Needed:
Hugger-in-Chief

White House aspirants fin’ly see
What to others has long been clear,
Though terror is still a worry,
What Americans really fear,
Is the rising cost of basics,
And jobs that are drifting away,
And nasty calls from creditors
Who threaten to garnish their pay.

Alas there’s no easy solutions
That can turn this mess around,
Make a badly skewed economy
More equitable, more sound;
The simple truth of the matter,
Though few will dare say it aloud,
Is the rich will keep glomming to excess
With the help of the K Street crowd.

What then must the ‘08 winner
Use for solace in his or her reign?
Not new programs, that menu is tapped out
But a show of just sharing the pain;
When you can’t fill the down trodden’s pockets,
With a speech give their tear ducts a tug;
When confronted with stories of hardship
Give the teller a comforting hug.

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