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Republican bad faith is on display
defying what Saint Raygun said they should
as if Obama ought to have no say
on the exclusive SCOTUS brotherhood
no strict construction justifies their ploy
the constitution's unambiguous
but Mitch McConnell plays abruptly coy
as if delay served not just him, but us
a bench for nine's precarious for eight
an even number's too prone to deadlocks
the president must duly nominate
then prod McConnell with electric shocks
three legs sustain our hard-fought liberties
and Mitch can't change that system as he please