Lady in Red

RUBY TUESDAY
http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com/2010/02/ruby-tuesday_15.html

LADY IN RED

(Written after reading that she still has ambitions!)

Sarah Palin! Why can't I

View her with an unbiased eye?

I'm a feminist, through and through.

There's nothing that 'we girls' can't do.

I've always thought to myself 'That's great!'

When 'we've' headed company or state.

Margaret Thatcher, years ago,

Didn't ever affect me so.

She was feminine to the core,

But there seemed to be much more.

One felt a toughness underneath;

Smiling lips, but razor teeth!
Here, I sense that the appeal
Is more imagined and unreal.
Women voters like her style;
Men her sex-appeal and smile.
But is there substance underlying

A surface-appeal there's no denying?
Democracy? She'd win the votes,
From a populace which dotes
On glamour and some titillation.
But is she good for an ailing nation?
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My apologies to any American who asks 'What does an Aussie know?' The answer is 'Nothing'. But I just have an uneasy feeling............
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I felt uneasy about Obama here:
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/01/inauguration.html