When as a child...I committed <br />An act sufficiently crass <br />Mother would grab a limb from the elm tree <br /> And she'd promptly..whip my ass <br /> <br />Whatever the infraction <br />I was never denied a seat <br />At my mother's table <br />When it came time to eat <br /> <br />A philosophy applicable <br />To the errant Jessie Helms <br />For right there in Washington <br />.....Are plenty...........of elms <br /> <br />So...welcome the Senator to your table <br />Don't deny him the seat <br />Just whip his ass..then pass the gavel <br />Now Mr. Chairman..........let's eat <br /> <br />Author's note: <br /> <br />Helms, vying to become Senate Foreign Relations Chair, ignited a 1994 political firestorm with the controversial suggestion, 'President Clinton better not show up around here (Helms' home state of North Carolina) without a bodyguard.' <br /> <br />Helms narrowly survived the heated opposition, and was successfully confirmed by the United States Senate.<br /><br />James B. Earley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/senator-jessie-helms/
