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Mr. Trump and Miss California
Posted: May 17, 2009
A lesson in grace but not integrity…
The Donald did it once again.
He trumped popular opinion.
The words "you're fired!"
were expected
by the media minions.
The Miss USA runner-up
had fallen down it seemed.
When photos surfaced from her past,
we knew what that would mean.
This one who answered from the right
that gay marriage is not,
appeared to be up to her neck
in water boiling hot.
But Mr. Trump, who once before,
had graced a fallen beauty,
surprised the press yet once again
by saying, "It's my duty
to stand up for this one whose views
on gays I don't agree
because this poor girl's been maligned.
That's how it seems to me."
And yet I am a bit confused
by how she chose to pose.
Her actions undermine her words.
They're fodder for her foes.
And so the moral of this tale?
Feel free to bear your chest.
But if you judge the plight of gays,
don't play the game of sex.
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