I prefer raw dates to most candidates
Robert to Bill Gates
Watching mine to lifting weights
fewer versus more states
Some call me a rock-ribbed conservative
but they all have a lot of nerve
My day is filled with uncommon verve
in my swivel chair ~ Watch me swerve!
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Robert Gates served as Secretary of Defense
for Obama and then Bush Jr., from 2006 - 2011.
Categories:
rock ribbed, humor, me, political,
Form: Rhyme
~ Taichung Along with Mitch ~ *
Rock-ribbed conservative
Savvy, cautiously combative
Mitch McConnell his name, of course
His wife, Elaine Chao, a tour-de-force
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*Taichung is the second most-populous city
in Taiwan, with 2,759,000 residents. Elaine
Chao, Mitch's wife, is Taiwanese-born.
Categories:
rock ribbed, husband, identity, international, leadership,
Form: Clerihew
Rock-ribbed republicans
under
six sleek, slender saplings
fasten
red leather, yellow leather
onto
rubber baby-buggy bumpers.
(Say the long lines fast three times;
by now you know that nothing rhymes.)
Categories:
rock ribbed, humor, language,
Form: Light Verse