Readers take note: All fictional folks who turned in reports and grades for this doggerel were told no \u201cF\u201d grades would be accepted. D minus would be the lowest grade for\u00a0the record. With these guidelines Donald scored \u201cperfect\u201d D-minus grades all the way down. This poem was inspired by\u00a0Steve Schmidt, member of the Lincoln Project, and TV\u00a0commentator who recently described POTUS 45 in a TV interview as \u201c\u2026deplorable, despicable, and disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donald\u2019s D-Minus Report Card<\/strong> Joey ‘Pepe Batbon’ Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong> Readers take note: All fictional folks who turned in reports and grades for this doggerel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":321680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,304,5148],"class_list":["post-328050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-las-vegas","tag-new-orleans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDouble trouble double down sonnets on it<\/em>
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\nDonald\u2019s double down disease delivers dirt daily
\ndependent on family money he declares independence
\ndeferential to himself he is indifferent to others
\ndedicated follower of himself; dedication to no other
\ndemagogue deluxe\u2014an angry augury of demagoguery
\ndeaf to reason, deaf and dumb to compromise or pleasing
\ndemands loyalty pledges, pledges nothing to his staff
\ndejected by any opposition; dejected when rejected
\ndespicable Donald, conspicuous and crass consumption
\ndespite reasonable advice fires reasonable thinkers
\ndeposits his emolument money in Deutsche Bank
\ndecimates those who \u2018dis\u2019 his form of democracy
\ndeplorable remarks on Sen. John McCain and women
\ndevolution of democracy, plutocratic partisan personified
\ndenigrates anyone who crosses him in any way
\ndethroned Dr. Fauci and others more popular than him
\ndisgraceful embarrassing behavior with world leaders
\ndetermined to ruin respect for the US presidency\u00a0
\ndevours fast food facts; the US Constitution not so fast
\ndisturbed and disturbing affect demonstrated daily
\ndecisions made off the top of his head, no discussions
\ndestroys careers of loyal lifelong civil servants
\ndestruction of Pres. Obama\u2019s legacy a major goal
\ndamn foolish tweets and frequent grammatical errors
\nDenier! Holds both the Duke and Dean of Denial title
\ndetermination full speed ahead for environmental folly
\ndeadbeat on years of tax returns and plenty promises
\ndesperately needs a deus ex machina with protestors.<\/p>\n
\nJoey \u201cPepe Batbon\u201d Connolly is a retired teacher and has been named a poet laureate of Tinian. He has taught English in CNMI public schools for the past 30 years. He has also taught in Alaska, New Orleans, and Las Vegas.<\/em>
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