Saving Family Farms

Republicans know the power of myth and normally place the cart of details in front of the horse of facts by building the myth first and trying to validate it second. They have found that this saves considerable time.

They have identified a powerful new myth, that of the family farm forced to go under by a brutal tax on their inherited wealth.

So, donning monkey bodies and bat wings, minions of Karl Rove fly out the windows of his dark keep scouring the heartland of America for a single instance of this myth. So far, they are all cart and no horse, but flying monkey hirelings work cheap and the will of the dark one is strong. The dark one is untroubled because he knows that by using his dark powers and his dark will he can conjure up facts that cast a spell on the electorate, but only for a short while because Truth the good witch watches over the munchkins.

Meanwhile the lollipop league chips in with facts and findings and reports, which do nothing to undermine the myth, but rather draw attention to it since the munchkins in munchkinland distrust "book smarts".

Oh, but how they love to sing and dance!

So...



Republicans searched high,
and they searched low,
lookin' for a farmer that had to go;
Cause the millions his dad left him somehow,
Weren't enough to buy seed nor' plow.

Democrats did hem and
Democrats did haw and
Watched the proceedings with an old slack jaw,
Till a singer barged in with his own refrain
Sayin', "Boys get aboard my Conga train".

Refrain:

You save family farms with healthcare
You save family farms with healthcare
You save family farms with healthcare
Keep the idle-rich tax!

You save family farms with healthcare
You save family farms with healthcare
You save family farms with healthcare
Keep the Wal-Mart heir tax!


A good myth does not engage the intellect which is why it is no use to combat it with scientific observation. Luckily, co-opting the myth always worked like a bucket of water on a witch for Bill Clinton.