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May 5, 2003 A Family Values Man by ISHMAEL REED I want to be a right wing family values type of man frequent all the porno and smut shops that I can Lecture the ghettos about their promiscuity While giving some hot babe some hootchie coochie I want to be a right wing family values type of man I want to be a right wing family values type of man preach that the drug laws shouldn't bend But you'd find me in Georgetown Snorting coke Any weekend I want to be a right wing family values type of man I want to be a right wing family values type of man Insist that low street crimes be brought to the docket While easing a little soft money Into my expensive suit pocket I want to be a right wing family values type of man I want to be a right wing family values type of man You'd see me in campaign ads with my wife dog and child But when partying with the boys, I'd get a little wild Have strippers and drag queens coming out the ears after doing more than a half- dozen beers, But tomorrow I'm in Congress raising moral sand Because I'd be a right wing family values type of man Ishmael Reed is one of CounterPunch's favorite writers. His novel Mumbo Jumbo is a comic masterpiece worthy of Twain himself. Reed lives in Oakland and edits the excellent online journal of politics and poetry Konch.   Yesterday's Features Saul Landau The Cuba Conundrum Neve Gordon US: No Right to Know About the Disappeared John Chuckman Tom Friedman's Life as a Pet Hamster Bradley Burston Betting on Abu-Mazen...To Lose Harvey Wasserman Bush's Military Defeat John Troyer Question Those Writing History Caoimhe Butterly Crowd Control American-style Steve Perry Bush's War Web Log 5/02 Website of the Day Moussaoui's Quiz   Keep CounterPunch Alive: Make a Tax-Deductible Donation Today Online! home / subscribe / about us / books / archives / search / links /