President Bush has already proven he can work both sides of the aisle. His tax plan passed overwhelmingly in the Senate, and many Democrats voted for it. All the attention is on the fact that Jefford's defection has changed the balance of power in the Senate. I think we ought to be paying attention to the effect his betrayal and the betrayals of the many Democrats who turned Republican have had on the American people. It has given us one more reason to mistrust the people we need to be able to trust.
Politicians are among the least respected people in America.
His lips are moving. I heard from Richard Cohen, the therapist who was interviewed on Fox and mentioned in my article. Two issues ago I reported on two incidents in public schools where handcuffs were used. In one, a mother was handcuffed and removed from a school campus because she allowed her son to sit in her lap in the cafeteria. In the other, a fifth-grade boy in a school in Oldsmar, Florida, was handcuffed after he drew pictures of weapons.