Michael,

Thanks for posting "The Ballad of Scooter Libby" song above the line. I love the words and spirit of your song. It reminds me of the songs that Phil Ochs composed and sang. And I mean that as a sincere compliment.

Songs like this can help break through the mental fog surrounding lots of folks who still think that it doesn't personally matter to them what Scooter Libby did and that Bush commuted Libby's criminal sentence.

Kudos!!!

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And now, a question. You wrote that: [this song is sung]"(to the tune of "Charley on the MTA," or "The Wreck of the Old 97")"

Given my admittedly sparse knowledge of folk songs, I confess to not knowing those two songs. But the beginning line for "The Ballad of Scooter Libby" reminds me of the beginning line of the theme song for the American television show "The Beverly Hillbillies". And that's the tune I used in my head when I read the lyrics to your song.

Is the Beverly Hillbillies song the same tune and pattern structure as "The Ballad of Scooter Libby" and the other two songs that you mentioned?

For any one who is interested, click http://www.bussongs.com/songs/beverly_hillbillies_tv_show_theme.php for the lyrics to that tv show theme song.