Auguries — All the King’s Horses

September 8, 2011

By Kevin Michael Grace

In the bad old days, it was popularly believed that the monarch’s touch could cure scrofula. Thank goodness we have put such superstition behind us. Our modern rulers believe merely that their words can cure the economy. Responding to the decision of the Republican Party to not offer a rebuttal to President Obama’s jobs speech today, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi retorted that this “silence” would “speak volumes about their lack of commitment to creating jobs.”

Lest this space be accused of partisanship, it should be pointed out that the Republicans share the delusional Democratic belief that not a sparrow falls to the ground without some politician’s blessing. At last night’s Republican debate, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney went at it hammer and tongs over the question of which of them had triumphed in “creating jobs” in their respective states.

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