Mikey & the GOP

I'm normally not a fan of schadenfreude. 

But Republican Mike Rogers supposedly represented Michigan in Congress for 14 years... while really serving Big Pharma, and opposing health care for children.  His failed campaign for the Michigan US Senate seat, based largely on Islamaphobic and racist dog-whistles, deserves some payback.

Reflecting on election night 2026, and his back-to-back losses for the Senate race in 2024 and 2026, and his likely 'real' home in Florida, I realized that he will probably never return to run in Michigan again. 

Yes, the "man who'll never return".

From there, with Charlie & the MTA in my ears, the song mostly wrote itself.

Mikey & the GOP		Charlie & the MTA
Let me tell you all the story 'bout a man named Mikey On a fateful election spree He put millions in his pocket, went and kissed some babies For to ride with the GOP But now he'll never return, no he'll never return For his lesson has been learned He'll retire forever to the straits of Flor-da He's the man who'll never return Mikey claimed that his time was spent helping the nation While he worked for Big Pharma's aims But his lies to the voters left him in a bad pickle Mikey couldn't avoid all their blame Now all night long Mikey follows the tallies Crying "what will become of me?" "How can I afford to keep my mansion in Flor-da If I stay with the GOP?" Michi-geese and -ganders don't you think it's scandal That AIPAC got to pay his fee? Fight the racist slanders -- we've got Doctor Abdul Help ditch Mikey and the GOP!		Let me tell you all the story 'bout a man named Charlie On a tragic and fateful day He put 10 cents in his pocket, kissed his wife & family Went to ride on the MTA And did he ever return, no he never returned And his fate is still unlearned He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston He's the man who never returned Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square station And he changed for Jamaica Plain When he got there the conductor told him "one more nickel" Charlie couldn't get off of that train! Now all night long Charlie rides thru the stations Crying "what will become of me?" "How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea" Or my cousin in Roxbury!" Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square station Every day at quarter-past-2 And thru the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich As the train goes rumbling thru Now you citizens of Boston don't you think it's a scandal How the people have to pay and pay? Fight the fare increase -- vote for George O'Brien Help get Charlie off the MTA!