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Lamar had one last chance to serve his country well.<\/div>\n
Just a vote “yes,” then he could retire.<\/div>\n
But he chose instead to live his his old age out in hell,<\/div>\n
let his country burn down in Trump fire.<\/div>\n
Though Lamar suggested ‘inappropriate behavior,’<\/div>\n
it wasn’t bad enough to be impeached.<\/div>\n
And so the Dems are left without a hero or a savior,<\/div>\n
stranded one vote short by Senate, beached.<\/div>\n
The historic moment will now be washed out to sea,<\/div>\n
unheard witnesses lost to the tide.<\/div>\n
Evil’s in the public interest. We must let it be,<\/div>\n
strapped in our apocalyptic ride.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lamar had one last chance to serve his country well. Just a vote “yes,” then he could retire. But he chose instead to live his his old age out in hell, let his country burn down in Trump fire. Though Lamar suggested ‘inappropriate behavior,’ it wasn’t bad enough to be impeached. And so the Dems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2291,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2291","url_meta":{"origin":1539,"position":0},"title":"Entertainment News 12\/12","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Charlie Pride has died of Covid complications, first black superstar to play on country music stations. 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