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(VANITY) Rudyard Kipling on the 2016 Election
http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | 10-08-2016 | Vanity adaptation of Rudyard Kipling

Posted on 10/08/2016 10:23:14 AM PDT by grey_whiskers

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all RINOs doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And your hair don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Hillary and Paul Ryan
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose a billion, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after spent they've been,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Make Ameica Great Again!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of Tweets, while having fun,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be Donald Trump, my son!


TOPICS: Poetry; Politics
KEYWORDS: adaptation; donaldtrump; election2016; if; kipling; manliness; pearlsbeforeswine; repositorytrump; rudyardkipling; trump; whiskersvanity
Cheers!
1 posted on 10/08/2016 10:23:14 AM PDT by grey_whiskers
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To: grey_whiskers; Jim Robinson; LS; neverdem; SunkenCiv; Cindy; LucyT; decimon; freedumb2003; ...

Bird Cage Liner *PING*.

2 posted on 10/08/2016 10:26:01 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Amen to that !


3 posted on 10/08/2016 10:27:44 AM PDT by WashingtonFire
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To: grey_whiskers
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4 posted on 10/08/2016 10:31:29 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: grey_whiskers

Nicely done!


5 posted on 10/08/2016 10:32:54 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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To: grey_whiskers; All

The original version:

If—

By Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!


6 posted on 10/08/2016 10:54:46 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: grey_whiskers

Well done!


7 posted on 10/08/2016 11:09:23 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: grey_whiskers

Loved it Grey Whiskers. Now, take the one about “there is a corner of a foreign field that is forever England” and give us something patriotic for America, and to stir our hearts.


8 posted on 10/08/2016 11:46:04 AM PDT by kiltie65
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To: grey_whiskers

Brilliant! I have the original taped to the wall above my computer.

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If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose a billion, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after spent they’ve been,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Make America Great Again!’


9 posted on 10/08/2016 2:04:20 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: EveningStar

Another brilliant white male who has been vilified by communists for a hundred years.


10 posted on 10/08/2016 5:09:54 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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Check out article.

Thanks, grey_whiskers.

11 posted on 10/08/2016 11:02:39 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: grey_whiskers

GO DONALD!!!!


12 posted on 10/10/2016 8:12:40 AM PDT by betty boop
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