Market vagaries threw stocks askew,
Brokers and candidates searched for a clue.
Some people sighed, some cried,
Others lied and some denied,
But no one could determine what to do.

McCain paused his campaign, said the mess on Wall Street
Needs immediate action both wise and discreet.
For him it's convenient,
If voters are lenient,
Not calling him to account for the balance sheet.

At bailouts and buyouts and federal power,
Some financiers smile yet others glower;
The dubious idea of laissez-faire
Is daily besieged as buyers beware,
While Wall Street improvises from hour to hour.

Through bright days and dark days we soldier along,
Many millions of us making our movement strong,
While Palin is flailin'
And McCain is failin'
We anticipate our election day victory song.

In his debut interview Todd, Alaskan "first dude,"
Used subject and verb choices that some might call crude:
"Me and him had went," he said,
Reverting to vernacular instead
Of winning English teachers' votes, we conclude.