Graphic by WRAL[/caption]What our state GOP leaders might be singing, with apologies to James Pierpont, the creator of Jingle Bells.
Dashing through news shows
On a broken leaderless sleigh,
O’er the fields we go,
Getting laughed at all the way
Business cancelations ring
Making Tarheels fight
What fun it is to laugh and sing
Our do-nothing legislature song tonight.
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to cling to HB2 today
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all around
Oh what fun it is to ride
Our state into the ground.
A month or so ago,
We thought we’d raise a fuss
And soon we locked the bathroom doors
To those different from us
Our cause was crazy as hell
But we ignored the costs
We thought we would excel
But instead we all have lost.
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to cling to HB2 today
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all around
Oh what fun it is to ride
Our state into the ground.
Now the joke is old
Our governor is out
Our passion for this law’s gone cold
But all we can do is pout
Or maybe we can pray
That this won’t be our fate
Obstruction’s not the only way
To manage our dear state.
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to cling to HB2 today
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all around
Oh what fun it is to ride
Our state into the ground.
