Defying An Emperor

I'm surfing through the nets, and what do I see? This strange headline from MSNBC:


Will Senate GOP also defy Bush on ports deal?

"Defy Bush?" I said, "but he's not a king;"
Apparently the site employs those prone to dream.

"Defy" connotes Bush has nigh-absolute power,
But if poll numbers speak true, his image has soured.

A now videos show his knew of Katrina,
Despite he early claims that no one could have seen her.

Similar to Jack, a lobbyist and friend,
Someone who helped Republicans to no end.

Regardless of facts, the media continues
To push Bush's regality in about every venue.

As if he was a savior who descended from Heaven,
And spoke the Good Word like a prophet or reverend.

To make this image stick, they go out of their way
To book big-name conservatives who talk forever and a day.

They spin and they parse and they bob and they weave,
But basically, all they do is lie and deceive.

The press used to question both sides of the aisle,
Now they kiss those in power as they wink with a smile.

Is it any wonder now, those who voice their opinion
Get flamed, smeared or attacked by Bush's top minions?

Or that political actions now consist of crimes,
And screened "open forums" are paid with our dimes?

To dissent and to argue is equated with treason,
Yet wiretaps and ports selling are done without reason.

To this I send not a threat, but a solution:
The last "King" America had lead to a revolution.