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trump's little poem about the snake is about him. Not anything else. (Original Post) shraby Feb 2018 OP
So he's misusing that again? According to the late writer... WePurrsevere Feb 2018 #1
He recited it at cpac today. It's chilling coming out of his mouth. shraby Feb 2018 #2

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1. So he's misusing that again? According to the late writer...
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:21 PM
Feb 2018

daughter her father would not have been happy about it at all.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-the-snake-poem-2016-9

Taking a more poignant stance against Trump's use of the song was the family of Oscar Brown Jr., the man who wrote the song in the early 1960's. He died in 2005.

"We don't want him using these lyrics," Brown's daughter, Maggie Brown, told The Chicago Tribune in March. "If Dad were alive, he would've ripped (Trump) with a great poem in rebuttal. Not only a poem and a song, but an essay and everything else."


I very much agree that 'The Snake' is him. I've thought so for years though.

For those unfamiliar with the song/poem, The Snake...

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