OK, that's the harshest headline we've ever posted, but it was unavoidable. Laura Bush, for whom we generally feel sorry, crossed the line this week. She opened her mouth, and pretty much impaled herself...

“It’s really easy to blame people for so-called voting against children,” Bush said in an interview on Fox News Sunday. The first lady went on to say that the bill would cover children who are not poor and added that the program is often used to cover adults.

Laura, it's "easy" because it sucks, and because your husband and a minority in Congress did so, and there's no excuse for it, especially not the one you've offered here. What's wrong with covering children who "aren't poor" espcially if the price of medicine is going higher than that of the odd barrell of oil? And, if it is often used to cover adults, how about your husband coming up with a healthcare plan that will take the pressure off of families (yes, including adults) about a third of which in this country don't have healthcare coverage, even though they earn stagnant middle class wages? This isn't friggin Victorian England, you putz! Fix the problem! Why don't you tell your husband that he made a big enough mistake in Iraq that he'll have to go a very long way to making good on it in the history books. If he wants a legacy, he can do something now by listening to the Democratic candidates who have at least recognized healthcare as perhaps the top issue of the upcoming campaign. Maybe he can incorporate some of their ideas and come up with his own plan that could make it easier to live in this country.

In the meantime, do as our headline suggests, and zip your yap.

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