Finally, someone in the inner circle explains what motives Bush’s nanny-state, expensive, big government conservatism:
“It struck me as I was speaking to people in Bangor, Maine, that this president sees America as we think about a 10-year-old child,” [Andy] Card said. “I know as a parent I would sacrifice all for my children.”
The old “leave-us-alone” conservatism really is dead, isn’t it?
The Dish 