear, smear, smear!
Five. Hateful rhetoric
Will help further your cause.
Poke fun at violence.
Thumb your nose at the laws.
Six. Be certain
To run a bad faith campaign.
Admitting any fault
Should go against the grain.
Seven. Welcome support
From groups super extreme.
Bring some nativist members
Into your campaign team.
Eight. Find ways
To further vilify
Your opponent with
Help from the FBI.
Nine. Don't be afraid
To get some outside support.
Russia is--for instance--
A country you could court.
Ten. Blame the media
For everything that's wrong.
Accuse them with the obnoxious
"Biased" and "liberal" song.
There you have it. It's easy.
If your numbers lag,
Follow these rules and you
Have it in the bag.
(11-12-16)
It's really simple these days.
Some would call it an art.
Let us count the ways.
One. Forget the truth.
Fill your speeches with lies.
Focusing on facts
Would probably be unwise.
Two. Find a scapegoat
Or two or three or four.
If that's not enough,
You can always find more.
Three. Social media
For spreading disinformation
Will easily hurt your
Opponent's reputation.
Four. Spread doubt,
Uncertainty and fear
In the minds of the people.
Smear, smear, smear!
Five. Hateful rhetoric
Will help further your cause.
Poke fun at violence.
Thumb your nose at the laws.
Six. Be certain
To run a bad faith campaign.
Admitting any fault
Should go against the grain.
Seven. Welcome support
From groups super extreme.
Bring some nativist members
Into your campaign team.
Eight. Find ways
To further vilify
Your opponent with
Help from the FBI.
Nine. Don't be afraid
To get some outside support.
Russia is--for instance--
A country you could court.
Ten. Blame the media
For everything that's wrong.
Accuse them with the obnoxious
"Biased" and "liberal" song.
There you have it. It's easy.
If your numbers lag,
Follow these rules and you
Have it in the bag.
(11-12-16)
