Category: Politics

A man from Missouri named Truman,
Heretofore quite unassumin’,
Cries, for a gag,
“’52’s in the bag!”
(Missouri mule? Or is he human?)

by Ray Romine Friday, June 23, 1950

Teheran and Potsdam and Yalta
Should have taught us Americans alta
Beware of appeasing,
Since stealing’s more pleasing
To such Nations as have the galta?

by Ray Romine Friday, September 7, 1951

The Congressman who mentions parity
For the consumer is indeed a rarity!

by Ray Romine Friday, February 9, 1951

Much hinges on the way that we
Define the term “peace-love.”
Most of us love peace in the world,
But Josef loves “piece of!”

by Ray Romine Friday, August 24, 1951

Let others worry, but not me
About world conflagration:
Within a week, there’d surely be
A Congressional investigation!

by Ray Romine Sunday, February 7, 1954

Once you’ve espoused ’em
It’s hard to oust ’em!

by Ray Romine Thursday, July 26, 1951

Mac has charged the mainland;
Mac is back to stay.
But is Harry frightened?
He looks the other way
And merely shrugs his shoulders.
Why shouldn’t he look bored?
For Harry’s trusty fountain-pen
Is sharper than the sword!

by Ray Romine Thursday, April 19, 1951

One who can swallow Stalin, and a
Part of his own propaganda.

by Ray Romine Friday, August 25, 1950

Nations want our munitions: we heed ’em–
We send ’em Lend-lease and we feed ’em;
But isn’t it queer
That inside of a year
They don’t know us at all when we need ’em?

by Ray Romine Friday, August 10, 1951

When committees get set to deploy, it
Is their show, if they want to destroy it;
But still it must irk us,
For, if it’s a circus,
Why shouldn’t the public enjoy it?

by Ray Romine Friday, May 4, 1951