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gfarber

(156 posts)
12. The Puppet Strings
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 11:34 AM
Oct 25


A president grinned with delight,
At a Speaker who’d not put up fight.
“With my whims he complies,
And repeats all my lies—
It’s like ventriloquism done right!”

In Congress, the gavel now hums,
To the tune of a man who still drums.
For each MAGA decree,
Mike nods dutifully—
As democracy twiddles its thumbs.

“I’m both Speaker and Chief!” Trump declared,
And his cronies all clapped, unimpaired.
Johnson smiled from the side,
With obedience wide—
For rebellion? He’d never have dared.

As the government shuttered once more,
And the critics cried, “This is war!”
Mike said, “Just be still—
It’s one big, beautiful bill!”
While the nation kept eyeing the door.

When the call came from Trump’s gilded den,
Johnson nodded again and again.
For his post, though quite grand,
Seems run by one hand—
And it’s not the one holding the pen.

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Also see this DU thread........... riversedge Oct 25 #1
Tiny johnson is a backbencher who is completely Javaman Oct 25 #2
Let's face it, Johnson is absolutely ripe for blackmail and control. There is a reason he was Bev54 Oct 25 #6
Yes... he was put there to push forward theocratic laws on the people slightlv Oct 25 #25
Well, on this he's a truthful bully... hlthe2b Oct 25 #3
There is a level of obsequiousness that one can reach that puts them beyond humiliation. Solly Mack Oct 25 #4
Yes, Master.... Bayard Oct 25 #5
Hell, everybody knows this, mikey is trumps puppet, republianmushroom Oct 25 #7
Puppetry a trois... BattleRow Oct 25 #11
A trumpet puppet! calimary Oct 25 #18
The House Squeaker thought he was Moses bronxiteforever Oct 25 #8
Much like Moscow Mitch Farmer-Rick Oct 25 #9
"Thank you, sir. May I have another?" DinahMoeHum Oct 25 #10
The Puppet Strings gfarber Oct 25 #12
What he says about Johnson, he says about every Republican in Congress who doesn't do shit about it. chowder66 Oct 25 #13
Suffer Mikey, suffer long and hard you ambulatory jellybag irisblue Oct 25 #14
the headline should be barbtries Oct 25 #15
Another little Johnson in a position of authority. n/t aggiesal Oct 25 #16
trump was finally right about something C Moon Oct 25 #17
! Marcuse Oct 25 #19
He'll always be Pornocchio to me... blue_jay Oct 25 #21
He needs an app that alerts him to being screwed. Marcuse Oct 25 #24
Second in line for the presidency. Kablooie Oct 25 #20
That's because he's blackmailing him like almost everyone else in the MAGA GOP. ChicagoTeamster Oct 25 #22
Doormat Johnson and Chairman tRump Blue Owl Oct 25 #23
Toady Johnson, even The Thing thinks you're a loser. Wonder Why Oct 26 #26
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