Politics and Strange Bedfellows

I always thought the expression was figurative, but frequent scandals say otherwise.

Strange bedfellows make politics work

We’ve elected many a jerk

Who choose to ignore

That it’s a metaphor

And think bedfellows are merely a perk.

Republicans have often maintained that you can’t solve a problem by throwing money at it.  Yet when one formerly prominent Republican found himself in trouble for earlier indiscretions, what did he do?  He threw money at he problem, by paying the blackmail.  Did that fix the problem?  No!

Strange bedfellows make strained politics

So culprits try hiding their antics

When someone got dirt

On ex Speaker Hastert

It was a problem that cash couldn’t fix.