Bush & Company

Not to political advantage for leading presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry that the president resolve the jobs crisis---both falsely claim job creation in their states of Massachusetts and Texas---it's critical for President Obama, not to be beaten at the polls by any unfit Republican deceiver.

Mitt Romney, apparently having no firm convictions, bragging he's a job creator, does believe in seemingly rescuing companies, then firing their employees to gain huge profits for himself as the companies fall into bankruptcy. Rick Perry, with his dangerously opinionated policies, takes credit for jobs the Obama stimulus---which he villifies---has created, government jobs, low paying, often temporary. Cheap labor and feeble regulation account for many out-of-state jobs brought into Texas.

President Obama's shrewdly plotted push for jobs must win him reelection for the sake of a nation that has over the past decade dropped alarmingly in productivity, public safety, economic equity and over all, national honor. Mr. Obama does not fake his seldom acknowledged, but considerable, achievements.

Mitt and Rick are at their core
Empty suits and little more;l
Nonetheless, these two pretenders
Are for president top contenders.

Touting their uniqueness, yet
Their alikeness has been set
By their claims to be job makers---
In this context, both are fakers.

No way either can make good
On his pledge is understood.
D C bound, he doesn't care---
That won't matter once he's there.