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So, the gravest threat facing our country is… Mitt Romney’s Swiss bank account? Is that really what this election is going to be about — Swiss francs and change?
Swiss Francs And Change
By Asher Embry
We watched the Sunday shows aghast.
(And was it David Gregory’s last?)
Of course, we really weren’t surprised
That Mitt’s Swiss bank monopolized.
With all our monstrous problems, that’s
The talking point from Democrats!
Our jobless rate’s still through the roof.
We watch as Keystone jobs go poof;
The GDP’s anemic growth;
Ballooning debt and spending, both
Are threatening prosperity
And weakening security.
If we let O-Care take effect
Our splendid health care will be wrecked.
O’s Dream Act fails? No need to pause;
He simply won’t enforce the laws.
For sure, these crucial issues must
Have been the things the shows discussed?
Why, no. The non-Fox press again
Ignored the weighty substance, then
It followed Axe’s lead to pounce
On Romney’s overseas accounts.
O’s only hope is to distract.
So, it’s a sad, depressing fact
That this election, Mitt might lose
‘Cause O convinced us not to choose
A man whose sole “vice,” let’s be frank,
Is money in a Swiss-based bank.
(You can read more of Asher Embry’s Political Verse at www.politicalverse.com.)
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Mike Rogers | 7.9.12 @ 10:58AM
And what about George C-Looney's Swiss Franc fundraising for BarryO? Not a peep, right?
JD| 7.9.12 @ 8:29PM
It would take too much intellect for voters to comprehend (which is why we won't see the argument made by any campaign), but in a fantasy world where voters have intellect, it would be nice to see the following argument from someone like Romney:
"Yes, I bank overseas. Why? Because it's smarter than banking in America."
The Left insists that to manage America, a candidate must be a full and foolish participant in all the worst that our country has to offer. "How can you help the poor if you don't understand the poor?" they ask. But when they say "understand the poor", what they mean is BE poor. Yes, a candidate must personally have all the problems that anyone in America has in order to be a good candidate, according to the Left.
The last thing we would want is someone who has demonstrated the ability to avoid these problems. Hire a plumber whose pipes never leak? Absurd! We need one whose pipes leak all the time! Surely HE understands our pain! (and hasn't a clue how to fix it, else his pipes would have been fixed a long time ago!)
A candidate who has abandoned America financially is one who can say, truthfully, that he sees what's wrong with America's finances and, having failed thus far to effect change from the outside, has moved himself to places where he can do what he knows works! The question is, will America ever be smart enough to say to the wise outsider, "Hey, you seem to know what you're doing. Why don't you come manage our stuff?"