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Article: PRESIDENT'S `MOMMY' AGENDA JUST MIGHT NOT WORK OUT.(Editorial)(Column)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 14, 2001
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Byline: THE ECONOMIST
The Democrats are supposed to be the "mommy party" and the Republicans the "daddy party." Voters expect the Republicans to deal with manly problems like the economy and defense while the Democrats worry their pretty little heads about education and the environment.
But for how much longer? George W. Bush is doing more on his four-week holiday at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, than taking invigorating walks in the 100-degree heat. He is masterminding a Republican sex change.
Just before Bush skipped steamy Washington for somewhere even hotter, the White House dropped a series of heavy hints about things to come. Henceforth, ...