Damn!

   Payrolls are buoyant; wages, too.
   A surly Barney Frank
   Checked unemployment (four point five),
   Muttering something rank.
   Jobs grew so fast, Pelosi's eyes
   Bugged like a boa's when
   Denied a gulp, while Harry Reid
   Refreshed his poisoned pen.

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Author:	Von Dreele, W.H.
Publication:	National Review
Article Type:	Poem
Date:	Jan 29, 2007
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