The Presidential Thirteen

The Presidential Thirteen Elephant Herd Debate By Franklin Price 12/16/2015 The herd was so big That they split them in two The four lowest rated Had escaped from the zoo Had pertinent thoughts Early said them out loud They were quite entertaining To the gambling crowd Although quite outspoken They should go home to roost Said not quite enough To give their ratings a boost Then came the big nine At least that's what polls say They presented themselves In the Elephant way Three self proclaimed movers From the Senate were there Three not so new governors Who delivered quite fair A business woman A construct billionaire And a surgeon of note Were the nine if you care Some finger pointing Some pounding of chest Sometimes interrupting To show who was best Sometimes some complaining They had gotten no time You would think that Wolf Blitzer Had committed a crime Somehow they got through it Scoring a point or two There was no clear winner But then that's nothing new