Canute for President!

New Hillary attack! "If speeches could create jobs, we wouldn't be facing a recession."

And as the old saw has it: "If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no call for tinkers."

Also: Does this mean Hillary Clinton thinks speeches should be able to create jobs? Or does she just regret the fact that hers can't? Would a mute President be best? (Well, yes, probably.)

(Granted, Obama is no better. He and Clinton both seem to be of the view that poor old King Canute's sycophants were right - the monarch really can turn back the waves. The oft-maligned Canute knew better of course and organised his famous demonstration to show the limits of his power. Would that any of the contenders for the Presidency of the United States could demonstrate such common-sense, humility and awareness of their limitations. Yeah, dream on...)

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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Would that any of the contenders for the Presidency of the United States could demonstrate such common-sense, humility and awareness of their limitations.

If they thought it might help get them elected, surely they would try, but the opposite seems to be true.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Obviously that first paragraph was supposed to be understood as a quotation, but I keep forgetting that Typepad's comments don't support HTML. Phooey.

[tequila]

Has anyone ever run for office basically saying they couldn't make things better, and that the status quo would have to do?

Would you vote for someone who did?