We're Just Not Good at This

Now Romney’s made a very cogent point,
That hope is not a strategy.  If all
The elements for serfdom would befall
Those few without a hope, we’d disappoint
So precious few with all of our attempts
To spread democracy.  But, if I may,
Mitt Romney’s not much better on a stage
Where, for replacing hope, he’s given pages
From an older book, so to allay
The fact that he has nothing more than hope
To offer for a policy his own
(Or else he’d have specifics).  We’d have known
If either one could get us up a slope
If they could show they knew how to belay.
“Don’t fall” is like the phrase “avoid the fray.”
It’s true, but shows a novice in his May.