Andy Card says Bush sees America as a 10 yo kid..

[fishface]

"I know as a parent that I would sacrific all for my children"...In Bush's case it should have been "sacrifice all my children"


PRESIDENT AS PROTECTOR
Card says president sees America as a child needing a parent
By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff | September 2, 2004

NEW YORK -- White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card said yesterday that President Bush views America as a ''10-year-old child" in need of the sort of protection provided by a parent.

Card's remark, criticized later by Democrat John F. Kerry's campaign as ''condescending," came in a speech to Republican delegates from Maine and Massachusetts that was threaded with references to Bush's role as protector of the country. Republicans have sounded that theme repeatedly at the GOP convention as they discuss the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq.

''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," Card said. ''I know as a parent I would sacrifice all for my children."

The comment underscored an argument put forth some by political pundits, such as MSNBC talk-show host Chris Matthews, that the Republican Party has cast itself as the ''daddy party."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2004/09/02/card_says_bush_sees_us_as_a_child_needing_a_parent/