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(What a) Wonderful Veep...
with apologies to Sam Cooke
She don't know much about history
She don't believe in biology
She wants to change the science books
She wants to fire the White House cooks
But she does know how to speak on cue
And she knows if she makes fools of you
What a wonderful veep she would be
She don't know much about geography
She don't know much foreign policy
Don't know much about George Bush's war
Don't know what a VP is for
But she knows that one and one is two
And if McCain just tells her what to do
What a wonderful veep she would be
Now she don't claim to want any bridges
But she can sell you one
'Cuz maybe by pretending she never liked bridges
She can win your vote for John
She don't know much about history
She don't believe in biology
She wants to change the science books
She wants to fire the White House cooks
But she knows if she can hide the truth
Until we make it to the voting booth
What a wonderful veep she would be
Comments (25)
Too funny, thanks!
September 9, 2008 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
You may have missed your calling, Genghis.
Rec'd
September 9, 2008 1:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
An instant classic!
I'd love to see it on Youtube, with a montage of Palin interspersed with clips of people shooting wolves from the air, polar bears drowing, the Monkey trials, and so on.
September 9, 2008 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Polar bears drowning is natural selection, don't you know? Like Tim Pawlenty not getting picked! Put that in your monkey trial and smoke it!
September 9, 2008 4:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Viral! Viral! This has to go viral everyone!
Good job, Ghengis.
September 10, 2008 11:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Four of Palin's closest friends were on Good Morning America today. Three of them would not say who they are voting for. Perhaps they could sing backup.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/abc-interviews-palins-clo_n_125062.html
September 9, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is brilliant. Now I want to hear it!
September 9, 2008 3:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brilliant, Genghis. Love it!
I humbly request a different final stanza - just to get more of her flaws in. :-)
She don't know much 'bout the economy
She don't know much 'bout Net neutrality
She don't know much 'bout green energy
But she can sure field-dress a moose or three
And if she can just hide from the press
Then this Cheney in lipstick and a dress
Could be the worst veep in our history
Your piece is perfect as it is, though. Well done, and highly rec'd. Now we just need a YouTube video with appropriate pictures scrolling and someone singing this in the background.
September 9, 2008 3:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like it
September 10, 2008 1:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is awesome. Well-written!
Now she don't claim to want any bridges
But she can sell you one
'Cuz maybe by pretending she never liked bridges
She can win your vote for John
That's my favorite part. You are really good at crafting verse.
If only we could squeeze something in about hunting from a helicopter.
September 9, 2008 3:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, wait! Forget about putting in something about shooting things from a helicopter. I'm sure that just tickles pink the wingnuts!
September 9, 2008 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, they've appropriated Change and now Sam Cooke too.
September 9, 2008 4:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you sure about that?
September 9, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
She don't know much 'bout the economy
She don't know much 'bout Net neutrality
She don't know much 'bout green energy
But she can sure field-dress a moose or three
And if she can just hide from the press
Then this Cheney in lipstick and a dress
Could be the worst veep in our history"
Excellent! Cheney in lipstick and a
dress, exactly how she comes across.
With Bush's speech-writers and a
Cheney resemblance thats uncanny, how
can we go wrong...by voting Obama?
September 9, 2008 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah. That is great. Lipstick and a dress.
Sarah's joke should be changed a little - instead of pitbull, insert the name Dick Cheney. For example:
What's the difference between hockey Mom Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney?....Lipstick!
Now all we need is one of those transforming pictures...like the ones they did for McCain transforming into Bush. :)
September 9, 2008 6:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
One of my all time favorite movie scenes was that song coming from the car radio in the Amish barn. Harrison Ford begoms dancing with Kelly McIllis!
And now Sarah Pahlin steps into the scene, just like the old Amish patriarch and spoils all the fun.
September 9, 2008 7:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cleanse your pallet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGSvkJjc9c
September 10, 2008 4:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
One cleanses a palate, in one's mouth, between tastes.
One could also cleanse a pallet, but since one typically stacks construction materials upon a pallet, and they get dirty easily, the effort might be better spent with the palate.
September 10, 2008 11:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
awesome verse...
September 9, 2008 8:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Aw, ☠enghis, you've given me the blues -- I am laughing to keep from crying! :-\
Thank you.
September 9, 2008 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
good song!
September 10, 2008 1:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB6V6aUaptI
September 10, 2008 4:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Gonna pass this around the office today Mr. Genghis.
September 10, 2008 7:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Funny, but the fact is that this vile woman is trash, and her proximity to office is a bigger insult to the stature of the American presidency than even Bush's illegitimate tenure has been. I never thought I would witness something like THAT.
September 10, 2008 9:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
Bummer. Sorry. But it is about a real person. It came also from the suicide statistics for our well supported and highly honored veterans. Thanks Senator McCain, for your many votes against our Veterans. http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/9559
Apologies and thanks to Kent Lavoie for his work:
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo.
I remember to this day, the doctors at the VA.
How they told me I was fine and let me go with my pain.
Well they used up this old Vet, and a shrug is all I can get.
Oh how I wish I could sleep through the night again.
{Refrain}
Please help me with my PTSD.
The cost I paid for fighting for this land.
Please help me with my PTSD.
I hope you love being a free man.
I've been out for two months today.
My lover is gone away, and I'm back to drinking hard again.
The mission feeds me lunch for free and I sleep underneath a tree.
My eyes were blacked when I ran into a gang.
(Refrain)
I went to see my old buddy Joe.
He watched my back when the fire was coming down on him and me.
The pain was more than he could stand so he took his life with his own hand.
But he got a nice spot in the national cemetery.
(Refrain)
September 10, 2008 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
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