SCHADENFREUDE

SHAHD-n-froy-duh

Noun:  A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.

Fall 2005, Kerry Treasure

He didn’t win, not fair and square.  In two thousand he squeaked in by a hair.

I never liked him, I thought him a dope, in two thousand four, he did not get my vote.

Now, my opinion’s confirmed, as he spirals down.  The proof’s in the pudding, the man is a clown.

First, and worst, no Iraqis to greet. 2000 war dead. No flowers in the street.

Slam dunk WMDs did not materialize. Colin Powell bullied into telling lies.

Job approval numbers sink terribly low.  All his “political capital”… where did it go?

Cronies and lackies in high paid places.  Anger and tears on abandoned black faces.

Harriet Meirs, his girl good-old boy, right wingers throw him around like a toy.

Even spendthrift Dems can’t believe the debt and deficit the GOP has conceived.

Like Liddy before him, Libby’s a crook. They changed the subject by outing a spook.

Chief uniter not divider, the integrity guy is loyal to staffers who under oath lie.

Torture’s a value? yes or no?  VP lobbies for it, Pres says it ain’t so.

Dirty tricks, laundered money, DeLay indicted.  Family value of honesty got slighted.

Gleeful donkeys bray “I told you so.”  Watching him squirm, we’re starting to crow.

Schadenfreude: take pleasure in others’ bad luck, laughing as he’s pulled down into the muck.

It’s so tempting to root for his fall, but, wait!  Bush’s shit storm swamps us all.