Pun with Latin

CM: Real voodoo economics? I know, it seems strange, but that is what we are going to be witnessing today on the White House lawn. You know how George Bush said we couldn't just take a magic wand and make oil prices go lower? Well, today President Obama, only one week after his inauguration, is going to try just that. Now Pat, I'm skeptical, but I'm sure you are even more so.

PB: Well, Chris, this is really the strangest thing the Democrats having ever tried, and that's saying a lot. I remember during the Carter years when they thought raising taxes on the oil companies would somehow lower prices, but this takes the cake.

RM: Pat, I think the jury is still out on that. Raising taxes, I mean. There are plenty of credible economists saying tax hikes are good for the economy.

PB: C'mon, Rachel. It simply doesn't make sense.

CM: That's enough, you two. President Obama is about to speak. Also, we've now been told not to refer to this as voodoo economics because the President doesn't want to give the impression he is trying anything foreign. He respects western tradition and will be working his magic by speaking in Latin. Look, he is coming to the podium now.

BO: Salve, America. Some have said speaking in Latin doesn't really work. Some have said you can't fix the economy with words. Just like you can't solve international crises with words. Some have said we can't do a lot of things. But you know what I say? Certe Possumus! Dum dicto doceo! Laudate me! Sum divinum! Nunc quoniam vobis curo, divitiae nostrae erit magnas. Divitiae, impero vos esse magnis. Cum multis vi valet. In conclusion. By the power invested in me by the lingua latina, I command our economy to grow: divitiae, valete!