The Petty New Party

Though not important on its own,
Near one in four of us declare
Hawaii hasn’t fully shown
Barack Obama’s birthplace there
Is certified beyond a doubt.
State records clearly bear it out.

A few believe the Earth is flat.
It’s sad but those who do get by,
Like birthers spouting nonsense that
Since foreign-born, we should deny
The current White House resident
His office as the president.

What’s bad, a major party’s at
The point where only four in ten
Agree he’s U.S.-born. Said that,
Three-tenths said no, three-tenths, again,
Perhaps. This in the GOP,
Which bodes ill for democracy.

We need two parties that compete
So that the public gets the best.
If wits in one are incomplete,
Ideas don’t undergo a test.
The party’s follies then reduce
To those of dolts whose screws are loose.