House of Paine

me boy : ya gotta raise the level of truthlessness

 johnny 
up the ante

start pointin fingers

throw a million  paper thin punches

  you know their thieves 

  so what if the case needs some thickeners

                         go for it 

                   if need be
          and its lookin like that

pull a  Farakan

go  pure  poetic

 you know 
   hurl  boldly  shaped  myths 
      
they  bite
         better then facts 

 turn on the wildness johnny 

" I HAVE IN MY HAND THE NAMES  

    OF 43 KNOWN CONVICTS IN THE  BUSH ..." 

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  are the more 
             truthless 
   always  the more 
             ruthless 
       or
      are they 
     as often  the more 
                     toothless?


who  fucking cares ?

 political truths

are not facts 

whatever the fuck facts  are

      

the scoring points 

in a cheap  ballot box  contest like yer in anyway 

   are 
    vote getters  



why is this so fucking 
hard to keep clear ?

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 win first

you can 
cover your tail  later

shit look
          at cheney for christ's sake

if bush lost 
the manwas headed to  the federal pen 

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  any way 

 whats the point of exposing

 politicians factual  lies anyway ?

  are liars dangerous

  more dangerous say
then a straight arrow
    stiff armer 
  like  jimmy carter was

           are fact liars
      overly  ambitious ?
             or 

mighten some 
just be
too  lazy or too shrewd
 to make their case fair and square

  you know     corner cutters

FDR was a gigantic liar

about his opinions and sympathies 

it was part of his charm box

he had a good memory 

and he liked to make people relax

so 
he kept  his lies straight

and the old feline he was
he could  
make  his flip flops
look like graceful acts of daring do

 bottom line

the guy  
got what he wanted 
out of most folks


especially votin' folks 

 now
take  clinton 
he lied welltoo

  only he was ashamed 
          of gettin caught

couldn't come klean 


       clinton's brighter
       then fdrever  was 

only problem
clinton 
had no klass rules
 he loved brakin

 fdr  took wicked delight
 in the occasional 
       cat swipe  
     
loved    clawing  
      some  fellow
              fancy pants 
                             right in his   fat white ass 

clinton?

 doin' stuff like that 
to his" betters"

               shit 
he needed too much approval for that 
even the thought
of crossing wall street 
         gave the cad 
                   a lump in his throat
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 most important

FDR'S WERE LIES OF 
MANUEVER

AGGRESSIVE LIES 


NOT 

defensive lies 
heres the point

defensive lies 
awkward ones anyway 

stink of cornered meat 

thats  a smell no voter can stand

        bush needs to get cornered

and theres only one wa
y
go after him with myths

 klass  myths

arnold was right

tell true lies 

thats  what myths are 

ya need 
to true lie 
that marlboro smoke ring 
right into 
a  fucking Korner office  high chair

trap him there
and  make him sweat 


expose his gangs  dirty
                   gold fingers 

 during the first debate 
make 
that fuckin
 crepe paper face 
                        sweat 

         worse 
then nixons upper lip


shit 

give that 
that 
mama's little ash tray 
a few  nut twisters
 
left field accusations
         against
                    his "people"


do that

give off
the dick tracy thing

run down
his whole sick  gang

tick em off one by one

do that  
and 
fuck

 georgette
would start   stinking  
  up the airwaves
  so bad 
the screen might go black 
                       
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