The AIPAC Roll
Call
2008:
"A highlight of the yearly gathering included the highly anticipated 'roll call'* of the nearly
350 elected officials and special dignitaries in attendance."
2006:
"AIPAC's executive director spent twenty-seven minutes reading the 'roll call' of dignitaries
present at the gala dinner…"
(with apologies to gospel composer, James M. Black for using his tune)
Hear
it sung at B’Man’s
Revolt.
When the Roll is
Called by AIPAC
When they
send the invitations out for all they want on board,
For everyone
important to their lair.
Politicos and
"dignitaries" line up for reward:
When the roll
is called by AIPAC, they'll be there.
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC, they'll be there.
Not to be
invited there would be a warning sign
For what
might be a promising career.
So all the most
ambitious ones work hard to be in line:
When the roll
is called by AIPAC, they'll be there.
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC, they'll be there.
Are they so
many pipers for whom AIPAC calls the tune?
Does The Lobby truly have such
power?
If they don't
then cheese is really all that's on the moon.
When the roll
is called by AIPAC, they'll be there.
(con brio)
When the roll is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC,
When the roll
is called by AIPAC, they'll be
there.
David Martin
*
On June 25, 2008, the author checked the AIPAC web site connected to this link
and discovered that, although they are still boasting about the numerous high
muckamucks who attended their annual "policy conference" this year,
they have dropped all mention of their intimidating and tasteless roll
call. They are beginning to make me feel like Alexander Pope:
Fr. You’re strangely proud.
P. So proud, I am no Slave:
So impudent, I own myself no Knave:
So odd, my Country’s Ruin makes me grave.
Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see
Men not afraid of God, afraid of me:
Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne,
Yet touch’d and sham’d by Ridicule alone.
