Ted Yoho
the Tea Party
(yes they somehow
still exist)
congressman of Florida
when asked
by a black constituent
if he considered
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
to be Constitutional
he said
"I wish I could answer
that 100 percent."
(If only he had then
taken the chance
to declare
his solemn duty
of defending the Act
from people he may know
who actually would
want it stricken
from our record.)
In his defense
many Founding Fathers
owned slaves
and other Fathers
didn't protest enough
for the document
to be changed
in the 18th century
and yes "Constitutional"
is sometimes used casually
to mean "American-ly
moral and correct".
One could almost
feel sorry for congressmen
and women like him
people with ideas
who aren't smart enough
to learn a fact or two
or wise enough
to pretend to care
about them.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
