No really, you can't make this stuff up

Now that John Bolton is safely ensconced at the UN beating up third rate third world thugs in the passageways, the Dems have returned to addressing the issues that really matter to Americans. The DNC is taking on Bush because he is physically fit. No really, you cannot make this stuff up. After the president’s latest check up the DNC released the following:

“Doctors pronounced the President to be in ‘superior’ physical condition, which media reports attributed to his rigorous, six day a week exercise routine. While President Bush has made physical fitness a personal priority, his cuts to education funding have forced schools to roll back physical education classes and his Administration's efforts to undermine Title IX sports programs have threatened thousands of women's college sports programs.”

Let see, the president lets Teddy, no let me drive, Kennedy write an education bill laden with pork and overspending and then the DNC uses the occasion of the president’s outstanding physical condition to bash him on education spending? Does that make any sense to anyone with a brain? The Heritage Foundation notes the following:

“Education spending surged by 78 percent, from $34 billion to $58 billion. Nearly all of this growth took place between 2001 and 2003, as the (Teddy, no really, let me drive, Kennedy authored) No Child Left Behind Act was being implemented. Most of the new spending was for aid to K-12 schools (in-cluding special education funding), which jumped from $19 billion to $32 billion. An $8 billion hike in college student financial aid dominated the rest of the spending increase. (See Chart)”

So this is how it goes. The president lets Teddy, I promise I won’t drown you, now let me drive, Kennedy write the education bill which increases spending by a whopping 78%. The president gets a check up. He is pronounced to be in superior physical condition. The Dems then link the president’s superior health to the under funding of an education bill they wrote. Someone has got to explain this to me. Is this how the Dem mind doesn’t work? Bush gets a good check up and Dems attack him on education. Why not health care and the uninsured?Well, while education spending was only going up by 78%, health spending increased by a gargantuan 81%. So I guess in this case a mere 78% increase in education spending was in fact the slow moving target.