A Bare-Knuckle Fight

Politics has always been rough and tumble
  a bare-knuckle fight in a concrete jungle

Those who preach togetherness and unity
  flail their arms at windmills uselessly
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Krutsinger Avatar
December 17, 2021 at 7:57 AM
We have not been this divided since the Civil War - although actually I was not living in those days.
Rodrigues Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 4:36 PM
LOL…I believe I read in one bio that Abraham Lincoln threw an opponent.
Wolf Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 7:50 PM
I think that politicians used to really slug each other. Not like today's snowflakes. lol.
Leffanta Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 11:03 AM
Rising from "bare-knuckle" to "knuckle-head" is an American pastime . . . . .
Wolf Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 7:50 PM
Good wisecrack there, Rico. Bullseye.
Hankins Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 9:38 AM
Ah, but we keep punching, gw. We think there is such a thing as hope!
Wolf Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 7:49 PM
It's what they put in the punch these days...
Lawless Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 8:10 AM
DAMN.....the original "wind" turbines and we just let them rant and rave without hooking them up to the power grid....
Wolf Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 7:49 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Never thought of things quite that way, John. Windy Turban
Awtry Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 7:27 AM
So true! We send the politicians to Washington to fight for us! I think we suffer when they play nice with one another. But I naively wish like Rodney King why we the people can’t get along :D -ps
Wolf Avatar
December 13, 2021 at 7:48 PM
Drink a beer, make a friend, sing a song; why can't we all -- just get along? ~ Luke Bryant
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