The message comes rolling down the centuries, from this medieval English king right up to the pedicured footsies of today's Republicans.
'Canute set his throne by the sea shore and commanded the incoming tide to halt and not wet his feet and robes. Yet "continuing to rise as usual [the tide] dashed over his feet and legs without respect to his royal person. Then the king leapt backwards, saying: 'Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws.''
Like, for example, the laws of physics? Could Canute have been talking to the Republicans about climate change?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_waves
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