So much for small government

And this is the party of LESS government?

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.

Unfortunately, Bush's idea of a parent is an abusive father, who'll kick your ass every time you get out of line. And in Bush's model of government-as-parent, said abusive father is a single parent, so there's NO nurturing mother figure to stand in his way.